I'm finally going to catch Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia" this afternoon, and I can't wait. I've been a huge fan of the director's recent work, particularly "Dogville" and "Anti...
The Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award's current streak of influencing the best picture race has dome to an end. The past three years have seen "Slumdog Millionaire," "Preci...
As we move out of the Toronto fray, Venice and Telluride already a memory, we look to the season ahead. The starting gun echo of those three early fall festivals is beginning to fade away, and with the dust settled or...
TORONTO - The most star-friendly of the three awards season kickoff festivals, Toronto has been a buzz boon to many Oscar players over the years. "Brokeback Mountain," "Slumdog Millionaire," "...
TORONTO - Michelle Yeoh has been to the top of the cinematic mountain. An icon of Asian cinema, her role in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made her a global star. And yet, the reception she's r...
With only five to six major films left to catch for this calendar year, I can unequivocally say there isn't a scenario where "Drive" will not make my top ten list. Believe the hype, it's that good.
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Writer/director Lynn Shelton's independent romantic dramedy "Your Sister's Sister" has been picked up by IFC Films for distribution in North America and Latin America, according to Indiewire. They ...
Anna Kendrick stars opposite Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Anjelica Huston in "50/50", a dramedy about a twenty-something man (Gordon-Levitt) who discovers he has cancer. Kendrick...
TORONTO - It's only the first day of the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and two major prestige pics have already shown their wares to the assembled international press corps; Bennett Miller's "Moneyball...
There have been a number of modern adaptations of Shakespeare's plays over the last two decades. So much so that transporting the classic tomes to a more contemporary setting isn't as fresh as it used to be. The...
