Pity the poor movie business. Nobody likes it anymore. Except those who actually are in it on a day to day basis, and even they don't really, because it's just no fun anymore. But what the huge corporations that own the studios really don't like is the version of the...
E. Nina Rothe | Posted May 7, 2012
I'm sure I'm not alone when I confess that until a short while ago, when I heard people talk about "Indiegogo" I thought they were referring to some '80s girl band. The idea of a publicly funded platforms to raise money for a film seemed oddly obscure and I could...
Kris LoPresto | Posted May 7, 2012
What if Eric Stoltz starred in Back to the Future? What if? It's one of my favorite topics to fantasize about (yeah, I know I'm a nerd). The idea of a parallel universe where just one or two things are changed is one of the plot points to the series...
Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | Posted May 7, 2012
No one could have predicted the massive popularity of The Intouchables in France, least of all the two of us. As the filmmakers of this tale of friendship, we set out to sketch an optimistic story in a realistic portrait of French society, one that bridges the social and psychological...
Matty Simmons | Posted May 10, 2012
We published the first issue of the National Lampoon in March of 1970. The early writers included Doug Kenney, Henry Beard and Michael O'Donoghue. Over the years such writers as P.J. O'Rourke, John Hughes, Larry David, Christopher Cerf, John Weidman, Ted Mann and many others would start their careers at...
Dan Persons | Posted May 8, 2012
There are so many ways a grand conglomeration of super heroes could turn into a car wreck (case in point: The Fantastic Four), that we should be grateful when a film manages just to clear that bar. Fortunately, and quite happily, The...
Scott Mendelson | Posted May 7, 2012
Robert Orlando | Posted May 7, 2012
Headed for Judea, in 58 A.D., Paul begs the church in Rome to pray that the "unbelievers" (non Christian Jews) do not assassinate him and that the Jewish Christians accept his collection of gold. In...
Paul Gallay | Posted May 7, 2012
Last Call at the Oasis, a fine new film on water issues by Oscar-winner Jessica Yu, has more than its share of "uh-oh" moments. Screening audiences gasp audibly as Las Vegas runs out of water, fracking chemicals turn Texas swimming pools a nasty green and frogs change sex...
Mark Juddery | Posted May 7, 2012
We've just had the Tribeca Film Festival, and Cannes is happening soon. Plenty to remind us that there's still a lot to love about the movies. But as someone who attends film festivals with relish (favorite Tribeca film? I've narrowed it down to my top five), I still...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted May 7, 2012
In some corners of the world, the word "soon" is instead a tour through hell.
This is a tale of perseverance and taking control of one's life. It's a look behind those so-glamorous curtains of Hollywood and New York book publishing, where the way the real world works is totally...
Marshall Fine | Posted May 7, 2012
It's only May and I already have my favorite film of the year: Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America, as acidic and funny a movie as you're likely to see this or any other year. Already available on VOD, it opens in limited theatrical release Friday, May 11th.
An antidote to...
Jeffrey Korchek | Posted May 7, 2012