When I attended an early screening of Rod Lurie's remake of Sam Peckinpah's controversial thriller, Straw Dogs, I was most curious to see how the director handled the infamous rape scene.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
Given the sheer scale and complexity of the Presidency in modern times, it's no surprise that a host of great films have explored the nature of our country's highest office.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
Perhaps his clean-cut, boyish image obscured my ability to recognize the astonishing talent he possessed from the start. Regardless, I could see it now: Jeff Bridges has always been a lot more than a pretty face.
Rod Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011
If Roger Ebert's throat cancer -- devastating and unforgiving -- has not been able to stop him, then nothing as petty as the collapse of one of the nation's stalwart journalistic enterprises is going to either.
Rod Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011
It never crossed my mind that I would ever speak or write negatively about the work of a fellow filmmaker. I am sure the makers of The Reader are not deniers. But they are helping those who are.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011
In today's kid-friendly and fantasy-drenched multiplexes Nothing But The Truth stands out as that rarest of things -- a quality drama for grownups.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
There was one thing in particular that actress Kate Beckinsale made clear at the Washington, DC premiere of Rod Lurie's Nothing But The Truth: "This is not the Judith Miller story."
Rod Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011
One critic wrote that my film Nothing but the Truth, a thriller about how far a journalist will go to protect a source, goes "off the liberal rails." However, the fight to get a shield law is itself a non-partisan battle.
Rod Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011
Why do so many members of the military who decide on continuing in public service join the Democratic Party?
Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.15.2011