This January marks a phenomenal achievement: Youtube, the little independent [...]

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This morning I awoke to the sad news that Greek director Theo Angelopoulos had succumbed after he sustained head injuries following a collision with a motorcyclist in Athens, near the port of Pyraeus. He was in the middle of shooting his latest feature, The Other Sea—was is to be shown at the next Cannes Festival? I’m waiting to hear back from them. This biker, an off-duty police officer, should have a lot on his conscience

What a coup for Michel Hazanavicius & Co! The French [...]

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, [...]

Elizabeth Olsen, the talented twenty-two-year-old star of Martha Marcy May [...]

The genial movie-lover from Rome is a multitasking kind of individual. He’s directed (The Caiman), worked as screenwriter (Habemus Papam) and produced extensively—read some early interviews of him and you’ll find out that he’s hedged his bets this way from the beginning of his career in cinema. And last night, Moretti landed the best job of all. But how will he make use of it? According to a journalist friend based in Rome, Moretti