Interview

The characters played by actress Ari Graynor can rarely be described as "quiet"—she's played selfish party girls in both Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and The Sitter, out today; and her character in Whip It was named Eva Destruction—but it would be appropriate to describe Graynor's Hollywood ascent as a quiet, confident one.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/09/11

Gary Oldman stars in the adaptation of John le Carré's best-selling 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley, an esteemed British agent who is summoned out of retirement to spearhead the search (although he is a suspect himself). Colin Firth plays his debonair colleague and friend, Bill Haydon.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/09/11

This week: In the Land of Blood and Honey vs. Miss Bala, two movies set in wars past or ongoing, with women being tested well beyond their means.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/08/11

A pill-popping, alcoholic mother and her castrated daughter aren't regular material for children's animations. Yet co-directors, designers, and producers Emma Burch and Pete Williamson were able to turn such macabre material into a charmingly gloomy independent short, Being Bradford Dillman.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/08/11

Let's not call it a comeback, because Albert Brooks never really left us. Let's say he's finally getting some well-deserved recognition as one of the most brilliant talents, comedic and otherwise, in the last four decades.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/06/11

The teaser poster for the film, released last week, suggests a new take on the cabin-in-ruralia-psycho-killer genre, and today's trailer, too, is promising: it appears that in a market suffocated by a glut of unoriginal horror fare, Cabin in the Woods offers something different.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/05/11

In her film Predella, our newest Discovery, filmmaker Vita Hewison, transforms a familiar corner shop (complete with generic blue-and-white linoleum floors) into a sensually rich forum of conceptual art.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/05/11

We thought you should know that this most recent adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea will be directed by David Fincher, with rumors of an Andrew Kevin Walker screenplay.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/02/11

Interview spoke to director/artist Steve McQueen, who previously directed Fassbender in McQueen's debut feature, Hunger, about speaking to sex addicts, the NC-17 rating slapped on the movie, and the painful period after he finishes a film.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/02/11

This week: Haywire vs. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, two spy thrillers about betrayal, redemption, and lots and lots of violence in between.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/01/11