Topic: Film

Steven Spielberg, Struggling Filmmaker

REUTERS

Of all the people to sound the alarm on the decline and fall of the film industry, Steven Spielberg might seem like an improbable choice.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Oct 23, 2012

Why We're Excited for 'The Bay'

Horror movies which incorporate the found-footage style are a dime a dozen and just about played out. But we have faith that Barry Levinson and his gaggle of isopods in his new Contagion-Paranormal Activity-Inconvenient Truth mashup, The Bay, will actually buck the odds and be something we like.

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By Adam Martin

Jul 23, 2012

Frank Pierson, Writer of 'Dog Day Afternoon,' 'Cool Hand Luke,' Dead at 87

Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon and Cool Hand Luke, has died at the age of 87, after a career that saw him working in television on shows like Mad Men and The Good Wife right up to the end of his life.

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By Hannah Miet

Jul 9, 2012

Spike Lee Shook Romney's Hand, Favors Bloomberg's Soda Ban, and More

Spike Lee shook Mitt Romney's hand, favors Bloomberg's soda ban, thinks we will gentrify The Atlantic Ocean, and other highlights from his New York Magazine interview with Will Leitch. 

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By Jen Doll and Richard Lawson

May 24, 2012

What Your Favorite Wes Anderson Movie Says About You

What's your favorite Wes Anderson film? You would be amazed at what your preferences say about who you are, at least according to this entirely unscientific but completely authoritative exploration.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 16, 2012

Why Armond White Wasn't Our Most Cantankerous Critic

This morning we released our ranking of America's most cantankerous film critics, and since then, several people, including winner Kyle Smith of the New York Post, have asked why longtime New York City critic Armond White was left out of our contest.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 16, 2012

America's Most Cantankerous Film Critic

Call it brash independence, a unique way of seeing, or simple cantankerousness, but it's often struck us while reading film reviews that some critics enjoy going against the grain. We crunched some numbers to crown America's most cantankerous film critic.

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By Richard Lawson

Nov 14, 2011

Who Is Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher For, Exactly?

An international trailer for the upcoming Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady has been released, and it presents itself as a stirring King's Speech (meets Evita?) style drama about a populist hero overcoming adversity. Wait. Are we talking about the same Margaret Thatcher here?

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By Ray Gustini

Nov 10, 2011

Clint Eastwood Doesn't Care About Your Politics

Clint Eastwood's not a Republican. He's not a Democrat either. He didn't object when GQ classified him as a "social libertarian" in an interview last month, but it's technically not a form of libertarianism, which is okay, because Eastwood and politics were a bad match from the start.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Oct 27, 2011

Spike Jonze and Olympia Le-Tan's Beautiful New Short

Stunning stop motion animation and pretty embroidered book covers make Spike Jonze's latest project look both gorgeous and gruesome.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 17, 2011

'The Big Year' Flops for Fox; Another 'Transformers'?

Plus: Sue Mengers, 78, died at her home, what Aaron Sorkin thought of 'Moneyball'

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 4, 2011

Darren Aronofsky's Ark Movie Floats; Tommy Lee Jones's Lucky Break

Plus: The Tommy Lee Jones contract snafu that keeps on costing Paramount

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 27, 2011

Jessica Chastain's Great New Role: Tom Cruise Love Interest

Plus: Diablo Cody's directorial debut gets a cast

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 12, 2011

The CW Is Really Going Ahead with That 'Sex and the City' Prequel

Plus: Anderson Cooper's syndicated talk show debuts Monday

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 9, 2011

Tracy Morgan Imitates a Robot as Only Tracy Morgan Can

Plus: A two minute history of the movie title sequence

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 8, 2011

Blame the Classic Cars, Not Leo, If 'The Great Gatsby' Flops

Plus: A rave review that will erase any lingering doubts about 'Moneyball'

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 7, 2011

Lars Von Trier Puts His Cannes Nazi Joke in Proper, Offensive Context

Plus: Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma among this year's Kennedy Center honorees

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 1, 2011

'Die Hard 5' Has a Director, But No Silly Subtitle

Plus: 1988 George Lucas calls out 'egotistical gangsters' like 2011 George Lucas

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By Ted Mann

Aug 27, 2011

Crave A Good War Movie? Blame 'Top Gun'

A provocative column says martial movie fare helped gloss war's image, then and now

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 25, 2011

HBO Will Not Get Out of the Diane Keaton Business

Plus: Wolverine could be learning the way of the samurai in Canada

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 23, 2011

Next Up on Woody Allen's Grand European Movie Tour: Germany

Plus: Meryl Streep's Margaret Thatcher biopic gets a harsh initial response

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 16, 2011

Bradley Cooper Out, Mark Wahlberg In On 'The Crow'?

Plus: Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy are making an identity theft comedy

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 28, 2011

Ron Howard's New Age of Austerity

Hollywood is wondering whether lavish deals for super directors can be sustained

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 26, 2011

Our Candidates for a New 'Saddest Movie Scene Ever'

Surely someone's filmed sadder scene than 1995's 'The Champ'

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By Erik Hayden

Jun 23, 2011

'Cars 2' Races Toward Being Pixar's Worst-Reviewed Flick

It's the studio's first film threatened with the "rotten" label

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 14, 2011

David Lynch Has Another New Hobby: Nightclub Design

'Mulholland Dr.' themed Paris nightclub is the latest side gig for the director

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 8, 2011

Eight Spielberg References in the New 'Super 8' Clip

A running tally of the number of times J.J. Abrams's new movie winks at its producer

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 7, 2011

How to Feel About Bradley Cooper Speaking French

The strong feelings being produced by the 'Hangover' star's French TV interview

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 2, 2011

Darren Aronofsky Revlon Ad Unmistakably Darren Aronofsky

Even when he's selling plumping mascara, the Black Swan director makes the shots his own

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By Ray Gustini

May 24, 2011

Iran Stands Up for Von Trier's Nazi Jokes, Against 'Fascist Behavior'

It's not the kind of support the director was hoping for

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By Ray Gustini

May 12, 2011

The Weirdest Press Conference Questions From Cannes

Two days in, and the weird questions are already flowing

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By Erik Hayden

May 6, 2011

Thor: The Most Businesslike Marvel Product Yet

Critics are resigned to say the film is fine "for what it is"

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By Erik Hayden

May 4, 2011

Concern Over Warner Bros. Buying Rotten Tomatoes

The Hollywood studio now owns one of the most popular review sites

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By Erik Hayden

Apr 27, 2011

The Cast of HBO's 'Game Change' So Far

Most of the major players have been cast...except for a Barack Obama

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By Ray Gustini

Mar 17, 2011

Surprisingly, SXSW Audiences Kinda Liked 'The Beaver'

Before Mel Gibson became persona non grata he made a movie about a hand puppet

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By Ray Gustini

Mar 15, 2011

'Hereafter' and Other Movies Pulled From Japan

This happened after 9/11, too

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