Previous collaboration: “Gone Baby Gone” (2007)
Why Ben should: No disrespect to the Oscar-winning “Argo” director, who has a sure hand with actors, but he’s not his own best leading man...
Master German expressionist F.W. Murnau had already sealed his place in film history in his native industry with his seminal interpretations of "Nosferatu" and "Faust" when Hollywood came calling. ...
Year: 2008
Nominees: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Transformers"
Who won: "The Golden Compass"
Who should have: "Transformers"
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Things worked a bit differently at the very first Cannes Film Festival in 1946. The festival took place in the fall, for starters, while the top prize -- not yet named the Palme d'Or -- was shared between 11 films. Th...
Tonight, Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock" will kick off the AFI Fest in Los Angeles, giving Oscar-watchers more to murmur about while critics decide if it's a tribute worthy of Hitch himself or a disposable ...
This lengthy Billy Wilder yarn about Charles Lindbergh and his famed cross-Atlantic flight has always stuck in my head mainly for the film’s second act. In particular, James Stewart’s one-man show from t...
Terrence Malick's dissection of men at war rang as pretentious to some in 1998, and 13 years later, "The Tree of Life" kept that same boring chorus going. For others, there's a lot to unpack in his work, and...
While on the one hand we hate to bolster all those tired male-female stereotypes this Valentine's Day, there's no denying they exist for a reason. Yes, some guys are unrepentant criers and some women can sit stone-fac...
