With auteur Terrence Malick's fifth film in as many decades coming out this November, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn as father and son respectively (living in different generations of course), it begs the question: what kind of father will Pitt play?...
So it is that despite the middling reviews and unnecessarily cult-like Robert Pattinson fandom, Remember Me, directed by the very capable Allen Coulter (Hollywoodland), is a simple, well-made love story about two young, tortured souls and the families that torture them....
Jarecki has quite literally taken his film back into his own hands. From The (fledgling) Weinstein Company, that is. Jarecki gained critical acclaim for his piercing documentary Capturing the Friedmans and has been making All Good Things for years upon years......
Well, like they say, fourth time's the charm. Because God knows the third time for this franchise was a rocky, run-of-the mill road.
Shrek Forever After lo...
Though the 2009 film year will be remembered for Kathryn Bigelow's triumph, Lone Scherfig (director of the critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated An Education) was close on the coat tails, reaffirming what a truly dynamite year it was for women directors....
John Carter Of Mars, the story of a Civil War soldier transplanted and imprisoned by Martians, has a new composer - Oscar Winner Michael Giacchino.
The ...
It's a news story so obvious it literally hurts to type up.
Because both the original and the sequel were box office draws and because it's Fox, there's ...
Which could be a good thing, or a bad thing depending. How much do you like Gladiator?
It all looks a bit recycled, from the father-son plot point to pe...
Only days after his co-host gig with Alec Baldwin at the Academy Awards, comedian/writer/actor Steve Martin will replace Dustin Hoffman in The Big Year, a c...
Dan Mecca is the co-founder and managing editor of The Film Stage. He is a producer and filmmaker living in Pittsburgh. He watches a lot of movies and tracks them on Letterboxd.
