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Movie Review: Hitler's Children

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.12.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Chanoch Ze'evi's documentary, Hitler's Children, tracks down survivors of the top command of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. What they've made of the world is unique from person to person and raises questions in the viewer, as well.

I Can See What You're Dreaming

Kelly Sullivan Walden | Posted 04.10.2013 | Technology
Kelly Sullivan Walden

If we can "see" what we are dreaming, then we can see what we are thinking in our waking lives, as well... I think it can't help but be a catalyst to assist us to become a more empathic, compassionate, aware, even... dare I say, enlightened civilization.

Looking Back: A Method to American Horror Story's Madness

Michael Ardan | Posted 04.14.2013 | TV
Michael Ardan

Now that the dust has settled and we've had a few days to process the final episode of American Horror Story: Asylum, we can finally step back, shake off that vague dirty feeling, and ask ourselves: What exactly just happened here?

All-Time Oscars: The 10 Best Supporting Actors in History

Jon Eig | Posted 03.26.2013 | Entertainment
Jon Eig

I'm not going to predict or select or analyze this year's winners. Leave that for the "critics" and "pundits." This year, I'm picking the All-Time Oscars. Today, I'll offer a set of nominees for Best Supporting Actor (of all time!).

Skyfall in Perspective

William Bradley | Posted 11.15.2012 | Entertainment
William Bradley

Skyfall is a smash hit, well on its way to being the biggest Bond film of the modern era. But what does it mean and where does it fit in the Bond canon and the current scene?

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Skyfall

Dan Persons | Posted 01.12.2013 | Entertainment
Dan Persons

Skyfall, the newest film featuring secret agent 007, had its best opening of any Bond film as the franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Skyfall: Bond Is Older, Wiser, Better

Caryn James | Posted 01.11.2013 | Arts
Caryn James

Although some hyperbolic early reviews somehow made this sound like the new Citizen Kane, don't expect something other than a Bond film. But Skyfall is terrific, entertaining proof that Bond can age and thrive in the world of today.

Robocalls: Defying Logic By Continuing to Exist

Jason Kitchen | Posted 01.04.2013 | Comedy
Jason Kitchen

"Honey, grab the kids, Mitt's on the line! I'm going to put it on speakerphone. Aw, isn't that nice of him, taking time out of his schedule to call us directly? You've got my vote, Governor! Thanks for calling!"

WATCH: Bellatrix Lestrange IS Miss Havisham In 'Great Expectations'

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 08.17.2012 | Entertainment

The expectations are high for the latest screen adaptation of "Great Expectations" -- especially among "Harry Potter" fans. The newest version stars H...

Ralph Fiennes' Unusual Movie In London

Liz Smith | Posted 08.11.2012 | Celebrity
Liz Smith

"It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a ...

Movie Review: Wrath of the Titans -- Ye Gods!

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.30.2012 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

As I watched the final few minutes of Wrath of the Titans, I thought, "What I wouldn't give to be a 10-year-old boy right now."

Whose Wrath? The Wrath of the Titans

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.28.2012 | Entertainment
Carole Mallory

Amidst all its terror, Wrath of the Titans is fun and a good watch.

All Hail the Conquering Hero!

George Heymont | Posted 05.12.2012 | Arts
George Heymont

Magnificently reconceived and directed by Ralph Fiennes, this new adaptation of Coriolanus uses Shakespeare's language in a tightly condensed screenplay by John Logan that grips the audience by the throat within the film's first 20 seconds and never lets go.

Harry Potter And Voldemort Play Plead The Fifth On 'Watch What Happens Live'

Posted 02.10.2012 | TV

Voldemort asked and Harry Potter answered on "Watch What Happens Live" (Weeknights, 11 p.m. EST on Bravo). And it was just as weird as when Voldemort ...

My Week With Shakespeare: Coriolanus

Regina Weinreich | Posted 03.21.2012 | Home
Regina Weinreich

Freshly returned, triumphant at the Golden Globes, Harvey Weinstein exhibited no jet lag introducing a new film, Coriolanus at the Paris Theater.

Ralph Fiennes Reads Erotic Voldemort Fan Fiction

Posted 03.21.2012 | TV

Ralph Fiennes gained legions of fans after his chilling portrayal of Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" films. On "Watch What Happens Live" (Wee...

Ralph Fiennes likes contradictions in Coriolanus

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.07.2012 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Ralph Fiennes heard his first Shakespeare as a child, initially on phonograph records, then in films. "I saw (Sir Laurence) Olivier's Henry V in a sm...

Hot New British Actress Getting Dramatic

Posted 02.01.2012 | Entertainment

Catapulted to fame by a little movie with a largely improvised script, Felicity Jones is now set to work with one of Hollywood's biggest stars, from a...

Movie Review: Coriolanus

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.30.2012 | Home
Marshall Fine

Never a popular part of the Shakespeare canon, Coriolanus bears a peculiar timeliness, in the muscular directorial debut by Ralph Fiennes.

'Great Expectations' Gets A Makeover

Posted 11.21.2011 | Entertainment

While Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" has become a sacred piece of literature, for its 200th anniversary, it looks like it will be getting a bit...

Denver Film Festival Preview, Part 1: Turn on the Leading Manpower

Michael Bialas | Posted 12.31.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Bialas

George Clooney may be able to do a lot of things, but he isn't a song-and-dance man. That's unless you count his hokey hoedown and country croon as a member of the Soggy Bottom Boys in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Is This Gorgeous Actress The Next Bond Girl?

Posted 11.29.2011 | Entertainment

The name's Marlohe. Bérénice Marlohe. Well, maybe. Movie news site Twitchfilm.com is reporting that young French actress Bérénice Marlohe is...

Kate Winslet: The Antidote for Contagion -- and Now She's Won an Emmy!

John Farr | Posted 11.19.2011 | Entertainment
John Farr

Almost fifteen years after Titanic, with six Oscar nods and one win to her credit, Kate Winslet is an actress at the peak of her powers -- no longer a precocious ingénue, but a professional who's conscientiously developed her craft.

American Mengele

Alan Singer | Posted 11.16.2011 | World
Alan Singer

Unfortunately, medical testing on unwitting human subjects or people who consent under duress has not stopped.

New Yorker Festival Lineup Announced

Posted 10.25.2011 | Home

The New Yorker Festival has returned for its 12th year, and they've wrangled quite a lineup for this year's meeting of the minds. From the New Yor...