Annette Bening

Is Raging Bull 2 getting cast? Raging Bull 2? First of all, let me clarify that this isn’t an April’s Fools joke. At least not on my part. And let…

Trent Reznor and Wife Mariqueen Maandig Photo, featuring the ex-Nine Inch Nails member and Oscar winner Reznor and his spouse.

The Social Network and a Big Surprise: ACE Awards as Steven Spielberg paid homage to Michael Kahn and Christopher Nolan to film editing.

Best Actress Oscar Nominees Group picture with Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence with Nicole Kidman, Annette Bening and Michelle Williams.

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Husband Michael Douglas making a comeback plus Robert Pattinson and Jake Gyllenhaal at the Golden Globes.

Ricky Gervais’ mean-spirited Golden Globes humor eclipsed coverage of the actual winners. Among them, Annette Bening for her performance as a fierce, family-defending lesbian wife/mother in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids…

Mainstream group choices: New York Film Critics opt for Establishment fare from inspirational king biopic to crowd-pleasing lesbian family comedy-drama.

Michelle Williams in Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine. Winter’s Bone, in which an Ozark Mountain teenager hunts down her drug-dealing father, topped the 2011 Spirit Award nominations announced earlier today. Directed…

Patricia Norris. Patricia Norris: Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, a frequent David Lynch collaborator, will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement…

The Expendables film: Sylvester Stallone with Jason Statham and Randy Couture. The Expendables & other Sylvester Stallone movies: ‘I always believe the violence is justifiable’ Actor, director, producer, screenwriter Sylvester…

The Kids Are All Right box office: Lesbian family comedy-drama has no chance of reaching as high as Brokeback Mountain. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star.

Gay indie actor Matthew Montgomery and Steve Callahan, Role/Play. Described as “an unheralded superstar in the American independent gay filmmaking scene,” gay indie actor Matthew Montgomery, among whose credits are…

Animator Adam Beckett Salute Animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the special program “Infinite Animation: The…

Jane Fonda Broadway comeback: 33 Variations with Colin Hanks and Samantha Mathis. In the New York Times, Ben Brantley reviews Jane Fonda’s return to Broadway after 46 years: “It’s a…

In the languid late summer days, Neil LaBute’s low-budget movie Lakeview Terrace has been able to top the domestic box office chart.

Bugsy movie with Annette Bening and Warren Beatty. Barry Levinson’s 1991 best picture nominee Bugsy is the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To…

Ryan Murphy’s Running with Scissors movie version of Augusten Burroughs’ memoirs is a dramatic mess. Annette Bening is its sole redeeming feature.

Best Actress SAG Awards: Boxing-ring star beats stage diva in fierce rematch, while Katharine Hepburn has her first competitive Screen Actors Guild ‘win’ ever.

As a 1930s London stage diva, Annette Bening has a fantastic time in István Szabó’s All About Eve-ish period comedy Being Julia.

Critics’ favorites: A crowd-pleasing Wine Country road movie and a polemical political documentary are the top selections this awards season, while Imelda Staunton is the Best Actress fave.

National Board of Review Awards: The J.M. Barrie movie Finding Neverland was named the year’s best release. Annette Bening and Laura Linney were among the other winners.

War-related movies were the clear favorites at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where Lifetime Achievement honors went to Hollywood celebrities Woody Allen and Annette Bening.

Toronto Film Festival highlights include a biopic of contentious sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, an updated version of a classic Oscar Wilde comedy and Jean-Luc Godard’s latest political musings.