It's been over 13 years since Ricky Gervais bade farewell to David Brent, the middling middle manager on the original U.K. version of “The Office” that launched his career. Since then, he's had other…
Santa Barbara became a movie town in 1912, when the American Film Co., aka the Flying A, set up shop there. The studio began cranking out shorts at a rapid pace, producing an estimated 1,200 silent…
Most legendary American comedians can't claim the toddler set among their most strident fans, but back in the late 1960s, when Lily Tomlin was on the road performing stand-up at venues across…
Begun as a small exhibitor gathering at the Sundance Film Festival, the Art House Convergence has long since come into its own as a mecca for indie cinema operators. Some 620 delegates are expected…
Peter Dinklage, Patton Oswalt, Larry Wilmore, Gael Garcia Bernal and Sonia Braga have been named to the juries at the Sundance Film Festival. García Bernal, who won a Golden Globe Award for “Mozart…
The East Coast and West Coast have been playing tug of war over the top Oscar the past dozen years, and this year the regional divide is especially pronounced. "La La Land" and "Manchester by the…
Though he's best known for his work on "Silicon Valley" as Jian Yang, Jimmy O. Yang is proving he's just as adept at dramatic work. In "Patriots Day," which recounts the story of the 2013 Boston…
Before he was a "Daily Show" correspondent (from 2002 to 2006), or created the world of "Childrens Hospital" (starting in 2008), or took a dip in "Hot Tub Time Machine" (in 2010), Rob Corddry…
Jacob Latimore is on a creative roll: His first album, "Connection," was released at the beginning of December, and he's starring with Will Smith in the Warner Bros. pic "Collateral Beauty." He also…
Ryan Reynolds spent 11 years thinking about what it would feel like to walk in Deadpool's shoes. So when he finally got to don the red Spandex suit, he'd already worked out the character: His…
Serious cineastes started to watch Jenkins as far back as 2008, when the Florida State U. grad made a black-and-white feature called "Medicine for Melancholy" on a budget of about $15,000. That…
