• Bekmambetov, Petersen Set Next Directorial Projects

    Directors Curtis Hanson, David Hayter and Dean Parisot also line up their next efforts behind the camera

  • What Does an Oscar Ballot Look Like?

    After seeing a scan of the Best Picture section, a reader wonders about the rest of the ballot

  • More Critics Kudos for ‘Basterds,’ ‘Locker’

    Three more critics groups chime in, honoring Quentin Tarantino and Kathryn Bigelow

  • Sundance Unveils Its Out-of-Competition Lineup

    Among the films premiering in Park City are movies starring Murray, Holmes and both Afflecks

  • Sundance Lineup: Sebastian Junger War Doc, Pat Tillman Story

    “Perfect Storm” author directs Afghan documentary; football-star-turned-soldier film debuts.

  • Honorary Oscar Recipients to be Chosen Today

    AMPAS board of governors will select the largest slate of honorary winners in years.

  • Bruno, Eminem and a Wacky Will Ferrell

    Back-to-back award shows this weekend and nary a tux in sight.   Surely some wished there was some sort of dress code enforced after spotting Sacha Baron Cohen in little more than a leopard-print bikini brief at both the Spike TV Guys Choice show and the MTV Movie Awards. Surely Cohen’s flamboyant fashionista alter ego Bruno…

  • How ‘The Dude’ Came to Love the Lebowski Fest

    In the spring of 2003 I got a call from Will Russell and Scott Shuffitt (that’s them below) inviting me to the 2nd Annual Lebowski Fest in Louisville, Kentucky. They described it as a two-night affair, the first at a movie theater and a bar and the second at a bowling alley. They were thrilled…

  • Can New Fall Shows Rescue NBC?

    Line-up includes four new dramas, two comedies and Chevy Chase.

    Can New Fall Shows Rescue NBC?
  • How Tony Curtis Taught Jewison the Movies

    “All kinds of things stand in your way when you’re making a film. It’s you against the world.”

    How Tony Curtis Taught Jewison the Movies
  • How Tony Curtis Taught Jewison the Movies

    He’s directed and produced some of our most iconic American films — "The Cincinnati Kid," "In the Heat of the Night" and "And Justice for All," for starters — but Norman Jewison, 1999 winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s prestigious Thalberg Award for his producing career, is Canadian through and through.…