By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
It's a long way from leather bars to Oz. James Franco is trying to traverse the distance in consecutive movies.
There's a lot of leather and sex in James Franco's life right now.
"The Dark Knight Rises" stayed atop the box office for the second straight weekend, making just over $64 million. But it's lagging behind the staggering numbers of its predecessor, 2008's "The Dark Knight."
Forget the movie. This "Exorcist" is turning heads _ by not turning heads.
To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune _ and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.
To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune _ and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.
To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune — and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.
Fans of "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin's films are in for a new kind of creep show with his latest project "Killer Joe" _ whose likable low-life characters make viewers laugh and squirm at the same time.
Fans of "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin's films are in for a new kind of creep show with "Killer Joe" _ likable low-life characters that make viewers laugh and squirm at the same time.
American filmmakers dominate the lineup of this year's Venice Film Festival, where George Clooney and four others will be competing for the Golden Lion, while Madonna, Al Pacino and Steven Soderbergh will premiere their latest directorial efforts.
A list of the 22 films in competition for the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice Film Festival, which will run from Aug. 31-Sept. 10.
Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, John Travolta preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist communicating in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry.
Darth Vader proclaiming he's Luke Skywalker's father, Tony Manero preening in his underwear and an early 20th-century deaf activist speaking in sign language are among the images that will be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry.
"I fired out of bed every morning so excited, and a little scared about going to work, but excited to go and get into it," he said. "I love the energy of an independent film. Time is so precious. There's no go-back-to-the-trailer time. It's a very vital experience, and I like that."
"I fired out of bed every morning so excited, and a little scared about going to work, but excited to go and get into it," he said. "I love the energy of an independent film. Time is so precious. There's no go-back-to-the-trailer time. It's a very vital experience, and I like that."
