War on Christmas Movies to remember: ‘Tis the season for cheery horror thrillers and widely reviled Kirk Cameron documentary.
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Christopher Jones in Ryan’s Daughter. ‘Ryan’s Daughter’ actor Christopher Jones dead at 72: Quit acting after nervous breakdown resulting from Sharon Tate murder Christopher Jones, who had a key role…
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Les Misérables trailer is out. (Please scroll down.) You can hear Anne Hathaway’s miserable Fantine singing “I dreamed that love would never die … I had a dream my life…
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Samuel L. Jackson, The Avengers The Avengers actor Samuel L. Jackson, whose self-righteous Nick Fury looks like an amateur next to Tom Hiddleston’s brilliantly wicked Loki, has gone the James…
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Carnage review mix is less than enthusiastic: Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz in Roman Polanski’s post-arrest comeback. Based on Yasmine Reza’s play God of Carnage, Roman…
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Roman Polanski’s Carnage with Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly. What do Roman Polanski, David Cronenberg, George Clooney, Todd Solondz, Tomas Alfredson, and Madonna have in…
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Family conflict at the core of Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or-winning psychological drama The Tree of Life. Pictured above: Maïwenn, Mélanie Laurent, Kirsten Dunst, Edgar Ramírez, Marisa Paredes, Dede Gardner, Pablo…
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Catherine Deneuve & Roman Polanski: César Awards’ Nominations Best Film HEARTBREAKER produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, directed by Pascal Chaumeil OF GODS AND MEN produced by…
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The Ghost Writer Sweeps European Film Awards: Academy choice of Roman Polanski thriller inspired by accused war criminal Tony Blair a political message?
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Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth: ‘The Warrior’s Way’ junket panel. Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth photos: ‘The Warrior’s Way’ junket panel in Los Angeles Actors Jang Dong-gun and Kate Bosworth attended a…
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Joe Mantell in Marty, with Ernest Borgnine. Low-budget Delbert Mann comedy-drama was the Best Picture Oscar and Palme d’Or winner of 1955. Joe Mantell, who died at age 94 on…
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Roman Polanski, 76, will not be extradited to the United States following a decision by the Swiss Justice Ministry. In September 2009, Polanski – among whose efforts are Knife in…
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Mel Gibson in Jodie Foster’s The Beaver. Mel Gibson’s rant, in which he yells over the phone at girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, has been made available at the online tabloid radaronline.com.…
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Roman Polanski, 76, the Oscar-winning director currently under house arrest in Switzerland, has issued a statement circulated by his friend Bernard-Henri Lévy, publisher of the French film magazine La Règle…
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Only three movies have benefitted from this year’s Oscar box office effect - those that won the top three awards: Best Picture, Actor and Actress.
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Shutter Island box office: Despite a number of dismissive reviews, the dark thriller may become the biggest Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio hit.
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My Name Is Khan movie with Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan: Cricket League comment leads to Hindu nationalist outrage and fat box office receipts. My Name Is Khan movie: Solid…
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Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese mystery thrillers are Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear entries in addition to latest Mirjana Karanovic movie.
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Actor Gael García Bernal, Academy Award-winning actress Penélope Cruz, veteran director Mario Monicelli, veteran screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr, and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Ethan Coen are a few…
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Woody Allen, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, and Terry Gilliam have added their names to the petition, organized by France’s Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD),…
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List of individuals who have signed (as of Oct. 7) the “Free Roman Polanski” petition organized by the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD): Michael A. Russ Erika Abrams,…
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Veteran filmmakers Marco Bellocchio, Wim Wenders, and Claude Lelouch; Oscar winners Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Pedro Almodóvar; the French Film Academy; the Cannes Film Festival; and hundreds of other…
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The Zurich Film Festival, which runs until Oct. 4, has released the following statement following the arrest of the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Roman Polanski: “The planned ‘A Tribute…
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Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. Roman Polanski, who won a best director Oscar for the Holocaust drama The Pianist in 2003, was arrested at the Zurich airport last night. According…
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Robert Evans with Rosemary’s Baby producer William Castle and lead actress Mia Farrow on the set of Roman Polanski’s classic 1968 horror thriller. “An Academy Salute to Robert Evans” will…
EFA Best Film Honors a scandal-plagued Filmmaker for 2nd consecutive time while behind-the-times European Academy honors ‘old’ Oscar winners.
Oscar comebacks: Adrien Brody in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. Generally speaking, most actors, actresses, and directors either get that once-in-a-lifetime Academy Award nomination, or, if they’re lucky, a couple or…
British street gangs top San Sebastian Film Festival: Neds directed by Peter Mullan. Peter Mullan’s Glasgow-set drama Neds, about a distraught teenager who joins a street gang in the early…
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: Transformers casting drama. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Replaces Megan Fox in Transformers 3 Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has been cast as Megan Fox’s replacement in Michael Bay’s Transformers 3.…
Honey: Berlin Film Festival. Roman Polanski, in the news since his arrest in Switzerland last September and currently fighting extradition to the United States, received the Silver Bear for Best…
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Adjani, and Elsa Zylberstein; filmmakers Danièle Thompson, Steven Soderbergh, Neil Jordan, Sam Mendes, Taylor Hackford, and Mike Nichols; formerly persecuted writer Salman Rushdie; author…
Michael Moore shooting Bowling for Columbine. Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, Kevin Macdonald’s One Day in September, and Errol Morris’ The Fog of War are among the 12 Oscar-winning short…
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