There are four kinds of people who are going to see "Smashed" this weekend, when it opens in limited release: 12-steppers intrigued by the film's focu...

Thanks to films like "Death Proof," "The Thing" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" -- plus tweets like this one about "Looper" -- Mary Elizabeth Winste...

The best films about recovery from addiction are not about reaching rock bottom and making that choice to stop. Rather, like Smashed, they're about the very real and difficult task of going on, in an emotionally unshielded and intensely vulnerable way.

With "Breaking Bad" off television until sometime next year, fans will have to get their fix elsewhere. Which is at least part of the reason why "Smas...

It's an old story that's not often told or told well in Hollywood, but this year's Sundance Film Festival premiered two films that showcase addiction and all its glorious collateral damage with effective grace and a deft touch.

Aaron Paul's current gig has him cooking up crystal meth, but it looks like he'll be making a little detour for alcoholism. Variety reports that the ...