Now in its 24th edition, the Tokyo Intl. Film Festival has long aspired to be in the same class as Cannes, Venice and Berlin. It says so right in its publicity materials.
Japan, as TIFF chairman Tom Yoda mentioned at the pre-fest presser in September, is
It seems like Justin Theroux has been wearing the same thing for weeks, all black.
His leather jacket, black trousers and a shirt and hat to match.
Or he has few pieces of the same design? He wears them like uniforms.
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There were rumors previously
In a 9.29 piece called "Generation Next: The Realignment," Marshall Fine makes various calls about where certain actors are in their careers, sinking- or rising-wise. Most of Fine's assessments are no-brainers, but I'm wondering if HE readers generally a
These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the movies currently playing in the Quad-Cities area:
"Courageous" (PG-13, 124 minutes). The Kendrick brothers from Sherwood Baptist Church ("Facing the Giants," "Fireproof") are be
Over where my blog movie reviews get published on Examiner.com, I was presented with an editorial project opportunity dealing with the topic of the "American Dream." The suggested angles pertained to how the American Dream presently relates in the many
Whether you’re a lover of art-house abstraction or broad-stroke dramedy, chances are good you’ve seen Jessica Chastain recently. Since emerging as a virtual unknown at Sundance in the apocalyptic drama Take Shelter, she’s been seen as the female lead in
His latest film Midnight In Paris might be in the bag, but Woody Allen has already started another, while finding time to open a new show on Broadway. Shereen Low discovers it’s all down to Lady Luck
After more than four decades making Oscar-winning film
In 1977, a middle-aged man was arrested for sexual assault against a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles. To escape imprisonment, he has been on the run ever since and has, to this day, not received any punishment for his alleged crime. Despite the unspeakab
Cinema verite meets the emergency room in "24 Hours in the ER," which debuts today on BBC America.
The convergence was inevitable. From "Dr. Kildare" in the '60s to sudser "General Hospital" to today's "House" and "ER," medical shows have been a staple o
Remember that bit at the end of The Pianist where Adrien Brody's character plays the piano for his Nazi captor? Didn't that make your skin tingle? Didn't it bruise your soul to think of all the cruelty and destruction of the Holocaust, and didn't the jux
There were rumors previously saying that Jennifer Aniston is dating Christopher Gartin. Both Jennifer and Christopher Gartin's wife have bee...
Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston's dog has been rescued by a paparazzi. Her dog was running dangerously on th
Panels, screenings conclude event Buy This Photo The final day of the Woodstock Film Festival was greeted with sunny weather as eager film fans caught the remaining events around town. Among the activities: Blue Sky Studios held a panel discussion on the
Presented by The Playwrights Realm, the drama Crane Story stars Angela Lin as Cassis, a young Japanese American on an odyssey to rescue her brother’s soul from the land of the dead.
Written by Jen Silverman and directed by Katherine Kovner, Crane Story r
There were rumors previously saying that Jennifer Aniston is dating Christopher Gartin. Both Jennifer and Christopher Gartin's wife have bee...
Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston's dog has been rescued by a paparazzi. Her dog was running dangerously on th
“I will fuck your mother’s heart!”
JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS aka JUAN OF THE DEAD is a complete genre wetdream for me. It’s the sort of film that the second I left the theater I knew… this is a film I’ll probably see 100 times more before I die. At least
Jennifer Aniston and her beau, Justin Theroux double date with Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor. They had dinner at il Cantinori in New York City.
One source tells Us Weekly, "Jennifer and Justin were really cute together -- affectionate but not
Jane Fonda (R) plays the grandmother to Elizabeth Olsen in a scene from "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding," which opened the Woodstock Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 22. (BCDF Pictures) The 12th annual Woodstock Film Festival, which runs in the Hudson V
Jason Bateman has a new boss. And drinking 18-year-old scotch at 8 a.m. is definitely not going to be part of the initiation. The actor is the new voice of Honda advertising.
He appears in a new spot for Honda's Accord sedan
There were rumors previously saying that Jennifer Aniston is dating Christopher Gartin. Both Jennifer and Christopher Gartin's wife have bee...
Who is Jennifer Aniston's latest date? She and Adrien Brody were spotted flirting each other at a recent Chri
In Drive, he plays a marble-mouthed weirdo, just like he does in every film
Ryan Gosling isn't a movie star. Over this past summer, it was easy to get confused on this point. First GQ wondered if he was "the perfect celebrity."
