Quick, when I throw out the name Keith David, what's your first thought? Him casting a suspicious glance towards Kurt Russell in The Thing? The fistfight with Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live? Face it, the guy's been around.

Would the Wachowskis redeem themselves with another reality-twisting mindbender? Or would Cloud Atlas prove that The Matrix was truly a fluke?

It is a visually glorious and occasionally powerful achievement that, if possible, should be seen in its IMAX format. To use a cliche suited to the film, Cloud Atlas reaches for the moon yet ends up in the stars. But what beautiful stars they are.

Ben Whishaw is about to get really busy. The 32-year-old British actor plays not one, but five roles in "Cloud Atlas," inhabiting everyone from a cabi...

What is Cloud Atlas about? In various ways, it examines the nature of tyranny and the human instinct toward freedom. It is about the search for truth and the many obstacles that stand in the way of that search.

To call "Cloud Atlas" the year's most ambitious film would be an understatement. The adaption of David Mitchell's sprawling 2004 novel tells six inter...

The dividing lines have already been drawn -- and continue to be drawn -- about what should or shouldn't be among the year-end awards contenders. And the biggest line, of course, has to do with The Master.

LOS ANGELES — Susan Sarandon reported for work on "Cloud Atlas" midway through the shoot, in time to see a collection of far-flung film scenes t...

With the release of "Cloud Atlas" a mere two weeks away, Warner Bros. has unloaded a torrent of new photos from the epic adaptation of David Mitchell'...

It's easy to mock the feelings it evokes, but that's a shallow reading of a much deeper film. Cloud Atlas is one of the best films I've seen this year and one of the most satisfying.

The "Cloud Atlas" trailer; or, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius? That's mixing author metaphors -- "Cloud Atlas" was penned by David Mitch...

This week, we feature music by A Fine Frenzy, Issac Stern, The Beau Brummels, Dorothy Fields and others.