Busan Film Review: ‘Vara: A Blessing’
Ravishing visuals and an abundance of Indian dance and music provide a sensory tonic in Khyentse Norbu's tale of forbidden love.
Venice Film Festival Opener
Film Review: ‘Captain Phillips’
Paul Greengrass' kinetic docudrama always impresses without ever connecting emotionally in quite the same way as his previous verite efforts.
‘Joe,’ ‘Philomena,’ ‘Tracks’ Ignite Big Buzz at Venice Film Festival
"Philomena," "Tracks" and "Joe" looked like early standouts for buyers as a buoyant Venice festival, energized by a bullish reception for Warner Bros.' opener "Gravity," hits the midway mark.
Venice Film Review: ‘Gerontophilia’
This cross-generational romance sports a great title and a funny opening before going all limp.
Clooney and Bullock’s ‘Gravity’ Helps Venice Blast Off in High Style
VENICE – The 70th Venice Film Festival blasted off in high gear with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock working the red carpet to tubthump Alfonso Cuaron’s well-received space thriller "Gravity,"…
Venice Film Review: ‘Gravity’
Alfonso Cuaron's white-knuckle space odyssey restores a sense of wonder, terror and possibility to the bigscreen that should inspire awe among critics and audiences worldwide.
Tom Hanks, ‘Captain Phillips’ Will Open New York Film Festival
“Captain Phillips,” the Tom Hanks topliner directed by Paul Greengrass, will launch the 51st New York Film Festival. The movie, a look at the 2009 hijacking of a U.S. ship by Somali pirates, is the…
Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup
ROME – Venice topper Alberto Barbera has unveiled a rich mix of name auteurs and newcomers, crowdpleasers and esoteric pics, with U.S. and U.K. titles playing prominently, in his lineup for the 70th…
Cannes Film Festival Opening: A 'Great' Evening
There was plenty of Baz-razzmatazz as the 66th Cannes Film Festival bowed with a mix of fun, lofty hopes and melancholy that F. Scott Fitzgerald would have appreciated. In the spirit of opener "The…
Review: ‘Here Comes the Devil’
Intriguing if ultimately less than satisfying, horror-meller "Here Comes the Devil" takes a low-key, low-graphic-content approach to demonic possession.
- 1
- 2
