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'Beginners' SXSW Review: I Love My Dead Gay Dad
This is 2003. This is Oliver (Ewan McGregor). He is an artist whose work nobody appreciates. This is Hal (Christopher Plummer). He's a cancer-stricken widower who has come out of the closet at the age...
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'The Catechism Cataclysm' SXSW Review: Suffer These Fools Gladly
Because of advances in social media, most of us have experienced a friend request from someone we knew from our distant past, who we never really even talked to. Maybe we barely remember that person...
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'Our Day Will Come' SXSW Review: Redheads on the Run
When we first meet Remy (Olivier Barthelemy), he is both literally and figuratively bruised. He is ostracized from his soccer team, shunned by his family and even mocked online. Then again, he is a...
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Rockstar Games' 'L.A. Noire' Becomes First Video Game Chosen to Play Tribeca...
The "video games as art" movement just got a huge boost today, thanks to an announcement that Rockstar Games' upcoming open-world title 'L.A. Noire' has been chosen as an official selection at the...
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Kings of Leon Trailer: Band Struggles to Be Good, Christian Rock Stars
'Talihina Sky: The Story of the Kings of Leon' chronicles the band's rise to fame from poor Southern Pentecostal beginnings. From the trailer, released this week, the film meshes the Followill...
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EXCLUSIVE: First Five Minutes of 'Last Night' at Tribeca Film Festival
Ah, married life. So complicated, so beautiful. In this exclusive five-minute clip from 'Last Night,' husband and wife Michael (Sam Worthington) and Joanna (Keira Knightley) head out to a New York...
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Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Preview: 20 Movies to Watch For
Ten years isn't a long time in the world of film festivals. Take, for example, the Cannes Film Festival which will celebrate its 64th year next month, or Venice, which is pushing 68 this fall. But in...
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Hot Docs 2011 Preview Guide A-F: A Tribe Called Quest to Cynical Optimism
One of the best fests (and our favorite) for movie fanatics is Toronto's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Celebrating anything and everything documentary, every year Hot Docs is...
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Hot Docs 2011 Preview Guide G-Z: From the Hell of Iraq to 'Wiebo's War'
'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold' FOR: Ad fiends THINK: 'Super Size Me' meets 'Everyone in Silico' Hot Docs Screenings and Details In 2002, Canadian novelist Jim Munroe wrote 'Everyone in Silico,' a...
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Much-Delayed Brad Pitt / Sean Penn Film 'Tree of Life' Hits Another...
Director Terrence Malick's long-delayed 'The Tree of Life' has encountered another confusing snag on its way to theaters. The Brad Pitt / Sean Penn film was set to make its debut in the United Kingdom...
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Will Mel Gibson Resurface at Cannes to Support 'The Beaver'?
Mel Gibson has been largely absent from the publicity push for his new movie 'The Beaver' so far, but he's now expected to appear at Cannes when the film screens out of competition on May 17. (He's...
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'Becoming Chaz' at Hot Docs: An Exploratory Look at Transitioning
There's a certain amount of tabloid curiosity surrounding 'Becoming Chaz,' and it's no surprise. This documentary doesn't focus on an unknown figure about to break into the world through cinema; it's...
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'Buck' at Hot Docs: Move Over Cesar Millan, the Horse Whisperer Is Here
'Buck' is the kind of sweet, easily enjoyable film that grows on you. It might focus on the inspiration for Robert Redford's 'The Horse Whisperer,' but it doesn't have the Hollywood buzz. It doesn't...
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Films by Jailed Iranian Filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof to...
Two filmmakers jailed in Iran for propaganda against the state will have their films screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In separate cases, Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were each sentenced to...
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Cannes Roundup: Colin Firth, Katie Holmes and Orlando Bloom Line Up Major...
The Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off today with the premiere of Woody Allen's latest, 'Midnight in Paris,' which is already garnering glowing reviews and Oscar buzz. The film market has been...
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Festival de Cannes Opening Day Photos
Couldn't make it to the 64th Festival de Cannes this year? Well, neither could we, but that hasn't stopped us from enjoying the fest from a distance. Wednesday's opening day was highlighted by the...
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Cannes Roundup: Butler/Biel Rom-Com; 'Seven Psychopaths' Lines Up Walken,...
Deals for films of all stripes continue fast and furious at the Cannes Film Fest, including a new romantic comedy with Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel and a black comedy with Christopher Walken and...
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Much-Hyped 'Tree of Life' Draws Boos, Applause at Cannes
Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' debuted Monday to dramatically mixed reactions at the Cannes Film Fest, with some calling it "a wank" while others praised it as "magnificent." The film, which...
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Major Titles From Roman Polanski, Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney Line...
The 68th Venice Film Festival doesn't kick off until Aug. 31, but word of what will play at the fest is starting to surface and the lineup features some of the most anticipated films of the fall....
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'Melancholia' Director Lars von Trier Banned From Cannes Film Festival
Yesterday, 'Melancholia' director Lars von Trier caused quite a stir at the Cannes Film Festival with a series of thoughtless remarks where he called himself a Nazi who "understands Hitler ... I...
