In “Joe,” which stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan, I saw one Oscar winner, one up-and-coming actor who just worked with an Oscar winner, and one great character actor, Ronnie Gene Blevins, who’s worth more than any Oscar. Blevins was the last actor to appear on-screen with the late Peter Falk. According to Blevins, whom I recently spoke to, he learned a lot from the experience. In “Joe” Blevins plays Willie Russell

Two directors from Russia are bringing their films to Cannes this year. One, Andrey Zvyagintsev, will be competing, while the other, Sergei Loznitsa, will get to show his film in one of the special, non-competitive sections. One of the films that’s being talked about in anticipation of the Cannes Festival's launch next week year is Zviagintsev’s

Thanks (or not) to the Nacho Punch Youtube channel we now know what a Wes-Anderson-turned-porn-helmer would look like. The nacho network ripped some scenes from "Moonrise Kingdom" to great comedic effect. Watch until the very end for one of the best Owen Wilson imitations we've seen in a while.

The mystery of geopolitical consensus: China, a major economic ally of the U.S., regularly tramples on human rights, imprisons journalists and artists and runs forced labor camps.

This is good, where cinema is concerned at least. Because of the latest shenanigans

He was always the consummate performer, that actor's actor who did not have particular ambitions beyond acting because he was so competent at it to begin with. Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 December 1942) was an Englishman who could play your average working stiff with gusto, adding just the right amount of idiosyncrasy, reserve and mystery, even, to the roles he took on.

But what makes a great actor, among other things, is versatility.

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This episode, which follows chronologically “Return of the Jedi,” is [...]