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The Kids Are All Right Review

Director: Lisa Cholodenko Writers: Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg Cinematographer: Igor Jadue-Lillo Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hutcherson Studio: Mandalay Visions/Focus Features …and so are the lesbian parents, and the surrogate father “Family” is a fairly fluid notion these days, but Hollywood has been awfully slow to catch up to the zeitgeist: from the Griswolds to the Tenenbaums, the all-American nuclear clan has been a steady mom-dad-sister-brother affair, at least on film. But The Kids Are All Right, the latest from writer/director Lisa Cholodenko (High Art, Laurel Canyon), shows that the white-picket-fence fantasy doesn’t...  read more

High Art Director Nabs Julianne Moore, Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo for Next Flick

Lisa Cholodenko, the director of High Art and Laurel Canyon, has set Julianne Moore, Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo to star in The Kids Are All Right, a comedy about a brother and sister with lesbian parents who set out to find the sperm donor who made them possible. ...  read more

Annette Bening elected to join Academy board

“…And finally, I’d like to thank the Academy, especially Ms. Annette Bening for being the newest Academy board member and the board's only first-timer…”The acceptance speeches at the next Academy Awards ceremony, held early next year, may well go something like that now that actress Bening is joining the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Board of Governors. ...  read more