Joshua Leonard on His Directing Debut The Lie, And the Fine Art of Dark Humor
Actor. Writer. Photographer. Musician. And now Joshua Leonard makes his feature directing debut this week with The Lie, a darkly comic, sneakily moving vision of…
The Michael Fassbender-Prometheus-Greg Louganis Nexus
"I kind of went my own way, really. I didn't watch the [Alien] films. When I found out I was doing it, I didn't revisit them. [...] Greg Louganis was my first…
Natalie Wood Case Reopened, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Friday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Steven Soderbergh walks from U.N.C.L.E.... Angelina Jolie linked to the latest movie Ridley Scott will never…
Tyler Perry Stars in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Cast Kim Kardashian?
Even I, a beleaguered devotee of Tyler Perry's melodramatic, muumuu-rocking oeuvre, had a difficult time accepting the inevitability of... God, I can't even write it…
Bella Swan, Real Girl?
"The Twilight series challenges what I would call the 'Buffy Summers Maxim': that teen heroines be physically empowered, oftentimes at the expense of emotional clarity…
Sexiest Man AliveGate, and 6 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Thursday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Sharon Stone will get maternal in Lovelace... Elvis Mitchell gets his close-up... Sacha Baron Cohen's…
Oscar Index: Descendants, Artist, Help Set for Ménage à Trophy
Welcome back to Oscar Index, your weekly awards-season rundown from Movieline's Institute For the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics. And to be honest, there's not so…
Michael Jackson Biopic May Be in Works; Awesome Bookie Puts Johnny Depp Atop Casting Pool
Among the heap of speculative projects idling in the landfill otherwise known as Hollywood, a Michael Jackson biopic has long been one thought likeliest to be reclaimed…
Verge Flashback: Katie O'Grady Set to Shock and Awe in Rid of Me
It was almost seven months ago, in my preparations for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, that I was sent a film called Rid of Me, director James Westby's curious hybrid of…
Titanic 3-D Gets Postered, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Wednesday! Also in this edition of The Broadsheet: Kristen Stewart rumored for Akira... The Expendables 2 upsets the Bulgarian bat population... Ron Meyer tries a…
Twilight and Photoshop, Forever: A Brief History of Weird Posters
The marketing blitz accompanying this week's Breaking Dawn release has prompted a bit of nostalgia about The Twilight Saga around Movieline HQ -- particularly its…
Wim Wenders on Until the End of the World at 20, Its Amazing Soundtrack, and Loving LuLu
Director Wim Wenders has made his best-received film in years with Pina, a bold, beautiful 3-D tribute to his late friend and collaborator, the German choreographer Pina…
And Now a Final Word About Jack and Jill
Glenn Kenny didn't quite make the cut in last week's scathing critical responses to Jack and Jill, but his withering postscript deserves a look: "One thing I did not get…
Ricky Gervais on Golden Globes Bubble, and 6 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Tuesday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Channing Tatum is the latest subject of Man From U.N.C.L.E. rumors... Felicity Jones will Hughes it up with…
GALLERY: Oprah Winfrey Wins, Oscar Hopefuls Celebrate at 2011 Governor's Ball
Despite what could only be described as the week from PR hell, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had to take at least a little comfort -- OK, a lot of…
