Thursday, August 6, 2026

Movies

Dennis Hopper Got to See Son in His First Movie Before He Died

The legendary actor, director and artist Dennis Hopper got to see his 20 year old son, Henry, make his film debut. Henry told me...

Cannes Fri May 13th: Tilda Swinton, Vampire; DePalma Returns

The third day of Cannes is upon us, but before we set sail: Tilda Swinton, receiving rave reviews, of course, on "We Need to...

Cannes 2011: Tilda Swinton Rocks “Columbine”-Like Film

Tilda Swinton is such a fascinating on screen presence that "We Need to Talk About Kevin" is a mesmerizing jolt of weirdness. Lynne Ramsay's...

Exclusive: “Gotti” Movie Will Get “Bugsy” Treatment from Levinson, Toback

I don't which actors have signed contracts for the "Gotti" movie you've heard so much about. But there's a new sheriff in town--a new...

Mel Gibson Film Makes Scant $104K in Limited Release

"The Beaver" is dead. No matter of life saving technique will revive cinema's first and last hand puppet psychiatrist. Jodie Foster's movie about a...

Jodie Foster Didn’t Like Being Directed by Dennis Hopper

We learned a lot about Jodie Foster last night at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's screening of "The Beaver." She didn't like being...

Mel Gibson in “The Beaver”: Dark, Depressing, Hopeless

Let's forget about Mel Gibson the person for a minute: Oksana, anti-Semitism, the personal church, the crazy father. Well. wait, remember the crazy father....

James Gandolfini On the Louds and “American Family” Director Craig Gilbert

Do you remember the Loud family? They were the subjects of PBS's wildly popular documentary series, "An American Family," in 1973.The series followed the...