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Kirsten Dunst, 'Tree of Life' Win Top Prizes at Cannes Film Fest
Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' divided critics at the Cannes Film Festival, but a jury led by Robert De Niro awarded it the Palme d'Or, the festival's highest honor, Sunday. Another media storm...
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Iranian Director Jafar Panahi's Struggle for Freedom
The plight of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, banned by his own government from directing movies for the next 20 years, is so full of jaw-dropping, Kafkaesque ironies that it would take a director of...
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Meet the Stars Attending This Year's Toronto International Film Festival --...
The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival runs from Sept. 8–18, featuring the premieres of such surefire Oscar contenders as George Clooney's 'The Ides of March,' David Cronenberg's Sigmund Freud...
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Toronto Film Festival Preview: Our Recommendations
Seeing as the world's biggest movie stars have descended on the Toronto International Film Festival every September for 36 years now, you can hardly blame locals for getting a little blasé. Sure, you...
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Summer's Sexiest Women: Zoe Saldana of 'Colombiana'
'Colombiana' is in theaters now, and with it we get another chance to take in the stunning beauty and hard-edged toughness that the marvelously talented Zoe Saldana brings to just about every role she...
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Today on indieWIRE: What to See Next Month, Pick of the Week, Venice Reviews...
Today on indieWIRE, we told you what to watch out for next month, we spoke with up-and-comer Ami Canaan Mann, director of the Venice entry 'Texas Killing Fields,' and much more. The 9 Indie Films You...
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Your Star-Stalking -- er, Spotting -- Guide to TIFF
You know you have one. Don't pretend that you don't! We're soooo onto you. Yes, I'm talking about The List. The list of celebrities you want to stalk during the Toronto Film Festival. You may cloak...
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Clint Eastwood's 'J. Edgar' Will Open the AFI Fest in November
Oscar watchers were mildly surprised when the Clint Eastwood-directed 'J. Edgar' was left off the festival premiere rosters in Toronto, Telluride, New York and Venice, and now it appears there was a...
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'The Human Centipede 2' Gets World Premiere, Themed Party at Fantastic Fest
You didn't necessarily want a sequel to 'The Human Centipede' -- let alone one ominously sub-titled 'Full Sequence' -- but it's happening. Before the Tom Six-directed film slithers into U.S. theaters...
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Tyler Perry Really Loved 'Warrior'
"I remember when 'Rocky' hit theaters...Wow! You remember that? Don't act like you're too young to remember," actor/director/Madea Tyler Perry wrote in an email blast to fans earlier Wednesday. "Well,...
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Look Out, Will Ferrell: Zach Galifianakis Wants to Play Ignatius Reilly
Hollywood has spent nearly 30 years sniffing around 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' the posthumously published novel by John Kennedy Toole about an obese, boasting, blustering crank named Ignatius Reilly...
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At Advertising Week: The Future of Indie Film Probably Isn't at Your Local...
"Our mission is to provide independent films to audiences, now, around the country," said Tribeca Film chief operating officer Jon Patricof during the Advertising Week panel 'The Future of Film' on...
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At NYFF: Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow and Wes Anderson Remember 'The Royal...
"In his introduction for Pedro Almodovar last night, Richard Pena made the point that after so many years and so many wonderful films, Almodovar is back at the New York Film Festival with a movie as...
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Oscar Buzz Begins in Earnest at Venice, Telluride, and Toronto Film Festivals
Fox Searchlight With critics and movie buffs flocking to fall film festivals like swallows returning to Capistrano, it's clear that Oscar season is upon us again. Already, the buzz is strong for...
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13 Things We Hope to See at TIFF This Year
Getty It's September which means it's time for... the Oscars? Wait, no, that can't be right. The Oscars aren't for another six months. Ohhh, it's time for the Toronto International Film Festival,...
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TIFF Review: 'The Fifth Estate' and Hollywood's Computer Problem
Dreamworks Hollywood has been attempting to make sense of computers and their effect on the world for decades. Most of the time, these films entail cartoonish portrayals of tech nerds, making them all...
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'12 Years a Slave' NYFF Premiere: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and...
WireImage/Getty Steve McQueen's highly praised "12 Years a Slave" made its premiere at the New York Film Festival last Tuesday, and its stars were out in full force. Already said to be one of the best...
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Cannes 2014: Stars Dressed to the Nines on the Red Carpet (PHOTOS)
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival is now in full swing and that means some of the biggest international stars are out in style. Perhaps the most prestigious film festival in the world, Cannes attracts the...
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TIFF 2015: Celebs Invade Toronto
The 2015 Toronto International Film Festival is upon us, which means it's time to check out all the red carpet fashion. Stars like Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, and Jake Gyllenhaal are putting on...
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'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Will Premiere at Cannes Film Fest
Audiences at this year's Cannes Film Festival will be the first to see "Solo: A Star Wars Story." The fest announced the news today via Twitter that the film will screen there on May 15, a full 10 days...
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