Outrage Director Kirby Dick on His Incendiary Gay Politico Doc: 'This Was Not a Hit Job'
Add one more to yesterday's list of noteworthy Tribeca Film Festival viewing: Outrage, director Kirby Dick's documentary expose about closeted gay politicians. But not…
Brothers Bloom Teaser Offers Vital Lessons For Young Con Men
Welcome to a very special edition of Movieline's Two-Minute Verdict, this time taking on the epic, seven-minute proportions of this opening clip from The Brothers Bloom…
Basterds, Woodstock Lead American-Deficient Cannes Lineup
Organizers at the Cannes Film Festival today announced their 2009 line-up -- heavy on international flavor, light on the Stateside offerings, and virtually all predicted…
At Tribeca: 6 Films Worth the Hassle
As noted a few days ago, I'll be pounding the Lower Manhattan pavement for much of the next 10 days, stalking whatever Tribeca Film Festival news is fit for Movieline…
This Earth Day, Join Disney in Terrifying Your Kids at the Movies
Happy Earth Day! Movieline HQ's efforts to go green largely failed this morning after our all-natural wheatgrass servers refused to boot up, but Plan B is almost as good…
Report: Secret WMA Star Chamber Preps For Merger
We all know Sharon Waxman's weakness for covering top-secret Hollywood powwows, especially the ones that didn't necessarily happen. But this one seems a little more…
EXCLUSIVE: Beastie Boy Adam Yauch on the Fine Art of Indie Moguldom
On the day Oscilloscope Pictures announced its acquisition of Irish coming-of-age hit Kisses, the company's president Adam Yauch slumped on a sofa and considered the…
Slumdog Trust Has Child-Sale Crisis Under Control, Thank You Very Much
Last week, after first spotting reports of the ongoing drama surrounding young Slumdog Millionaire star/would-be eBay commodity Rubina Ali, Movieline reached out with a…
Washington Hears 41 Billion Reasons to Keep Hollywood Working
Last week we got The Panic of '09: Location shooting plunged last year in Los Angeles County, sending everyone from gaffers to caterers scurrying for shelter as hard…
Jackie Chan Does All His Own Infuriating Political Stunts
Jackie Chan may have confirmed his international legend as a comic-martial-arts trailblazer, but don't sell him short. In reality he's so, so much more: A restaurateur…
Guest Editor J.J. Abrams Brings Special Impenetrability To Wired
Having scored an early PR knockout with its deployment of the Star Trek crew to Kuwait, Paramount has ambition and momentum on its side as the film's May 8 release date…
Channing Tatum and Dito Montiel: 'We're Good at What We Do'
A pulpy, pulsating morsel of B-movie pop, Fighting reunites director Dito Montiel and actor Channing Tatum for the tale of a struggling small-town transplant who…
Tribeca Filmmaker Cries Foul Over Slashed Horror Flicks
Expect to find me bumping around this year's Tribeca Film Festival, which opens Wednesday night in New York with the Gala! World! Premiere! (unless you were at ShoWest…
Stalker Nabbed After Pitching Tyler Perry's So Pretty When He's Asleep
After conceiving a string of box-office successes, opening his own studio, and organizing a bloody WGA purge on his hit TV show, Tyler Perry might have thought he had it…
Zac Efron Makes Ambitious Bid For Tech-World Supremacy
You had to know it was only a matter of time before Zac Efron would tire of hit films, mega-stardom and other tricky, transient Hollywood fruits. But no one likely saw…
