TIFF Takeaway: America the Unbeautiful
In past film fests, we could usually thank foreigners for savaging the U.S. But this time around, it's mostly American filmmakers whose spot-on critiques of the zeitgeist double as razor-sharp entertainment.
In past film fests, we could usually thank foreigners for savaging the U.S. But this time around, it's mostly American filmmakers whose spot-on critiques of the zeitgeist double as razor-sharp entertainment.
Erica Abeel | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
One of the more robust themes to emerge in the early outings of this year's Toronto International Film Festival is corporate malfeasance.
Marshall Fine | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
Directed by Jason Reitman, Up in the Air puts Reitman at three for three, in terms of movies that manage to be both smart and wickedly witty. This film could easily put a second Oscar on George Clooney's mantle.
Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
Reviewed: the new Coen brothers movie, George Clooney, fuzzy Ukrainian subtitles and a pack of arty Vikings.
Chris Willman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment
One of this year's most anticipated movies had its world premiere this weekend 9,545 feet above sea level, in a screening room at the Telluride Film Festival.
Zorianna Kit | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment
Adam Brody: There's no role that I feel had my name all over it and passed me by. But anytime those Apatow guys wanna hang out with me...
Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment
The Obama administration just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So Will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment
In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.
Sharon Waxman | Posted 10.04.2008 | Entertainment
What were the odds that commie-lefty-Obama-loving Hollywood would create the real-life template for the shenanigans playing out at the Republican Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota?
AP | David Germain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Optimism was in the air among Academy Awards nominees -- both on their films' prospects and the chances that Hollywood's crippling writers strike wil...
Erica Abeel | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment