Film Review: ‘Shot Caller’
More than just another generic prison drama, Ric Roman Waugh's serious-minded crime thriller navigates the hierarchy of power behind bars.
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Dealing With the Past: Sarajevo Film Festival Addresses Balkan Wars
Two decades after the bloody Balkan wars, reconciliation in the region can still be hard to come by. The Sarajevo Film Festival is trying to do its part with Dealing with the Past, a program launched…
Film Review: ‘California Typewriter’
Vinyl made a comeback, and so did slow food and long beards. So why not the typewriter? Actually, there's a good reason why not: If you're composing on a typewriter — a letter, say — and you change…
‘King Arthur’ Rules DVD, Blu-ray Disc Sales Charts
Two new releases took the two top spots on the national home video sales charts for the week that ended Aug. 12, led by Warner's "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword," the latest retelling of the saga…
Chinese Investor Launches Puji Films, Backs Peter Guber’s Mandalay Endurance
Shanghai-based investment firm Puji Capital has launched a movie investment subsidiary, Puji Films, whose first move is to back former Columbia boss Peter Guber's new Mandalay Endurance Media…
Esai Morales Threatens Federal Election Complaint Against SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris
With a week to go in a heated SAG-AFTRA election, Esai Morales has warned that his faction may file a federal election fraud complaint against union president Gabrielle Carteris. Morales is running…
Eric Zumbrunnen, Editor of ‘Being John Malkovich, Dies at 53
Film editor Eric Zumbrunnen, who won an ACE Award for his work on “Being John Malkovich,” has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 53. Zumbrunnen graduated from the University of Southern…
Film Review: ‘Sidemen: Long Road to Glory’
By turns festive and elegiac, and sometimes both at the same time, Scott D. Rosenbaum's "Sidemen: Long Road to Glory" celebrates three blues greats — pianist Pinetop Perkins, guitarist Hubert Sumlin…
Michael B. Jordan Eyed to Play Mobster in ‘A Bittersweet Life’
Michael B. Jordan is circling Fox’s remake of the South Korean action-thriller “A Bittersweet Life.” If Jordan’s deal closes, he will portray a mobster in the movie. “Kung Fu Panda” helmer Jennifer…
David Tennant, Guy Pearce Join Saoirse Ronan’s ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’
David Tennant and Guy Pearce have joined the cast of Working Title’s “Mary, Queen of Scots,” which has begun filming in England and Scotland. Saoirse Ronan is starring in the title…
