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Carnage

“Penelope, I believe in the god of carnage, the god who’s been unchallenged since the beginning of time.” Critically acclaimed director Roman Polanski (The Pianist, Rosemary’s Baby) has adapted Yasmina Reza’s award-winning play, (God of Carnage, to make one of 2011’s best films. Carnage is a daring, perfectly cast comedy that presents a supremely authentic story of a day in the lives of well-to-do Americans, and one that, ironically, might have only been possible coming from a French-German-Spanish-Polish production. Shot in Paris but set in Brooklyn, Polanski’s latest film presents a view of “civilized” society that is equal parts “cruelty...  read more

Roman Polanski to Receive Award in Zurich

Two years after his arrest in Switzerland, Roman Polanski is set to return to Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award that was supposed to be presented to him at the 2009 Zurich Film Festival.  read more

Watch the Trailer for Roman Polanski's Carnage

The first trailer for director Roman Polanski's upcoming black-comedy drama _Carnage_ was released today. The film focuses on two sets of parents, played by Kate Winslet and Cristoph Waltz on one side and Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly on the other, who meet up to talk after their kids fight one another at school that day.  read more

Roman Polanski Free, Won't be Extradited to U.S.

Acclaimed director Roman Polanski is free to go following the Swiss government’s rejection of a request for his extradition to the U.S., the Associated Press reports....  read more

The Ghost Writer Review

Director: Roman Polanski Writers: Polanski (screenplay), Robert Harris (novel and adaptation) Cinematographer: Pawel Edelman Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, Eli Wallach Studio/Run Time: Summit Entertainment, 128 min. Surprisingly uneven, unsurprisingly subpar Roman Polanski may be one of the screen’s best directors, but with the exception of 2002’s The Pianist the fugitive filmmaker has not created anything close to his two signature films: 1968’s Rosemary’s Baby and 1974’s Chinatown. The release of The Ghost Writer does nothing to change that....  read more

15 Masterful Directors with Films in 2010

Even the best actors will occasionally take a paycheck from a film they know is a stinker, but a great director is the closest Hollywood has to a sure thing.  read more

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, Many More Sign Petition to Free Roman Polanski

Over 110 top Hollywood figures are now in protest of director Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland Saturday, as evidenced by an online petition....  read more

Roman Polanski Arrested in Switzerland

Upon arriving at Zurich's Kloten Airport on Saturday (Sept. 26) to accept a well-publicized lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival, Roman Polanski was apprehended by Swiss authorities on a 31-year-old outstanding U.S. arrest warrant....  read more

After 30 years, Roman Polanski asks U.S. to dismiss charges

In the latest turnaround in a case that has become Hollywood lore, Roman Polanski has asked a judge to dismiss the 30-year-old child sex charges still outstanding against him based on new information from the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. The request asserts that the documentary provides new evidence that the now-deceased judge who oversaw the case succumbed to improper influence from a prosecutor outside of the courtroom. ...  read more

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

When Roman Polanski received...  read more