Then Esquire put him on i
Tony Kaye's Adrien Brody starrer "Detachment" will close the 12th annual Woodstock Film Festival, which launches today with the U.S. preem of Bruce Beresford's "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding" starring Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener.
In addition, Kaye
Dubai: Glossy thrillers with stars including Matt Damon, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Richard Gere and period-dramas with Keira Knightley and Frieda Pinto will be highlight of this year's Abu Dhabi Film festival (ADFF).
To be held at the Abu Dhabi Theat
There were rumors previously saying that Jennifer Aniston is dating Christopher Gartin. Both Jennifer and Christopher Gartin's wife have bee...
Who is Jennifer Aniston's latest date? She and Adrien Brody were spotted flirting each other at a recent Chri
Tribeca Films finally announced that it will release Tony Kaye's Detachment in early 2012 in theaters as well as VOD and DVD. Woot! I admittedly have an Adrien Brody...
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After Brad's remarks about his past marriage with his ex wife Jennifer Aniston , Jennifer was spotted having a stroll with her beau, Justin Theroux, heading for a lunch in the West Village. She looked happier than ever and was not affected by Brad's rema
A-list actors with a large fan following are often criticized for taking roles that don't physically or emotionally challenge them, as their fans will see any movie they're in. Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody is one exception to this rule, as se
(29) > Spice World The Spice Girls. The Girls prepare for their first concert. (2 hrs.) (38) >> Freedomland Samuel L. Jackson. A detective searches for the truth behind a boy's abduction. (2 hrs.) (39) >>> Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford. A woman and her se
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --- Music impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs has collaborated with Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine and fashion photographer and visual artist Raphael Mazzucco to become the vanguards of an art movement feat
This could be a spoiler if true. Hodgman was on "The Best Show" on WFMU and asked the audience to chime in on his dilemma to take on a major role in Ghostbusters 3.
If you were hypothetically offered a role in Ghostbusters 3... would you take the r
Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen’s ode to the city of romance, bringing it to life through the world of writing, music and art in the 1920s. The opening shots are just of the city, not unlike the opening to Manhattan, which sets the mood and romanticizes
(09-14) 06:20 PDT TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Sarah Polley's getting an earful from reporters asking her just how autobiographical the marital breakup is in her latest film, "Take This Waltz." The writer-director's answer: It's not autobiographical at all. P
Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood. The film that defined science fiction was released more than 40 years ago, but it still packs a wallop. "With music and mind-blowing visuals, Stanley Kubrick created a wildly popular avant-gar
Indie thriller Wrecked had its DVD premiere in late August. The film has been compared to movies like Buried and Cast Away and, like those movies, features one character on screen through most of the movie. These movies are difficult to make effectively,
Dan Algrant's rock film "Greetings from Tim Buckley," currently shooting in New York, has been picked up by Celluloid Dreams.
Celluloid Dreams, the international production and sales outfit also behind this year’s “Crazy Horse” and “Chicken With Plums,”
Christina Hendricks' on-screen characters have kids on the mind, but the "Mad Men" actress says she is not planning to have babies herself any time soon.
The 36-year-old actress' character on the 1960s-themed AMC show, the voluptuous redhead Joan Harris
(39) >> Passion Flower Charles Bickford. A love triangle erupts in violence. (1 hr.30 mins.)
(99) >> The Trotsky Jay Baruchel. A teenager thinks that he is the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky. (1hr.55 mins.)
(100) The Good Witch's Gift Catherine Bell. A cr
The Great Depression had “City Lights.” The 60s had “The Graduate.” The films of John Hughes dominated the Me Decade. Every era has its important movies – the ones that are defined by their cultural context, and in turn inform future generations about th
Helmer Jeff Nichols' psychological drama "Take Shelter" beat 13 other contenders to win the grand prize at the 37th Deauville American Film Festival, which wrapped Saturday.
Pic, starring Michael Shannon as a man struggling with mental illness, won Cann
The rapper 50 Cent is taking some cues from Adrien Brody and Christian Bale -- losing all kinds of weight for a film role.
Image Entertainment liked what it saw enough that the company has acquired "All Things Fall Apart," which stars 50 Cent and Ray Lio
One of a series of short video vignettes on the Blu-ray disc for Wrecked provides a clue to the structure of this unusual film, which begins in an old beater car that has crashed in a remote hollow. “Flight of the Chevy” tells us how the junker got there
It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when you realize how much Midnight in Paris has charmed you. You could make a pretty strong case for Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard’s first midnight stroll through the city of love, or the audience’s first en
Fox Searchlight has acquired domestic rights to "Shame," a drama starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan and plans to release it this year.
