New Releases, week of 12/22/12: “Hail Santa” edition
It’s hard to believe, but we’re just one week away from Christmas. You may be wondering where your year has gone right about ...
Netflix Now: Stupid Mayan Apocalypse Edition
Listen, the world isn’t going to end. We’re going to be okay. People put too much faith in ancient hunky firemen calendars. But ...
Hans Zimmer replaces Jack White on Lone Ranger score
A couple months back, we reported that Jack White was set to score The Lone Ranger (aka Land Pirates of the Caribbean). Plans ...
Trailers
Trailer: Chinese Zodiac (Hong Kong)
Jackie Chan’s Chinese Zodiac (CZ12) hits Asian theaters this week, and this Hong Kong trailer for the film gives a good sense of ...
Features
Considering John Ford’s The Quiet Man
There’s a great piece by Jonathan Lethem about John Ford’s The Searchers, the classic Oscar-winning western starring John Wayne. The gist: I like ...
Mad Max: Fury Road has finished principal photography
Principal photography has wrapped on George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road. The shoot took six months to complete, mostly on location in Namibia ...
Trailers
Trailer: Blancanieves
Blancanieves is Spain’s official Oscar entry this year. It’s a retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves transplanted to 1920s Seville. Rather ...
The 2013 Golden Globes nominations
The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, with many major film noms going to Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, Django Unchained, Les ...
Peter Jackson working on Tintin sequel for 2015
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes out tomorrow, but Peter Jackson isn’t ready to slow down. He’s already shooting a new movie next ...
Trailers
Teaser Trailer: Upstream Color
There’s a new teaser trailer out for Upstream Color, the long-awaited second film from Shane Carruth, writer/director of Primer. Like the first teaser ...
Posters for Studio Ghibli’s two 2013 films
The Studio Ghibli retrospective in New York City is entering its final week now. As that draws to a close, we’re getting a ...
Alejandro Inarritu directing a comedy called Birdman
Though Alejando González Iñárritu is best known for films the films Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel, now he’s going to try his ...