• Swiss-born London-based visual artist Christian Marclay, who several years ago [...]

  • A Brazil-based company has acquired the rights to make a film adaptation of "Blood on the Tracks," Bob Dylan's legendary album."As long-time admirers of what is considered one of the greatest albums in music history, we feel privileged to be able to make this film," said R.T. Features president Rodrigo Teixeira. R.T. Features produced O Cheiro do Ralo (the drain smell), a hilarious tale about an embittered pawnshop

  • The days of James Bond dropping his famous “shaken not stirred” line are behind us.

    According to a story in advertising trade Ad Age, Daniel Craig will be drinking Heineken in the next installment of James Bond. Marketing for the world’s most famous franchise was turned on its head a while ago, however. First, the Aston Martin disappeared, then the Rolex: our man in MI5 has since been driving a BMW and we-

  • What’s France’s hottest property right now? Jean Dujardin. What does he have in common with Charlie Sheen? Nothing. Until now. Figuring they have carte blanche for all kinds of shenanigans (that strangest of prerogatives among comedians), a team of Canadian radio pranksters named les Justiciers masqués (the masked vigilantes) called up Charlie Sheen with a job offer, and Charlie Sheen got played like a fiddle-listen

  • If a film director is to be compared to an [...]

  • A stage actor gone rogue and grammatically-correct tweets. Fresh-faced Gillian Jacobs might just be a maverick. She’s also our new It Girl. She’s also our new It Girl. Widely known to T.V. fans for her turn as Britta in the NBC series Community, Jacobs seemed destined for acting ever since her childhood in Pittsburgh. Theatre was her first passion. After an auspicious start on home turf (she first appeared in a play at the tender age of eight) Jacobs landed a role in the Philip Seymour Hoffman-directed The Little Flower of West Orange after spending a few years at Juilliard. Several features films later Jacobs is on her way to A-lister status. With the

  • Directors’ Fortnight (la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs), under the auspices of [...]