The last time Academy Award-winner Sofia Coppola hit up La Croisette to unveil a new work, 2006's "Marie Antoinette," the Hollywood royal child was met with boos. History didn't repeat itself when "The Bling Ring" kicked off the Cannes' Un Certain Regard section this morning after screening to a pac...
Read More »Teen life is both among the prevalent focuses of contemporary cinema and a topic most readily understood. Mainstream teen movies tend to resemble the teen naivete rather than exploring the more complicated world that surrounds it. Made outside that system, Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" and Franco...
Read More »Mel Brooks talks to us about his very entertaining episode of the PBS series "American Masters," "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise" (premiering Monday, May 20th at 9pm ET/PT.
Read More »IFC Films bought U.S. rights to romantic drama "The Face of Love" starring Annette Bening, Ed Harris and Robin Williams.
Read More »Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
Read More »Cannes celebrates the superficiality of posh, luxurious spectacles while forcing its guests to struggle through the chaos.
Read More »Drama runs high in the new trailer for James Franco's William Faulkner adaptation "As I Lay Dying." While the trailer makes the film look like an intense edge-of-your-seat drama, Faulkner's modernist prose is often seen as hard to translate into film adaptations.
Read More »IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Kat Coiro's romantic comedy "A Case of You," which made its world premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Co-written by Justin Long, Christian Long and Keir O'Donnell, "A Case of You" stars Long, Evan Rachel Rood, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Sienna Miller,...
Read More »Jack of all trades James Franco has revived his burgeoning career as a cultural critic. We all know he got an advanced degree from Yale or NYU or Columbia or something, and we may have read his take on HBO show "Girls" last year.
Read More »Last week, Rooftop Films kicked off its 2013 summer season with a screening of some stellar short films and an advanced screening of "Frances Ha" with Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. They also debuted their new trailer for the 2013 season, tied to this year's theme "Building Something Bigger."
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