Films

Behind The Filming Of One Of My Favorite Fantastic Mr. Fox Performances

Wes Anderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment


Wes Anderson

When you're making an animated film, one of the big differences is that you can add scenes, change dialogue, and re-write as you're going along because you only shoot a little bit of the movie each day.

New York City's Indian Film Festival: MIAAC

Priyanka Boghani | Posted 11.13.2009 | World


Priyanka Boghani

MIAAC started with an independent Asian American filmmaker focus, but now has broadened to the Indian film industry as well as artists from the wider Indian diaspora.

'Leap Year' Movie Trailer Released Online, WATCH It (VIDEO)

Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment


The trailer for the movie 'Leap Year' hit the Web tonight. The New York Post offered one of the first reactions to the trailer, poking fun at the pre...

Men: What Have We Learned So Far?

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living


Tom Matlack

The one thing each of these men have in common is brutal honesty. You can't get very far towards your own definition of manhood when you are lying to yourself or the people you love. So dig deep.

New York, You've Changed: Taxi Driver, Part III

Nick Carr | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


Nick Carr

I don't look back nostalgically on the grittier New York of the late 1970s. As I never experienced it first hand, I believe it's dangerous and naive to romanticize something the city has worked to rise up from.

Defiant Danish Director Lars von Trier Tackles Antichrist

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.10.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Questions for Lars von Trier: "You had a a researcher on misogyny in the credits. In the writing or making of this film did you learn something about misogyny in yourself, in your work?"

Motherhood Is Not Just For Mothers

Katherine Dieckmann | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living


Katherine Dieckmann

Movies are stories. Stories that take us places we may not have been to before, in the hope of enlarging our sense of human drama or frailty or complexity.

My "Surrie" With the Fringe on Top

Jared Gardner | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York


Jared Gardner

I love opening weekend for new comics movies like Surrogates. For brief but increasingly frequent moments in the course of a year I have a perfect excuse to evangelize about comics.

9/11 Film Review of Amreeka: Drama of the Arab-Christian Experience in America Also Strikes Notes of Heart and Humor

Penelope Andrew | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment


Penelope Andrew

Amreeka is an artful, moving testimony to the perils of making assumptions about individuals or groups. It is a is a film of impeccable taste that unites instead of divides.

Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


2morrowknight

Deep in your heart, you know Colbert's got the complete package of comic timing, creativity, audacity, and that indefinable "it" to pull off a portrayal of such a multi-layered villain.

Man's Dream Is To Set Himself On Fire And Burn

The Vancouver Sun | MARKE ANDREWS, Vancouver SunSeptember 2, 2009Comments (14) | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home


Colin Decker's ambition is to set himself on fire and burn for two minutes and 39 seconds. On Sunday, he'll have a chance to live the dream. Decker...

Julie & Julia: Who's Cooking Now?

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Laura Baudo Sillerman

This is a note about what happens when a director in her sixties writes and directs a movie, about a young woman questing after the life once led by an older woman.

Mighty Movie Podcast: The Downing Street Memo, For Laughs: Armando Iannucci on In the Loop

Dan Persons | Posted 08.14.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

In a new political comedy based on an award-winning BBC sitcom, Gandolfini plays a Pentagon General whose instincts for survival are maybe too finely honed. It's political vitriol in the grand, British tradition.

Summer Reading on a Sunny (Doris) Day: David Kaufman's The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door Part I

Penelope Andrew | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment


Penelope Andrew

There are certain actors we encounter as children having grown up on classic film who have a profound impact on us, and no one knows this better than David Kaufman, author of Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door.

The Hangover: I'm Over It.

Sarah Greenwalt | Posted 07.23.2009 | Entertainment


Sarah Greenwalt

When will us girls get our own immature, perverted, inappropriate, screwy and hilarious buddy comedy?

Maximum Platform Versus Basic Floor: The Case for Autism as its Own Universe

Amanda Copeland | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living


Amanda Copeland

We autism parents know our children. We know they can struggle for recovery and get there in varying levels of ability. But we know they can earn recovery if they just get a chance.

Q & A: Actor Gary Sinise Helps "Brothers At War" And Grapples With The Iraq War's Effect on A Family

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.02.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Sinise: "It's a look at military families and military life, the Iraq war and the integrity of the people that I know that are serving that; I responded to positively and wanted to support that."

"Feel-Good" Movies

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment


Earl Pomerantz

When economic times get tough, movies inevitably take a turn to the "feel good" variety. You go in feeling bad; you come out feeling better. At least, that's the theory.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to Be Rated PG (Don't Panic, Muggles)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

The new Harry Potter film has been rated PG for "scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality." Mild sensuality? Gosh, maybe I'll wait for the uncut "Too Hot for Muggles" edition.

Remembering the Other Eartha Kitt

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.27.2009 | Entertainment


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Eartha Kitt that I knew, remember, and pay homage to, was an impassioned contributor to peace and civil rights.

The Billionth Article on Jennifer Aniston

Ken Levine | Posted 01.16.2009 | Entertainment


Ken Levine

Boy, can Jennifer Aniston promote a film! I can't think of a single box office smash she has starred in. And yet, she receives this much attention. What it says to me is this: Jennifer Aniston is an official movie star.

The Real Story Behind the Batman, Turkey Lawsuit

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

The Mayor of Batman, Turkey is suing Warner Bros and Chris Nolan for not getting permission to use the name 'Batman.' Absurd, insane, ridiculous, right? Well of course, but the truth is far more disturbing.

WATCH: HBO "Recount" People Set Up Original Florida Voting Machines

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 05.28.2008 | Home


Jacob Soboroff

They're ba-ack! The infamous Election 2000 Votomatic reappeared in L.A. this afternoon, complete with butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Were they any less confusing in L.A. than they were in Broward County?

Strike Fears Grow As Hollywood Labor Talks Break Down

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Halloween is looking scarier than ever for Hollywood. Studio executives and representatives of the Writers Guild of America abruptly ended talks Frid...