Shutter Island with Leonardo DiCaprio: Things and people aren’t necessarily what they seem to be in Martin Scorsese thriller. ‘Shutter Island’ to become biggest Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio box office hit?…
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César: ‘Prix’ for Best Film goes to A Prophet, starring Best Male Newcomer Tahar Rahim. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard’s internationally acclaimed prison drama, was the big winner at the 2010…
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Prison dramas: Luis Tosar and Juan Oliver in Cell 211. Daniel Monzón’s Celda 211 / Cell 211, a drama set during a prison riot, was the big winner at the…
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BAFTA nominations: Hollywood productions rule. Above: Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker. Some people complain that the Hollywood Academy is enamored of British productions and talent. Well, then…
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Two of the most widely acclaimed non-English language films released in 2009 – Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet – are to be found in the…
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Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate: Top classic movies at “Last Remaining Seats” series in Los Angeles. The L.A. Conservancy has announced a list of tentative titles for the 2010 edition…
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A Prophet with Tahar Rahim, winner of the Prix Louis Delluc. Jacques Audiard’s violent prison drama chronicles the difficulties facing a young Frenchman of Algerian ancestry who, after being sent…
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The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best…
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Amanda Seyfried (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Amanda Seyfried, Julianne Moore Julianne Moore, a potential Oscar 2010 candidate for A Single Man (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Julianne Moore (Photo by…
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Cannes Film Festival winner ‘The White Ribbon,’ directed by Michael Haneke. One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival’s clear favorites, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a…
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Piano-playing gangster Romain Duris and piano teacher Linh Dan Pham in The Beat That My Heart Skipped. César Awards Jacques Audiard’s curious but uninvolving psychological drama De battre, mon coeur…