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Marrakech Film Fest: A Celebration of Cinema in the Shadow of Poverty (Guest Blog)
It would be easy to walk through the Kasbah thinking, “these poor people, living the way they do while their leadership entertains movie stars”
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Rust and Bone and a Brutal, Back-Alley Imagination
Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts on brawling with monsters and loving Marion Cotillard in "Rust and Bone"
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‘Patience Stone’ Star: In Iran, You Have a Choice – You Can Stay Alive, or You Can Die
“The existential question in the west is to be or no to be; in our country it’s to say or not to say, that is the question," says exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani
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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Borrowed Obama’s Grassroots Strategy to Land Young Star Quvenzhane Wallis
From canvassing the countryside for amateur actors to turning baby pigs into mythological creatures, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" odd path to indie-film glory
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Naomi Watts’ Fear of Water Fit Tsunami Role in ‘The Impossible’
Naomi Watts faced her fear of water to shoot tsunami scenes in "The Impossible," but she had trouble asking a single question of the woman whose real-life story she was telling
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Beverly Hills Hotel at 100: From Liz Taylor to the Beatles, These Walls Have Seen It All
The Beverly Hills Hotel receives a special present for its 100th birthday: landmark status, the first ever for the city
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Hasselhoff, Bolton, Imbruglia: Middle-Aged Rockers Rock Russia
The “White Nights of St. Petersburg” music festival — three days of '80s rock and a musical competition hosted by Paula Abdul
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Amazonas Film Festival: Great Films, Greater Venue
No other South American fest can boast a venue like the city’s old opera house built in 1896 and featured in the Werner Herzog classic, “Fitzcarraldo”
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Jerry Weintraub: How I Snookered Elvis Presley, Saved Sinatra
The subject of a new documentary, Weintraub gives the inside story of being “a high-priced concierge’
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Review: Witless ‘What’s Your Number?’ A Waste of Anna Faris
Flat rom-com is just another chick flick with nothing but contempt for women
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Review: The Best Tricks in ‘Straw Dogs’ Are the Old Ones
Nobody needed to remake the Sam Peckinpah classic, but this potboiler offers a few sleazy thrills
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Review: John Landis’ Gravedigger Comedy ‘Burke and Hare’ Arrives D.O.A.
Even winning performances from Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis can’t breathe life into this moribund farce
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In ‘Apollo 18,’ It’s Not Just the Moon That’s Made of Cheese
Fake documentary wants to be “Paranormal Activity” on the moon, but the scares are lost in space
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Review: ‘Brighton Rock’ a Stylishly Nasty Noir Update
Rowan Joffe updates the Graham Greene story to the 1960s but keeps the twisted characters and murky morality