The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off TomorrowBy Bernard Boo The most renowned Jewish film festival in the world, the 34th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, kicks off tomorrow night at the Castro Theater for a three-week run of...
TIFF 2014 Announces ‘While We’re Young’, ‘The Imitation Game’, ‘Foxcatcher’, & More In First Wave of TitlesBy C.J. Prince Today marks the kickoff of the fall festival season, as the Toronto International Film Festival announced its first wave of Special Presentations and Galas. TIFF CEO Piers Handling and...
Sundance Standout ‘Dear White People’ Gets First TrailerBy Aaron Pinkston Check out the first trailer for Sundance hit Dear White People, written and directed by Justin Simien. The film stars Tyler James Williams and Tessa Thompson as black students at...
Xavier Dolan’s ‘Mommy’ Trailer Showcases Uplifting Pop MusicBy Ananda Dillon Cannes Jury Prize winner, Mommy, has a full trailer out. Wunderkind Xavier Dolan’s film is about a widowed mother (Anne Dorval) of an unruly and sometimes violent 15-year-old son...
‘Boyhood’ Wows Everyone, From Pixar Legends to Metal GodsBy Bernard Boo With Boyhood, Richard Linklater‘s “12-Year Epic”, gearing up for wide release following its limited opening this past weekend, the indie guru has been on a whirlwind press tour, promoting the...
R.I.P. James GarnerBy Ananda Dillon Actor James Garner died last night at the age of 86. Known for his charisma and rugged good looks, the actor is best known for his roles in the...
New Trailer & Poster for ‘God Help The Girl’ Starring Emily BrowningBy Zachary Shevich Not content with merely being the singer/songwriter for a beloved band, Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch makes his feature film debut as a writer/director with God Help the...
Couples Therapy Gets Trippy in New Trailer for ‘The One I Love’By Zachary Shevich Something’s strange at this seemingly idyllic retreat. The grounds are beautiful, the amenities look perfect, but there’s something very weird going on in the guest house. Mark Duplass and...
‘The Shining’ Prequel Has a DirectorBy Ananda Dillon Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) is in negotiations with Warner Bros. to direct Overlook Hotel, a prequel to Stephen King’s novel The Shining, made famous by Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror...
New trailer and poster revealed for Lynn Shelton’s ‘Laggies’By Zachary Shevich Freaked out by a sudden marriage proposal, Megan (Keira Knightley) takes a week to lay low at the house of a high schooler (Chloë Grace Moretz) that she’s only...
First Look at a Balloon Robot in Disney-Marvel’s ‘Big Hero 6’By Ananda Dillon The first trailer for Disney and Marvel‘s first animated collaboration, Big Hero 6, reveals an adorable representation of the comic series’ synthetic robot, Baymax. The trailer, which is really...
Ron Howard to Direct Beatles DocBy Ananda Dillon The historical film power duo, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, will be tackling one of history’s most beloved music groups, The Beatles, in a new authorized documentary. After proving...
Trailer: Before I Go To SleepBy Zachary Shevich Imagine waking up everyday with no new memories. Your mind a complete blank slate except for everything you knew up until a traumatic accident. Until one day, someone reveals...
Trailer: May in the SummerBy Zachary Shevich Amreeka tracked a Palestinian family immigrating to the United States; however, director Cherien Dabis‘ upcoming follow-up to her 2009 debut film, takes that central idea and practically reverses it....
