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In the first major box office shocker of 2010, tearjerker "Dear John" displaced "Avatar" from the top of the chart.
Scorsese stands out for his commitment to, and knowledge of, film history. So it's appropriate that a director steeped in Italian neo-... |
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New on DVD: The Coen brothers' 'A Serious Man'
Also: "Couples Retreat," "Serious Moonlight," "The Stepfather" remake and "The Time Traveler's Wife."
Autistic boy saddles up 'Dear John'
Based on the novel by Nicolas Sparks, director Lasse Hallström's romantic drama "Dear John" follows the relationship between Savannah...
'Bad Girls of Film Noir'
When girls are good they are very good, but when they are bad they are even better. And during the height of the film noir genre in the...
Scorsese, DiCaprio and Lehane navigate 'Shutter Island's' rocky shoals
To many -- movie fans, film theorists and the dozens of young directors who've sought to emulate his two-fisted early style -- Martin...
Exploring Iran via its cinema
For the past two decades, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has been presenting the preeminent in Iranian art-house cinema -- highly...
Brit Noir series to start at Nuart on Friday
It includes such classics as 'The Third Man' and 'The Fallen Idol' and lesser-known ones such as 'Brighton Rock' and 'It Always Rains on...
A threat to 'Avatar's' reign
"Avatar" will have to fight off "The Hurt Locker" at next month's Academy Awards, but James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster faces a more...
Danny Elfman searches for the sound of 'Wonderland'
Tim Burton's favorite maestro talks about the score of "Alice in Wonderland."
'From Paris With Love': Jonathan Rhys Meyers revels in his role
Years later, Jonathan Rhys Meyers still rues the cool reception to his 2008 "The Children of Huang Shi."
Oscar nominations that are for the people
They are precisely the kinds of movies hardly ever nominated for the best-picture Oscar -- a tear-jerker sports film, a space-alien thriller...
In Oscar directing category, a numbers boost for women and African Americans
Kathryn Bigelow sounds a wee bit tired of questions about being a "female director," but given that on Tuesday she became only the fourth...
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