Regular readers know how hard I fell for "Drive" at Cannes two years ago, so when the news broke that Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn were reuniting for a similarly hard-boiled thriller, I adm...
Right, the waiting is over. Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux has announced a name-heavy Official Selection for this year's fest. Among the 19 Competition films vying for the Palme d'Or are Alexander Payne...
Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives," the follow-up to his 2011 genre thriller "Drive," ranked pretty high up on Guy's recent wishlist of Cannes entries. It wouldn't be outrageous to anticipa...
In the blessed six months between the Venice Film Festival and the Academy Awards ceremony -- the Oscar off-season, if you will -- the Cannes Film Festival is the chief hub of speculation and spitballing in the presti...
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim
Iranian auteur Farhadi's last two features, "About Elly" and "A Separation," premiered modestly at the Berlinale. But follo...
I'm really curious to see how Twitter evolves in the future. It's gone from what I considered a ridiculous idea the first time I heard about it to a very powerful form of social media where information is shared in ne...
After some tentative first steps, Universal seems ready to go all the way with their adaptation of E.L. James' S&M bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey."
The studio paid a reported $5 million fo...
In this week's installment of 10 Stories you might have missed: Mark Millar says Josh Trank's "Fantastic Four" reboot will be like "nothing you've seen before." Also: "Drive's" Nicol...
20th Century Fox's Marvel film consultant Mark Millar ("Kick-Ass") wants you to know that Josh Trank "Fantastic Four" reboot won't be the same old superhero story.
After taking the ge...
After months of trying to settle on a name, Sony has chosen "Drive" and "Bronson" helmer Nicolas Winding Refn to direct Denzel Washington in the upcoming big screen take on the '80s TV show "T...
