Producers Drive Basque Cinema Into Spotlight at San Sebastián With ‘Maspalomas,’ ‘Karmele,’ ‘Sundays’ Among the Standouts

A 100% Basque production, “Maspalomas” dramatizes a late-life coming out, then retreat, set between Gran Canaria’s gay scene ...

One Battle After Another film review — Leonardo DiCaprio turns leftwing guerrilla in best film of the year so far

Paul Thomas Anderson turns a 1990 Thomas Pynchon story about American revolutionaries into an urgent and zanily funny film about now ...

‘I want young people to see this film – and anyone who’s got a care to whether the world is burning’

I first ask Paul Greengrass about the stunning pyrotechnic effects in The Lost Bus. The galloping disaster film stars Matthew ...

With the Sundance Film Festival and filmmaker labs, Robert Redford brought change to cinema

Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, transformed the film industry with the Sundance Institute and Film Festival ...

He won a National Award, died the same day at age 35; his one and only movie as director is now regarded as a classic

Abandoned by his abusive father, Awtar Krishan Kaul worked at a tea stall and hotel. He made one film in his career, and died on the same day that he received two National Awards.
The Atlantic

How Hitchcock's 'Psycho' Changed Cinema and Society

50 years ago today, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho debuted in midtown Manhattan. At its first showing, the suspenseful thriller enthralled the audience, and since then not a lot's changed. In honor of its ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

Oscar winner Robert Redford, who also worked to save Santa Monica landmarks, dies at 89

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent ...