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A Look At Seattle International Film Fest's New 'African Pictures' Program Selections For 2013

It was announced last fall that SIFF (the Seattle International Film Festival) was the 2012 recipient of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences multi-year grant for its African Pictures program, which comprises of a total of $150,000 over a three-year period - funds that will go toward...

Review and Trailer for Oscar-Nominated 'Kon-Tiki' - An Enjoyable, Supersized High-Seas Adventure

Norway's Oscar-nominated Foreign-Language entry, the enjoyably supersized “Kon-Tiki,” follows the real-life adventures of explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who, in 1947, embarked on an eccentric mission across the Pacific Ocean, from Peru to Polynesia, on a wooden raft. His goal was to prove that Polynesia.....

Today: S&A's Tambay Obenson On Race, Authorship, Authenticity In Cinema Tribeca Talks Panel

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: 'Kill List' Director Ben Wheatley Talks IFC's 'Sightseers'

Brit filmmaker Ben Wheatley had brought his prior two low-budget features, "Down Terrace" and "Kill List," to the Cannes market. Then he made his proper Cannes debut with "Sightseers" in the Director's Fortnight, an unexpected breakout during an unexceptional year. Then the film played the fest circ...

Zimbabwean Director Of 'Pride' Heading Home To Shoot 'Riding w/ Sugar' (Watch Short Version)

It never ocurred to me that the 2007 drama, Pride, which starred Terrence Howard, Kimberly Elise, Bernie Mac and others, was directed by a Zimbambwean filmmaker named Sunu Gonera. Film blogging wasn't anything I was doing at the time, and I think was more focused on filmmaking, so I don't recall i...

Skinny Matthew McConaughey Talks New Approach to Roles: 'Mud,' 'Dallas Buyer's Club,' 'Magic Mike' [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

When we sat down with Matthew McConaughey last November, he looked scarily thin. He'd lost 38 pounds to prep for passion project "The Dallas Buyer's Club," about a straight man fighting HIV who becomes a dealer in unapproved drugs to stave off AIDS. (The film just landed a distributor.) The actor wa...

Hugh Grant's Return to Rom-Com, Untitled Marc Lawrence Film, Goes Into Production UPDATE

Principal photography has begun in New York on Marc Lawrence's yet untitled romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Bella Heathcote, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons and Chris Elliott.

Navigating Documentary 'Venus and Serena' with the Williams Sisters Was Not Easy

Veteran broadcast journalists Maiken Baird and Michelle Major spent four years obtaining access to the private world of tennis superstars the Williams sisters for "Venus and Serena," which debuted last week at the Toronto Film Festival. But when the tennis documentary finally premiered, it did so wi...

Boston Tragedy: 5 Ways TV News Could've Done Better

Judging by what I have read this week on social-media websites, much of America has disliked the television coverage, in particular. The public appears to be rather disgusted. For instance, I garnered 11 "likes" on Facebook soon after I posted the following on Tuesday afternoon:

Watch: Justin Long Plays Steve Jobs in Funny or Die's First Feature, 'iSteve'

It looks like Ashton Kutcher had some surprise competition in the race to play Steve Jobs. Before you can see Kutcher embody Apple's co-founder in the biopic "Jobs," Funny or Die has released their take on the man via their own biopic, which is available to view online. Titled "iSteve," it marks the...

CinemaCon: Fithian Looks Back at 2012, Universal New Model Studio

Every year CinemaCon rolls out the $100 Million Reel; it's a tradition to remind the exhibitors of the movies that scored in their theaters. "Something for everyone" is the theme that rang out Tuesday. The 2012 boom, said NATO chief John Fithian and others, was about delivering a diversity of high q...

Boston Marathon Aftermath: TV News Gets an A+ at Selling Fear

In the aftermath of Monday's Boston Marathon tragedy, the U.S. television media have done an excellent job -- at selling fear. 

Exclusive: Poster For César Award Nominated Drama 'Augustine'

Making her feature directorial debut "Augustine," Alice Wintour wisely enlisted the talents of Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni, two excellent veterean French actors, to take on supporting roles in the film. But in the lead, she went with a rising newcomer, singer/actress Soko and added to that...

WATCH: New 'Man of Steel' Trailer Finds Outsider Clark Kent on an Emotional and Existential Journey

After the eerie General Zod video warning comes the third and most emotional "Man of Steel" trailer: an existential journey to define the heart and soul of Kal-El/Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) and his role as outsider/savior. Watch below.

Watch: A First-Look Trailer for Starz's Pirate Series 'Black Sails' Features Sea Battles and Ladies Smooching

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for Starz. The premium cable channel had a strong launch of historical fantasy "Da Vinci's Demons," created by "Man of Steel" writer David S. Goyer, last week, and today has unveiled the first trailer for 2014 series "Black Sails," an eight-episode swashbuckler that tak...

Trailers from Hell: Josh Olson on Sean Penn's Overlooked and Underrated Directorial Debut, 'The Indian Runner'

Overlooked and Underrated Week continues at Trailers from Hell, with screenwriter Josh Olson introducing Sean Penn's directorial debut "The Indian Runner," starring Viggo Mortensen.

20 Years of TV: How HBO Paved the Way for Television to Be Taken Seriously

Any look at the artistic renaissance in television would be incomplete without HBO. From its start in 1972, its status as a premium cable channel afforded HBO permission to say those famous seven words you can't say on standard TV, as well as more graphic violence and nudity.

A Modest Proposal for Curbing Senseless Tragedies

We've grown numb as a nation to the tragedies on a college campus in Virginia, a movie theater in Colorado, bucolic Newtown, Conn., and now at the Boston Marathon. When will it stop? we plead. 

Watch: Trailer For The Michael Bay-Produced Pirate TV Show 'Black Sails'

With "Pain & Gain" dropping next week, and work starting on "Transformers 4" very soon, you might think that Micheal Bay's plate is plenty full. You would be wrong. The director has also found some time to put on his executive producing hat (reminder: his Platinum Dunes shingle is also behind the up...