The movie is one of the hottest projects at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It's also a gamble f
Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood. The film that defined science fiction was released more than 40 years ago, but it still packs a wallop. "With music and mind-blowing visuals, Stanley Kubrick created a wildly popular avant-gar
Adrien Brody -- underrated despite an Academy Award -- is returning to movie screens in "Detachment," a schoolhouse drama that Tribeca Film announced it has acquired Thursday.
Tribeca has theatrical, VOD, digital, TV and DVD distribution rights to the f
Adrien Brody in "Detachment," acquired for US distribution by Tribeca Film.
“Detachment,” Tony Kaye’s first high-profile feature since “American History X,” will be distributed in the US by Tribeca Films in 2012.
The film, which had its world premiere at
Distributor Tribeca Film has picked up U.S. rights to "Detachment," the Tony Kaye drama that had its world preem at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival.
Pic toplines Adrien Brody as a substitute teacher whose growing attachments to students, teachers and a ru
Tribeca Film has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Tony Kaye’s ensemble drama Detachment and plans a 2012 theatrical release that will run day-and-date with VOD and digital distribution. Adrien Brody stars as a substitute teacher who finds his purpose
Moammar Gadhafi actually had a connection with Hollywood.
The Libyan dictator's third son, Saadi, was a movie mogul of sorts, with a film production company called Natural Selection, which he co-founded in 2009.
In addition to funding from Saadi, Natu
Saoirse Ronan stars as an assassin who's been trained for one mission from the day she was born. A near feral upbringing with her father (Eric Bana) has turned her into a killing machine, but once engaged in her mission, the young girl discovers she's go
■ Hanna (Grade: B+): Saoirse Ronan stars as an assassin who's been trained for one mission from the day she was born. A near feral upbringing with her father (Eric Bana) has turned her into a killing machine, but once engaged in her mission, the young gi
Hanna: Rating 4 out of five Saoirse Ronan stars as an assassin who's been trained for one mission from the day she was born. A near feral upbringing with her father (Eric Bana) has turned her into a killing machine, but once engaged in her mission, the y
? ? Hanna: Saoirse Ronan stars as an assassin who's been trained for one mission from the day she was born. A near feral upbringing with her father (Eric Bana) has turned her into a killing machine, but once engaged in her mission, the young girl discove
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An Oscar winner for best foreign language film, "In a Better World" (2010, Sony, R, $30) is an absorbing thriller about revenge and forgiveness which tracks the unlikely but life-changing friendship between two tweeners — th
Ten years ago, international filmmakers paid little attention to getting their films into an Arab festival, but now the region offers a growing promotional platform and industry crossroads for filmmakers throughout the world.
Over the past decade, the Un
PROVINCETOWN - If you’re surprised to hear that Vera Farmiga has directed a movie, she’d like to know why.
“I’ve heard that before, and I don’t know what it means. Actors direct movies all the time. Storytelling is storytelling,’’ she says.
When Farmiga
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She had been looking much healthier in recent months but it appears that Lindsay Lohan might have taken her dieting a little too far.
The starlet looked gaunt and skinny as she arrived at the Byron and Tracy salon yesterday to get her locks tended to.
It's a Woody Allen movie so there's a lot of walking, talking, and walking. Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris.
Gil (Owen Wilson, far right) grins and bears it as the insufferable Paul (Michael Sheen) bloviates on everything and nothing in Midnight in Pari
The troubled starlet has had the words from Billy Joel 1989 track I Go To Extremes inked on to her body.
'Clear as a crystal sharp as a knife, I feel like I'm in the prime of my life' have been etched onto the 25-year-old's right ribcage.
She proudly
These days Saadi Kadafi is on the run, presumably somewhere in North Africa, dodging the rebels who ended his father's 42-year-long dictatorship in Libya.
But just two years ago this month, the 38-year-old third son of Moammar Kadafi was perched on a cou
Four new movies on DVD are our critic's top picks this week:
Claus (Ulrich Thomsen) is the widower father of Christian (William Jaahnk Nielsen) in the Danish drama "In a Better World."
Claus (Ulrich Thomsen) is the widower father of Christian (William Ja
By Will Friedwald The Oak Room (at the Algonquin Hotel) 59 W. 44th St., (212) 840-6800 Through Sept. 10 "Kidding on the Square" is a jazz-age expression that roughly equates with (in the age of "The Sopranos") "I'm not sayin', but I'm sayin'"—meaning tha
