Is 'Chaos Reigns' This Year's 'I Drink Your Milkshake'?
Back in Toronto I suggested that of Willem Dafoe's two talking-fox movies to open this fall, Antichrist had the cultural edge over The Fantastic Mr. Fox. While Wes…
'You People': Mad Men Recapped
The Drapers' whirlwind Roman adventure was a distant memory in this week's Mad Men, in which Don's traditionally slippery midseason slide into self-destruction was…
Let Werner Herzog Handle Your Investments
An anecdote buried in the press notes for Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans attributes either an uncanny prescience or cynical revisionism to Werner Herzog…
Friday Box Office: Couples Floats, Paranormal Kills
The slump is over at Universal, where a year of underachievement and a week of front-office turbulence concluded Friday with the smooth first-place landing of the…
The End of the Affair
There's no telling what will happen to love once you run it through the cultural wringer, but we at Movieline HQ gave it a shot this week anyway. The results were mixed…
New Bad Lieutenant Trailer Features 100% Fewer Lucky Crack Pipes
Months ago, before Werner Herzog had unveiled his mostly acclaimed Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans to festival crowds in Venice and Toronto, a freaky little…
'No More Happy Endings!': Lars von Trier Announces Sci-Fi Project
After hinting at pursuing another genre exercise during his recent live-ish appearance at the New York Film Festival, filmmaker Lars von Trier today officially announced…
Elizabeth Taylor Tweets Recovery
After announcing via Twitter this week that she would undergo heart surgery, 77-year-old Elizabeth Taylor tweeted the operation's success from her hospital bed on…
Kristen Bell Nabs Key Catfighting, Hair-Pulling Role in Burlesque
· In news that will no doubt pitch a million fanboy tents, Kristen Bell has signed on to play Christina Aguilera's nemesis in the upcoming musical drama Burlesque. The…
Vince Vaughn Retreats From Small, Scrappy Indie Army
Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and all over the map at the movies. This week promises something for everyone…
'What is a Gronk?': 11 User-Generated Highlights From the Blackface War of '09
It's said that history is written by the winners. But as it pertains to this week's Australia vs. United States blackface-controversy culture-clash debacle, history is…
Education Director is Totally Over Romance
An Education helmer Lone Scherfig is among the favorites for a Best Director Oscar nomination this year, which would be great news for anybody. That doesn't mean she…
Pedro Almodóvar Sadly Confirms He Will Never Direct a Superhero Movie
Pedro Almodóvar made his regular New York Film Festival pit stop Wednesday, bringing his new film-industry love quadrangle Broken Embraces to town ahead of its…
What's Different About Two New Studio Heads?
Amid all the recent turbulence and turnover afflicting Universal and Disney, a few interesting milestones were reached. For starters, Disney's new boss Rich Ross…
Your Unlikely Power-Producing Trio of the Day: Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat and Har Mar Superstar
· Whip It may have crashed and burned last weekend, but HBO isn't deterred from getting in the Ellen Page/Alia Shawkat business with the planned series Stitch N' Bitch…
