Movie Wins R Rating
Kevin Smith, the director of the movies "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy," has won an appeal to lower the rating for his new comedy from NC-17 to R. |
No Film Distributor? Then D.I.Y.
In a glutted marketplace, some directors are opening their own films. |
Boldly Going One Toke (or More) Over the Line
A look at how David Gordon Green, the man who made "All the Real Girls," became the man who made "Pineapple Express." |
Stoners Who Put the Bud in Buddies
"Pineapple Express" is a stoner comedy that partakes of a gentle indie vibe before hitting the hard stuff. |
Only a Few More Smuggling Days Left Before Christmas? It's Not a Wonderful Life
Courtney Hunt's somber film "Frozen River" ventures deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table. |
Slumber Parties Go Digital
In the gender wars, men generally win the race to the bottom. This past week though, women were the ones who seemed completely preoccupied by the reproductive act. |
'The Dark Knight' Triumphs Again
For the third week, the Warner Brothers Batman movie "The Dark Knight" took the top spot at the weekend box office. |
Godmother of Punk, Celebrator of Life
You may not learn everything you want to know in "Patti Smith: Dream of Life," but you learn just about everything you need. |
Hopeful Misanthrope Seeks Same
Lightly sweetened and just a touch bitter, the romantic comedy "In Search of a Midnight Kiss" treads familiar if appealing ground. |
Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies
She no longer dances naked, but the first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody is still exposing herself. |
Paramount Drops Out of Plan to Raise $450 Million for Films
Paramount Pictures said it had pulled out of a planned film finance deal that was meant to raise as much as $450 million. |
Fire Destroys Parts of a Popular Movie Lot in California
A fire at NBC Universal's studio lot in Universal City, Calif., destroyed a vault full of movie and television images and parts of the popular studio tour. At least six firefighters were injured. |
A Struggle Toward Manhood
"Sixty Six" is a dolorous comedy that leans heavily, if inoffensively, on ethnic stereotypes. |
Down South, Singing the Indie Blues
Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies. |
A London Home to Shock the Neighbors
The director Roland Emmerich's 1830 town house in London is designed to shock, amuse and provoke discussion. |
'Kite Runner' Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates
After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing "The Kite Runner" has whisked to safety four young actors. |
Curses
The third installment of the "Mummy" franchise, "Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," is by far the weakest. |
That License to Kill Is Unexpired
Ian Fleming, had he lived, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. James Bond, his greatest invention, is ageless and immortal. |
Hit Buoys Animation Studio's Profit
DreamWorks Animation SKG said that second-quarter profit fell sharply, but still topped expectations, helped by its hit "Kung Fu Panda" film. |
Shia Labeouf Injury May Affect Film's Story
The actor Shia LaBeouf, who was injured in a car accident last month, was hurt more seriously than initial news accounts suggested, The Associated Press reported. |
Going for the Finger-Licking Gusto
"Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead" is just about as perfect as a film predicated on the joys of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea can be. |
New Film Tests Crudity's Limits
With "Tropic Thunder," Paramount is gambling on what may be the raunchiest comedy of the summer. |
New DVDs: 'The Inglorious Bastards'
Now that Quentin Tarantino's remake of the 1978 action film, "The Inglorious Bastards," may finally be produced, a three-disc edition of the original comes to DVD. |
We're Off to See the Ruby Slippers
Betsey Johnson and 20 other designers are recreating Dorothy's glittering ruby slippers to commemorate the 70th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz" next year to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. |
Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards
Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race. |
Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals
The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a "a massive rollback," and called on their members to continue their walkout. |
Cannes Winner to Open New York Film Festival
The 46th New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of "The Class" ("Entre les Murs"). |
A Family That Surfs to a Beat: Its Own
