Stephen Whitty Articles

Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (top); Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart in John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole (bottom) The Toronto Film Festival is seen by many as an Oscar bellwether. Be that as it may, so far no clear favorite has come out of TIFF 2010. (As of now, David Fincher's The Social Network, which opens the New York Film Festival, has [...]

Robert Pattinson's REMEMBER ME & Critics: Part II Robert Pattinson himself (above, with director Allen Coulter) has earned mixed reviews for his performance as the rebellious Tyler Hawkins in the romantic melodrama Remember Me, Pattinson's first starring vehicle since he became the idol of millions of tweens — and not so tweens — the world over. Many reviewers compared his Tyler to James Dean's rebels [...]