Chinese film star Zhang Ziyi is suing Hong Kong’s largest circulation daily, Apple Daily, for an article published at the end of last month in which it asserts that the star sold her “services” to senior Chinese officials. In its May 29th edition the Apple Daily claimed that Zhang Ziyi was a prostitute and provided sexual favors in exchange for money to Bo Xilai, a former high Chinese official disgraced this spring, as well as his partner Ming Xu. The article

Who better than Michel Gondry (The Green Hornet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) to convey the visual soarings of Boris Vian? Stills from Mood Indigo, an upcoming film adapted by Gondry from a Vian novel were recently released in France. Shooting began this past April and is still ongoing. Mood Indigo stars Audrey Tautou as well as French humorist Gad Elmaleh and the star of Intouchables Omar Sy. The French essayist

Thirty years ago today at the Cannes Festival the closing film got a ten-minute ovation, its director later commenting that “this was the best welcome I’ve ever gotten in my life.” The film was E.T. and the words were by Steven Spielberg. E.T. was a personal film, Elliot’s room is based on Spielberg’s own when he was growing up, and the character of E.T. is a fully-realized version of an imaginary friend a traumatized Spielberg had conjured

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Iranian documentary filmmaker Reza Allamehzadeh has exposed the plight of Bahá’ís in Iran with a new documentary called “Iranian taboo.” Adherents of the faith have been persecuted by the Iranian Islamic Republic because they are considered un-Islamic. Bahaism is a modern-day religion founded in Iran in the 19th century which counts around six million adherents (from the Wiki on Bahá’í Faith). Aside from its humanness as faith,

A sequel to the now cult film "Drive" (directed by Nicolas Winding Refn) starring Ryan Gosling is in the works. Producers are looking closely at Driven, the novel by James Sallis (he authored Drive from which the film was adapted), which recounts what happens seven years later. After the huge success of the screen adaptation of his Drive, the novelist James Sallis has embarked on writing the adventures of his driver with Driven, published last

Since the announcement that “The Thin Man” would be made into a remake, actresses are vying for the marquee role. The notorious 1934 film (cast included Myrna Loy and William Powell) led to one of the first franchises in film history, with six films produced in all. The role of Nora—she’s the wife of Nick Charles, a gentleman with a penchant for cocktails and an improvising detective—is coveted by Eva Green (pictured; “Dark Shadows