Babygirl is Irish filmmaker Macdara Vallely’s alternatively wistful and funny tale of a sixteen year-old wise-beyond-her-years Bronx girl named Lena (Yainis Ynoa) who defiantly protects her mother (Rosa Arredondo). A lonely single mom, Lucy is easily swayed by flattery, which repeatedly links her to unworthy male suitors. When an oily, mustachioed youngster named Victor (Flaco Navaja) flirts ... more >
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TIM ROTH to lead U.C.R. jury at Cannes
Lie to me actor no stranger to the French riviera
The Cannes Festival announced that actor Tim Roth will be presiding over the Un Certain Regard jury this year. Created in 1978, Un Certain regard is the festival’s twin brother program, with a distinctive birthmark: it fetes new filmmakers. The U.C.R jury will hand out its own awards, albeit during a more low-key ceremony, on the day before the main selection's closing. A generous 30,000 ... more >
TECH NEWS – Top Apps for Movie Lovers [updated]
What can your iPad do for you?
(This is an ongoing series which will be updated with the latest iPad apps as they become available to the public.) Writing about apps for movie fandom can be self-defeating. As I found out after I got mine, iPad-specific applications are few and far between compared to the treasure trove of iPhone applications available out there (maybe the new retina-display version will inspire developers to ... more >
A CRUISE WE NEVER FORGOT – Titanic 3D
New update of the now-classic film is a roaring success
Who would've thought that James Cameron, an action movies filmmaker par excellence (Aliens, Terminator and True Lies, to name a few) would direct one of the most spectacular movies of all time? An avid deep-sea diver, Cameron had always shown a great interest in the Titanic story. But before the movie could see light of day it took no less than eight months of filming, a reconstitution of the ... more >
Tom Cruise in TALKS to play Kurt Cobain
NIRVANA biopic in the works at Warner Brothers
Kurt Cobain died April in 1994 in Seattle. If someone then had told you that eighteen years later Tom Cruise might be picked to play him in a biopic, would you have believed them? [Get Screen Comment NEWS delivered right to your inbox - SUBSCRIBE] According to Variety, Cruise was tapped to play the grunge rock legend in an upcoming biopic to be produced by Warner Brothers, based on a screenplay ... more >
Savages Trailer RELEASED
Benicio del Toro is back in full effect
With all the cartel and gang violence happening south of the border it would be a shame not to have a proper movie made by a fitting director. Oliver Stone thinks big and he’s the right moviemaker to tackle American on Mexican drug trade violence in Savages, slated for a July 6 release (Universal). At least, that’s the impression we got after watching the trailer which was just released. You ... more >
Visual artist TURNS TO CATS for his next film
His previous film The Clock gets a much-needed update
Swiss-born London-based visual artist Christian Marclay, who several years ago produced the 24-hour movie The Clock, has made a new and powerful--though perhaps less lofty--work of art called Untitled Cat Project # 23. By inserting footage of cats in famous scenes taken from classic and modern films (Casablanca, the Sixth Sense and Seven, to name a few) he's made the documentary for our time, a ... more >
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