Roman Polanski Articles

Bob Hoskins, Jessica Rabbit in Robert Zemeckis' DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated Who Framed Roger Rabbit (top); Willem Dafoe in Martin Scorsese's Oscar- (but not DGA-) nominated The Last Temptation of Christ (bottom) DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1970s: Odd Men Out Bob Fosse, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman 1980 DGA Michael Apted, Coal Miner's Daughter AMPAS Roman Polanski, Tess DGA/AMPAS Robert Redford, Ordinary People David [...]

Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Carnage Based on Yasmine Reza's play God of Carnage, Roman Polanski's Carnage is the director's first film since last year's legal fiasco engendered by the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. Carnage was screened today at the Venice Film Festival, where it was greeted by mixed-to-enthusiastic reviews. [Note: I initially had "generally mixed reviews," but that was [...]

Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, The Ides of March TOMAS ALFREDSON – TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY UK, Germany, 127' Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt ANDREA ARNOLD – WUTHERING HEIGHTS UK, 128' Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn AMI CANAAN MANN – TEXAS KILLING FIELDS USA, 109' Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan GEORGE CLOONEY – THE IDES [...]

Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz in Roman Polanski's Carnage What do Roman Polanski, David Cronenberg, George Clooney, Todd Solondz, Tomas Alfredson, and Madonna have in common? In addition to human genes, they'll have movies screened at the 2011 Venice Film Festival according to Variety's Nick Vivarelli. Like every film festival no matter where, Venice needs international celebrities. Unfortunately, that usually means [...]