LOS ANGELES - To remark that Quvenzhané Wallis is not your everyday 8-year-old is something of an understatement. In a relatively short amount of time she's been cast as the lead in an unconventional independen...
Every Oscar season needs a pulse of emotion that feels less put-on, that doesn't have that whiff of campaign or construct. Something that organically pops from the fabric of the form can be galvanizing, and though not...
When I reviewed Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild" during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival I referred to the drama as a "cinematic wonder." And I wasn't the only fan. ...
CANNES - Fiercely original, richly imagined, and blessed with one of the great child performances, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" may have made its premiere at Sundance this year, but it was embraced wholehea...
CANNES - With this year's Competition still searching for that unifying critical and audience hit -- though the two biggest hitters thus far, Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" and Cristian Mungiu's "Bey...
Every summer Hollywood delivers a little bit of the unexpected. It's not necessarily that surprise hit movie or TV show, but a performance you didn't see coming. Last year it was "Bridesmaids'"...
Alright art house moviegoers, breathe easy. You've made it through those annual few months between the Academy Awards and the summer season which is traditionally the dumping ground of bad indies. With summer ju...
If you'd never attended the Sundance Film Festival, this was the year to skip. 2012 was one of the more forgettable editions of the prestigious festival and after the first weekend everybody in Park City knew it...
At the bustling Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to keep up with acquisition news, so we've devised this handy guide to remind you which film went where. Some of 2012's big pick-ups include the Robert De Niro fi...
PARK CITY - The wind-down on my Sundance experience began yesterday morning as I spent most of the day preparing predictions and whatnot for tomorrow's big nominations announcement. On one hand, it's been ni...
