Watch the New Man of Steel Trailer
If you previously weren't so inclined to kneel before Zod, then maybe you should reconsider. read more
Watch the Trailer for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Directorial Debut, Don Jon
While Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut won't hit screens until Oct. 18, the star-packed Sundance standout released its first trailer yesterday. Don Jon, the comedic film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson, chronicles the story of a young New Jersey native trying to balance his guido'd out lifestyle with a newfound love. read more
Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) (2013 Cannes review)
Easier to respect than embrace, Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) tells its true-life story with understatement and features sturdy performances from Benicio del Toro and Mathieu Amalric. But this somewhat clinical look at the unlikely therapy sessions that took place between a French anthropologist and a traumatized Native American war veteran in 1947 feels hemmed in by its approach. You sense that French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin wants to avoid the feel-good clichés associated with such a movie, but his alternative is tasteful but also a little too muted.... read more
Stories We Tell
With Stories We Tell, actress-turned-director Sarah Polley has proven herself a consummate filmmaker, transforming an incredible personal story into a playful and profound investigation into the nature of storytelling itself. The central mystery of her documentary—that the man she grew up believing to be her dad is not her biological father—is public knowledge and revealed in the film’s trailer. Yet Polley conceals and reveals information—starting with her relationships to her interview subjects—in such a way as to constantly surprise, even shock, her audience. The result is a film that entertains and delights viewers while elevating her investigation to art.... read more
Emma Watson Talks Zombie Apocalypse in a New Clip From This Is The End
We’ve all seen the first two trailers for Seth Rogen’s crazy, celeb-apocolyptic directorial debut, This is the End - if you haven’t, go watch them right now. Seriously, leave this page and go here. You can always come back to this article later. Anyway, if you’ve seen the trailers, you know that the film stars Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill and Jay Baruchel as themselves and follows the guys as they, along with the rest of Hollywood, attempt to survive the end of the world, or at least the end of L.A. The film features cameos from countless... read more
She & Him Release "I Could've Been Your Girl" Video
"After seven years and four albums with She & Him, I figured it was about time I took a crack at making a video for a song I wrote," she said in a statement on her website. "The process was so much fun and gave me a chance to give a nod to some of my favorite ’60s musicals." read more
New Trailer for The Wolverine Released
The trailer for the new X-Men film The Wolverine sees Jackman back with a vengeance, reprising his role as the film version of the "yellow spandex-suited character ":http://marvel.wikia.com/Wolverine_Comic_Booksfrom the popular comic series. read more
Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT Headline Inaugural Monterey, Calif. First City Festival
One month ago, Southern California music lovers were catching the last soundwaves from bands ending the two-weekend-long music extravaganza that was Coachella. Now, it seems their neighbors up North might have been a little jealous. read more
Dead Man’s Burden
Opening with a serene, lingering shot of the New Mexico desert, Dead Man’s Burden invites us to marvel at this imposing, seemingly uninhabitable landscape. The arresting stillness is then unceremoniously broken as a man on horseback bursts across the screen. A young woman (Clare Bowen) watches him go, tears pooling in her eyes. And the very moment you believe you have the measure of her, she raises a rifle, takes dead aim and fires. Advancing on her wounded quarry—who’s revealed to be her father, Joe—she puts him out of his misery.... read more
Kate Hudson Joins Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here
Zach Braff will be playing the role of struggling actor/husband/father of two, Aiden Bloom in Wish I Was Here. Braff’s character follows the quirky man-boy day-dreamer mold set by his role as J.D. in Scrubs, but this time Braff’s character will be filling out his elaborate fantasies as a valiant space-knight with a robotic side-kick (a relationship that one can only hope will be a bro-mantic as J.D. and Turk). read more
He’s Way More Famous Than You
He’s Way More Famous Than You is a self-parodying examination of celebrity and stardom, tracking the lengths a fading indie starlet takes to stake her claim in show business. It blends autobiography, fiction and farce with a number of actors playing themselves and other characters simultaneously.... read more
Watch the New Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Trailer
Knights of Columbus! Great Odin's Raven! Ron Burgundy’s Channel 4 News Team is back and classier than ever. read more
Like Father, Like Son (2013 Cannes review)
Like Father, Like Son, the latest bittersweet drama from Japanese writer-director Kore-eda Hirokazu, may be utterly conventional in some ways, but its surging emotional power eventually proves too overwhelming to deny. We probably don’t need another film about a workaholic father who learns to stop and smell the roses, but when it’s handled as effortlessly as Kore-eda does here, you remember that storytelling conventions exist for a reason: In the right hands, they can still work wonderfully.... read more
Young & Beautiful (2013 Cannes review)
When we first meet Isabelle (Marine Vacth), she doesn’t seem much different than most 16-year-olds. Yes, she’s strikingly beautiful in a bikini, but the adolescent uncertainty and hormonal urges are quite recognizable and universal. Once this French girl loses her virginity to an older German guy, however, her behavior changes in ways that neither we nor anyone close to her could have imagined.... read more
The Past (2013 Cannes review)
One of the constant challenges for screenwriters is trying to condense the complexity of human beings into an accessible feature-length presentation. In real life, it can take months—maybe years, maybe never—to fully understand another person. (And that’s if we’re lucky enough to even figure out ourselves.) Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi is restrained by the same obstacles that other filmmakers are, but somehow he seems capable of developing incredibly complex and nuanced characters. They’re layers upon layers, contradictory and mysterious, still revealing things about themselves even once we think we have a bead on them.... read more
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sequel Announced
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II - The Green Destiny is set to begin production in March 2014 and will see Michelle Yeoh reprise her role as Yu Shu Lien. Notably absent from the credits will be virtually the rest of the of the cast from the 2000 original, including Lee, who’s direction helped the film garner four Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language Film. read more
The Bling Ring (2013 Cannes review)
When making a film based on actual crimes, there’s a natural inclination to want to explain precisely what drove the perpetrators to commit their deeds. But in the case of The Bling Ring, a movie inspired by a few high school kids’ string of robberies at celebrities’ homes in the late 2000s, writer-director Sofia Coppola’s rationale for their crimes is quite simple: They did it because they were extraordinarily shallow and materialistic. It’s an intriguing notion, but one wishes Coppola wouldn’t pound on this single point for her movie’s entire running time.... read more
The Congress (2013 Cannes review)
The ambition of The Congress is such that it almost makes a convincing argument for filmmakers following their mad visions wherever they take them, even if they haven’t worked out crucial specifics like story and character. Moving from the personal and experimental nature of his last film, the documentary Waltz With Bashir, director Ari Folman has again gone bold. Even when The Congress falters, which is far, far too often, the conviction of his approach keeps convincing you that he’ll pull things together shortly. Too bad that never quite happens.... read more
Heli (2013 Cannes review)
The world of Heli is a dark and desperate one. Set in an impoverished isolated Mexican community, director Amat Escalante’s spare, unflinching drama treats crime and violence as regrettably commonplace occurrences. From Heli’s perspective, it’s not surprising that lawlessness exists in that country’s remote regions—but it is somewhat miraculous that it has yet to visit the film’s main characters. Until now.... read more
Christopher Nolan in Talks to Direct New James Bond Film
Following the commercial success of Skyfall, which earned $1.1 billion worldwide, Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G .Wilson have reportedly approached Nolan with the offer to direct the 24th film in the franchise after Skyfall director, Sam Mendes, dropped out due to commitments to theatre projects in London. read more
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