Sam Mendes

WATCH: Bond Is Back In 'Skyfall'

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.21.2012

"Skyfall," the 23rd James Bond film, has its first teaser trailer. "Some men are coming to kill us," Daniel Craig-as-Bond says in the first "Skyfal...

'Skyfall' To Explore A 'Depressed' James Bond

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 04.29.2012

ISTANBUL — The next James Bond movie, "Skyfall," promises the usual action, exotic locations, scheming villains and beautiful women. For fans of...

Richard III: The Winter of Discontent Full Blown at BAM

Regina Weinreich | Posted 03.22.2012

Regina Weinreich

Kevin Spacey, mangled like a piece of John Chamberlain's chrome sculptures, his left leg in a brace turned inward, his epaulets woefully off kilter, his dark glasses barely grazing his nose, his crown cocked like a smartass cartoon.

Kevin Spacey Is Richard III

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 01.10.2012

Kevin Spacey begins his run as the deranged titular king in "Richard III" tonight at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. Directed by Sam Mendes...

PHOTOS: The Week In Art

Posted 02.08.2012

This week on HuffPost Arts, we were scolded by Kevin Spacey as Richard III, saw Frank Lloyd Wright's dark side and possibly found a long-lost Da Vinci...

Kevin Spacey Scolds Audience As Richard III

Posted 12.08.2011

Kevin Spacey is receiving critical acclaim for more than just his scripted performance in the Sam Mendes production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The ...

IT'S OFFICIAL

Posted 01.28.2012

Hollywood power couple Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes dropped a bomb when they announced their split after seven years of marriage in May 2010, igniting ...

James Bond Gets Surprising, Heartthrob British Star

Posted 01.25.2012

Sam Mendes is wasting no time in shaking up the "James Bond" franchise. According to BBC, the agent for British actor Ben Whishaw has confirmed tha...

The New James Bond Is Revealed!

Posted 01.03.2012

UPDATE: So, the press conference is over and here's what we know... The movie will be called "Skyfall," Daniel Craig is back as Bond, Javier Barde...

The New Bond Villain Revealed

Posted 12.11.2011

He won an Oscar for portraying one of the most chillingly psychopathic villains in recent film history, and now, Javier Bardem is set to go bad in per...

Breathtaking Niemeyer Museum To Close After Just Six Months

Posted 12.05.2011

A dazzling €44 million (£37.7m) arts centre in the northern Spanish city of Avilés is to close after six months amid political squabbling as the c...

'American Beauty' Cast Reunites For Star-Studded San Francisco Project

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.08.2011

When Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes teamed up to create "American Beauty", the film won five Academy Awards and three additional nominations. So that alo...

James Bond Reportedly Gets Brand New Star

Posted 09.17.2011

According to a new report, the next James Bond film has just gotten a new jolt of homespun energy. Welsh star Rhys Ifans has joined the upcoming Sa...

Power and Downfall -- Between Shakespeare and Arab Tyrants

Shai Baitel | Posted 09.12.2011

Shai Baitel

Can Shakespeare's Richard III, in Sam Mendes's thoughtful interpretation and irresistibly brought to life by Spacey, compare to the ilk of the rulers of Iran, to Bashar al-Assad, to Hassan Nasrallah, to Muammar Gaddafi?

Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomi Harris Join James Bond Cast

Posted 09.10.2011

The lineup for the next James Bond film has finally been confirmed. Naomi Harris will take over from Samantha Bond in the always-the-bridesmaid ro...

Courteney and David: Another Nail in the Coffin of Marital Monogamy

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Jessica Massa

Let me be clear: Courteney Cox and David Arquette owe me - and my generation - absolutely nothing. They are simply two grown adults, living their live...

Louis Dowler: Kate Winslet's New Model Boyfriend?

people.com | Eunice Oh | Posted 05.25.2011

Four months after her split with director Sam Mendes, the actress, 34, has been quietly dating British model Louis Dowler, whom she met through mutual...

Next Apple iPhone To Star In Ads Directed By Sam Mendes

Engadget | Posted 05.25.2011

Apparently American Beauty director Sam Mendes is in the process of putting together a series of commercials for Apple's next iPhone, which according ...

Kate Winslet & Sam Mendes Come Together With The Kids

people.com | Posted 05.25.2011

They called their recent split amicable, and it certainly seems that way. Kate Winslet and her estranged husband Sam Mendes looked casual and relax...

Michael Shannon Channels Kim Fowley in Runaways

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

The Los Angeles punk music scene is at the center of The Runaways, which opened in limited release on March 19 and goes wider in a couple of weeks.

Did Rebecca Hall Come Between Sam Mendes And Kate Winslet?

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: Mendes denies ever cheating on Winslet. "Utter nonsense," his rep said of rumors of a fling between Mendes and Hall. "Untrue and ridiculous." ...

Kate Winslet & Sam Mendes: What Went Wrong?

people.com | Simon Perry | Posted 05.25.2011

The distance underscored what the pair said Monday through their lawyers--"that they separated earlier this year." The Oscar-winning actress was with ...

I Have to Stop Taking Celebrity Breakups Personally

Lilit Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Lilit Marcus

First Susan and Tim and now Sam and Kate? The last few months have featured some breakups of celebrity couples I thought were rock-solid.

Kate Winslet Break Up: SPLITS From Sam Mendes

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — British movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law...

Seen and Heard in New York: Sam Mendes, Juliet Rylance, James Taylor, Liev Schreiber

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Jane Levere

"I would say American audiences are often more vocal than English audiences," says Juliet Rylance, who plays Miranda in the Bridge Project'sThe Tempest at BAM.