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BFI's 'Hitchcock 9,' the Master of Suspense's Earliest Surviving Works, Kicks Off Its Stateside Tour UPDATED

Hitchcock fans rejoice. The BFI has kicked off its stateside national tour of "The Hitchcock 9," a program of Alfred Hitchcock's nine earliest surviving works, all in newly restored 35mm prints. It launches at the Castro Theatre (June 14-16) for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and will make ...

On Will Smith's Seemingly Strategic Aversion To Controversial Roles...

As anticipation for Quentin Tarantino’s visionary “Southern,” Django Unchained, nears a fever pitch, my thoughts have turned to the man who was initially approached to essay the role that eventually went to Jamie Foxx – and what his ultimate refusal of such a controversial...

Review: Tragi-Comedy 'Act of Killing' Confronts the Killer Inside (TRAILER)

With his documentary "The Act of Killing," Joshua Oppenheimer has reset the bar for tragi-comedy. As in, don’t even bother trying, Hollywood. Ever again. In fact, why don’t we just dispense with next year’s Oscar race right now and give both the best documentary and the best feature award to this ...

WATCH: First Trailer for Princess 'Diana' Biopic, Starring Naomi Watts

The first teaser trailer for Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Diana," starring Naomi Watts as Princess Diana, has landed. The film follows the last two years of Diana's life, charting her various romances and her evolution into a major international campaigner and humanitarian. Entertainment One has picked up...

'Dirty Wars': Glimpse Into Shadow World of U.S. Counterterrorism Via Tenacious Reporter

"Dirty Wars," the riveting new documentary by journalist Jeremy Scahill and director Rick Rowley that probes the shadowy world of U.S. paramilitary operations, almost didn't get made. Or rather, it almost didn't become the film that premiered at Sundance in January to critical plaudits and hit thea...

Sword and Sandal Update: Principal Photography Begins on Brett Ratner's 'Hercules,' Starring Dwayne Johnson

UPDATE: Principal photography began today on Brett Ratner's "Hercules," which is slated for July 2014. The MGM and Paramount film stars the ubiquitous and Herculean-proportioned Dwayne Johnson (who toplined "Fast & Furious 6," "G.I. Joe Retaliation" and "Pain & Gain" this spring), along with Ian McS...

Ray Charles Died Today... Then Jamie Foxx Won An Oscar

Today in history, June 10th, 2004... singer and pianist Ray Charles died of liver disease in his Beverly Hills home at age 73.

LAFF: Destin Cretton Talks SXSW Grand Jury Winner 'Short Term 12,' Immaturity and the Mystery of Indie Film's Future (TRAILER)

Destin Daniel Cretton talks his "Short Term 12," from Sundance winning short to SXSW Grand Jury prize-winning feature...

LAFF: Bernard Rose and Danny Huston Reunite with 'Boxing Day,' Third in Tolstoy Series (VIDEO)

Transplanted Brit writer-director Bernard Rose and Hollywood scion Danny Huston have enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship. Casting Huston in "IVANSXTC," a llittle-seen 2002 success d'estime that in many ways presaged the indie digital age, jumpstarted the would-be director's career as an actor. ...

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

You can't no longer say that Yahoo lacks a presence in social media and on mobile devices.

Weekend Trailer Watch: 'A Touch of Sin,' 'The Young and Prodigious Spivet,' and 'Jimmy P.'

Cannes 2013 - ADFF Announces 1st Recipients Of SANAD Fund (Several North African Projects Included)

Grant recipients from the first cycle of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s SANAD Fund for 2013 have been announced at the Cannes Film Festival with 16 projects chosen to receive grants, out of the 112 who applied.ADFF also announced that one of the latest film projects to benefit from a SANAD grant ...

Movie Lovers We Love: Chitra Neogy Teaches "Film as a Transformative Process"

Most students walk away from a typical film courses with a better knowledge of the medium’s history and an impressive vocabulary. However such a standard, superficial approach to cinema can leave the viewer unsatisfied, missing out on the rich, powerful qualities of the art form. Professor and filmm...

Moscow Film Fest Announces Lineup; Will Open With 'World War Z'

Marc Forster's anticipated summer blockbuster "World War Z" will open the 35th edition of the Moscow International Film Festival. The Brad Pitt-led film will screen at the festival on June 20th, the day before it opens Stateside. 

Outfest To Honor Kimberly Peirce and Open With David Sedaris Adaptation 'C.O.G.'

Outfest announced hat Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s “C.O.G." -- the first film adaptation of David Sedaris’s work -- has been selected as the Opening Night Gala of the 31st Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, which will go down on Thursday, July 11.  “C.O.G.” is written and directed by Alvarez and based o...

Watch: The Red Band Trailer for Horror Anthology Sequel 'V/H/S/2' Offers More Lo-fi Scares

Less than a year after the theatrical release of indie horror anthology "V/H/S" comes a second installment, "V/H/S/2." This sequel to the 2012 film has for its framing story two private investigators who also find themselves stumbling onto a collection of disturbing VHS tapes in connection with a st...

Movies Like Magic: Peek Behind the Film Critic Curtain in this Excerpt from 'Rainer on Film'

"Movies are like magic acts. You are constantly trying to peek behind the curtain; you want to be fooled, and you don't want to be fooled."

Cannes front-runner Asghar Farhadi can't escape politics of "The Past"

A front-runner for Cannes' top prize, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's "The Past," does not, on its surface, take up the dicey social and political questions that hovered around the surface of his foreign-language Oscar-winner "A Separation." But being an Iranian filmmaker, who has made a film unde...

Egypt's Ismailia International Film Fest Launches First Co-production Platform For Filmmakers Everywhere