This French romantic drama boasts the rustic virtues of a vanished movie age
New Security Precautions Announced for Dark Knight Rises Screenings
After this morning’s deadly shooting at a Colorado screening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ how will other theaters protect moviegoers this weekend?
Nas Returns to Form with Life Is Good
Old and new meet on Nas’ new album
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PBS, You Don’t Need to Protect Us From Fred Willard
So as you may have heard, legendary comic actor Fred Willard was arrested in an LA porn theater (in related news: there are still porn theaters) for a “lewd act.” Let’s leave aside the fact that arresting people for lewd behavior in porno houses is akin to arresting people for drinking in bars. (Do habitues of prom porn theaters actually …
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Jerry Seinfeld’s New Web Series: Java, Jalopies and Jokes
Web series have famously become an outlet for creators for whom it affords opportunities and freedom of expression that they can’t get in traditional media—Joss Whedon, Felicia Day, Issa Rae of Awkward Black Girl. But now the Web has also attracted the attention of stars who have all the freedom and attention they need. Tom Hanks went …
Behind the Scenes with Batman: The Making of Christopher Nolan’s Trilogy
The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy, a new book by Jody Duncan Jesser and Janine Pourroy, tells the behind-the-scenes story of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises—complete with never-before-seen …
Commissioner Gordon: Gary Oldman on the Secrets and Surprises of Dark Knight
“We weren’t even sure that there was going to be a third after The Dark Knight wrapped.”
Pixar Goes Sequel-Crazy: Finding Nemo 2, Toy Story 4 in the Works?
As ‘Finding Nemo 2’ and the ‘Monsters Inc.’ prequel get their greenlight, speculation soars for ‘Toy Story 4’
In the Mood: Project Runway‘s Fabric-Merchant Extraordinaire Gives Us Some Material
“There have been a couple—not meltdowns, but panics.”
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Dead Tree Alert: Don’t Fear the Spoiler
In roughly another week, the Olympics begin. And since they will be taking place several hours ahead of any U.S. time zone, will be streamed live online by NBC (at least for anyone with cable or satellite) and will be reported on instantly via Web and social media, they’ll undoubtedly be greeted by the signal cry of the Internet era: …
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Emmy Nominations 2012: Cable and PBS Clean Up, TV Shows Its Range
Jimmy Kimmel showed up to co-present the Emmy nominations with Scandal’s Kerry Washington this morning in pajamas, joking that he was rousted out of bed for the festivities, held at 5:40 Pacific Time. “This could be just as good …
The Queen of Versailles: How the Biggest House in America Became a Brokedown Palace
A riches-to-rags documentary about the world’s least pitiable victims of the recession and their unfinished mega-mansion. Our schadenfreude cup runneth over.
Batman’s Weapons: What’s in the Dark Knight’s Arsenal?
Sure, the caped crusader may look intimidating, but he couldn’t keep Gotham safe without a little help, as new book The Dark Knight Manual reveals