Reuters – “Post Mortem”, a Chilean film premiering at the Venice festival on Sunday, sets a doomed love story between a morgue worker and a dancer against the backdrop of the 1973 military coup that toppled Salvador Allende. Read More →
Reuters – There is no sheriff, no shootout at sunrise, no standoff between cowboys and Indians. Read More →
AP – French director Francois Ozon’s says he was inspired to go ahead with his latest film, a battle-of-the-sexes comedy, after the presidential election pitting Nicolas Sarkozy against Segolene Royale. Read More →
Reuters – George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-caliber opening for his assassin drama “The American,” as the lucrative summer movie going season wound down on a traditionally weak note. Read More →
AP – “Post Mortem,” a film by Chilean director Pablo Larrain, recreates the autopsy of Chilean President Salvador Allende during the 1973 coup. Read More →
Reuters – Martin Scorsese’s latest film pays a personal tribute to Elia Kazan, one of Hollywood’s and Broadway’s most influential directors but also a controversial figure who turned anti-communist informant in the McCarthy era. Read More →
Reuters – French screen legends Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu team up again in “Potiche,” a light-hearted drama set in the 1970s that examines the prejudices women faced then and still do today. Read More →
AP – What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government? Read More →
AP – There’s never been a road trip quite like this in cinematic history. Read More →
AP – Actress Maggie Cheung, in Venice on Saturday to promote a new film, said one reason she has pulled back from acting for now is the industry’s focus on youthful beauty. Read More →
