Oscar-Chasing The Artist Starts Strong In NYFF, Hamptons Festival Tour
The Artist, the silent film that has emerged since Cannes as one of the year's presumptive Oscar front-runners, finally makes landfall in the States this weekend…
Willem Dafoe Talks Fireflies in the Garden and Platoon at 25
"Usually when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run," said Willem Dafoe, who nevertheless found something to savor in writer-director Dennis Lee's Fireflies in the…
The Coens Choose Oscar Isaac, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Friday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: What will they call the Zorro reboot?... John Singleton closes in on the Tupac biopic... The Whistleblower gets…
Joel Schumacher on His Career, His Critics, and Why It's OK to Laugh During Trespass
There's no stopping Joel Schumacher, the 72-year-old filmmaker who returns to screens this week with the thriller Trespass. Though to invoke his name in some circles is…
My Week With Marilyn Pushed to Thanksgiving
There's good news and bad news about My Week With Marilyn. The good news -- at least for its devotees -- is that Harvey Weinstein is regrouping after last weekend's…
Trailer: Albert Nobbs Really, Really, Really, Really Wants Some Oscars
Albert Nobbs star Glenn Close took a bit of a tumble in this week's Oscar Index thanks in part to Michelle Williams's surge and ongoing speculation around both Meryl…
A Good Day to Die Hard, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Thursday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Drive influences another jackass... But is the original Drive jackass really a jackass?... Ben Stiller…
Oscar Index: Actresses Gone Wild
Another week of awards-season data, developments and all-around deconstruction result in this latest edition of Oscar Index. Movieline's bleary-eyed researchers at the…
Universal Blinks, Scraps Tower Heist VOD Experiement
Buckling under the bruising blows of theater chains and independents who'd vowed to boycott the film, Universal has agreed to cancel its experimental VOD release of…
The Great Tarantino/McQueen Slave-Movie Duel, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Wednesday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Yet another possible Leonardo DiCaprio project surfaces... Aaron Sorkin declined Steve Jobs's invitation to…
Titanic 3-D Sneak Preview: James Cameron Makes the Case for His Blockbuster Revival
It's auteur 3-D work-in-progress week in New York! Less than a day after Martin Scorsese gave a hometown crowd an early glimpse at his upcoming Hugo, James Cameron…
Hayden Panettiere on Fireflies in the Garden, Battling Typecasting, and the Amanda Knox Aftermath
Opening this weekend in limited release, Fireflies in the Garden isn't exactly Hayden Panettiere's "new" film. It's more like her embattled, shelved, revisited and…
For Your (Re-)Consideration: Freddy Got Fingered
The Freddy Got Fingered rehabilitation campaign that commenced in earnest last year with actor/writer/director Tom Green extends now to the comedy critic ranks: "Freddy…
Hipsters [Heart] Muppets, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today
Happy Tuesday! Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Mickey Rourke and Kellan Lutz get disposable (again)... An Iranian actress faces 90 lashes for a foreign screen…
At NYFF: Martin Scorsese Gives Hometown Crowd a Taste of 3-D Hugo
After a weekend of speculation, guesses and second-guesses about which top-secret "work in progress by a master filmmaker" would in fact screen tonight as a last-minute…
