The character of The Tramp, played by Charlie Chaplin, turned 100 today. He was born on February 7th, 1914 in the short film by Henry Lehrman called "Kids auto races at Venice, Cal." Sir Charles Chaplin performs the character that would make him famous for the very first time. In the film he is seen wandering randomly in the middle of a car race and starting--as would be predicted--all kinds of shenanigans, provocatively walking in the middle of traffic

Of course we like them, we love them, we are grateful to them, these stage and film actors who give us so much. When we occasionally hear bad news--an overdose, an accident, an unforgiving illness, a suicide--as the case may be, we’re surprised at how young they were or how untimely their deaths--Heath Ledger comes to mind. All we can do is keep the memories and have a warm thought for them when we come across an image or hear their name.

Let’s face it, French president François Hollande is rather . [...]

Best hairdo: Bobby Canavale's nape in "Blue Jasmine." Best scene: Greta Gerwig running in "Frances Ha" to David Bowie's "Modern Love." Best newcomer: Barkhad Abdi in "Captain Phillips." Best acting award: New York City in "Inside Llewyn Davis." Best documentary: "The Act of killing." So much to gloat about this year. Here are my favorites among those films which had an official U.S. release.

"The Auteurs of Christmas" video is making the rounds of Facebook profiles and Twitter feeds this week. What if Scorcese, Allen, Herzog or Michael Moore did a featurette about the morning of Christmas? The people at video production outfit Fourgrounds Media imagined, and then filmed, one of the most familiar takes on family life around the holidays, that is, Christmas morning, as would be seen through the eyes of our most popular

Paris--Ever since the launching of French television network and film distributor CanalPlus in the early eighties (of which he was a central part) media capitan Pierre Lescure has led the charge in terms of edgy programming and driving audiences' expectations for top-notch entertainment ever higher. Whether it's entertainment or art (or both) and it is destined for the small or big screen or the stage, Lescure has had some hand in it these last three decades. Now, he wants the Cannes president job (2014 marks outgoing president Gilles Jacob's final year at the helm of the world's most famous film festival).

Power grab! Ooh la la ...

Sixty eight year-old Lescure, a businessman who holds stakes in a number of different media holdings, has chaired the jury of the Deauville American film festival

For the theatrical release of two masterpieces by French filmmaker Leos Carax ("Holy Motors") Carlotta Films teams up with Le Cabinet de Curiosités at Maison Kitsuné in New York to create two unique artworks in the form of two film posters. These pieces will be specially created for this event for fans of Carax's films "Mauvais Sang" and "Boy meets girl."

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