"Surfwise" has a bohemian vibe and a cool sheen, but it's an eager-to-please, pleasing commercial enterprise with a reassuring narrative arc. |
For Struggling Black College, Hopes of a Revival
Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the school's debating team. |
Respect in a Box: Giving John Ford the Major American Artist Treatment
"Ford at Fox" is a gargantuan boxed set that assembles 24 of the 50-some films John Ford made for the studio that was his most consistent home. |
A Homecoming for Madonna
Madonna attended the Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan to introduce "I Am Because We Are," her documentary about orphans in Malawi. |
Disney and Pixar: The Power of the Prenup
Two years in, the merger of Disney and Pixar is notable for how well the two companies have made it work. |
Morgan Freeman Injured in Car Crash
The Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday after being injured in a car accident in Mississippi. |
Beauty, Brutality and Three Tough Mothers
Dario Argento's latest danse macabre, "Mother of Tears," starring his daughter Asia, is his usual blend of beauty and brutality. |
A Knack for Being the Bad Boy
The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinter's "Homecoming," a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities. |
A Glitch in the System
"Stealing America: Vote by Vote" might have been this year's most alarming and patriotic documentary if it weren't so shoddy and dull. |
Plaid Suits, Prize Grapes and the Rise of Napa
"Bottle Shock" reconstructs a watershed moment in the wine world's acceptance of the Golden State. |
What You See
Clueless, directionless and altogether pointless, "America the Beautiful" will outrage only those who have spent the last 50 years in suspended animation. |
10 Years Later, Carrie Coordinated
Fashion has been a regular character defining trait throughout the "Sex and the City" series, and in the film version, the fashion is jaw-droppingly fantastic. |
Film on Mexico's Disputed '06 Election Stirs Emotions
A documentary about last year's disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico. |
Holding an All Saints' Day of American Radicals
"Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind" contemplates the violence and struggle of the past by examining markers and monuments across the country. |
Gallic Gangsters, They're Funny That Way
The upcoming "French Crime Wave" series at Film Forum shows that France's New Wave criminals may have a silly side, but they remain fatalistic. |
Film Society Chooses Executive Director
Mara Manus, the Public Theater's top financial executive, is taking the helm as the Film Society undergoes a $38 million expansion. |
Out of Control
An oral biography of the comedian Chris Farley. |
Gentlemen, Start Your Hot-Hued Engines
"Speed Racer" sets out to honor and refresh a youthful enthusiasm from the past and winds up smothering the fun in self-conscious grandiosity. |
A Phoenix of a Film Exhumes a Punk Prince
"What We Do Is Secret" tells the tale of Darby Crash, a singer who died the day before John Lennon was murdered. |
An Angsty Leading Man Who Caught the Spirit of His Times
Elliott Gould is being honored in his native borough, Brooklyn, with a series at BAMcinematek called "Elliott Gould: Star for an Uptight Age." |
Hey, America, This Guy's for You
"Swing Vote" is one of the most surprising, politically suggestive movies to come out of Hollywood this year. |
'Sex and the City' Leads Weekend Box Office
The film has earned an estimated $55.7 million since Thursday, making it an unconventional summer hit. |
Four Jills in Jeans (One Pair) Go to College, Find Romance (or Not), Stay Connected
This is the movie equivalent of being patted on the shoulder by an encouraging high school guidance counselor and assured that you are doing just fine. |
Just a Girl From Halifax
While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea. |
Charles H. Joffe, Movie Producer, Is Dead at 78
Mr. Joffe was a co-producer of Woody Allen's movies and the business expert in the talent agency that managed the careers of a host of high-profile comedians. |
Tomorrow's Oscar Hopefuls Today
The "Black List" has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script. |
Screen Actors Guild Is Divided Against Itself
Infuriated by hard-line tactics used by SAG leaders in contract talks with studios, a less militant collection of actors has started a campaign to take over the guild. |
Financier in Hollywood Strikes Deal in D.W.I.
Ryan Kavanaugh pleaded no contest to, and was convicted of, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, while more serious charges were dropped. |
