Article: Sacha Baron Cohen and Kurt Russell leave “Django Unchained”
The departures from Quentin Tarantino’s next picture probably won’t mean much in the grand scheme of things.
“The Dark Knight Rises” debuts more new character posters
Has the Sacha Baron Cohen shtick jumped the shark?
Tim Grierson on Will Smith, the Last Movie Star
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Article: “Looper” teaser trailer has Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt facing off
Rian Johnson seems to be at the top of his game.
Article: Ten actors and actresses to watch in 2012
Actors like Michael Fassbender, Elizabeth Olsen and Melissa McCarthy went from being relative unknowns to some of the biggest stars of 2011 over the past year. While it’s hard to predict beforehand which new or second-string actors will click with audiences in a given year, that doesn’t stop us from trying. For instance, we wouldn’t…
Article: What to Watch on IFC: December 5 – December 11
Whatcha gonna watch?
Article: Christian Bale calls “The Dark Knight Rises” the end of an era
Christian Bale isn’t afraid to share the spotlight. Though “The Dark Knight Rises” is still eight months away, the actor is making publicity rounds to promote the film now that it’s finished shooting. It turns out that he was a pretty big fan of his fellow cast members who were new additions to the franchise.…
Article: Anne Hathaway accepts “Most Anticipated Movie” honors for “The Dark Knight Rises”
Spike’s annual Scream Awards aired last night, and one of the most memorable highlights came courtesy of Gotham City when the “Most Anticipated Movie” statue was given to the cast of “The Dark Knight Rises.” To a rousing welcome from the crowd, Anne Hathaway sauntered to the mic flanked by co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary…
Article: Soderbergh’s “Man from U.N.C.L.E.” reportedly considers Gosling, Gordon-Levitt, Skarsgård
When George Clooney left Stephen Soderbergh’s big screen remake of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” it didn’t bode well for the film’s overall H.Q. (Handsomeness Quotient, natch). Fortunately, Warner Bros. is looking to not only match the previously established handsomeness levels, but possibly exceed them, as the studio is considering a number of new names for…
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch the “50/50″ trailer with director Jonathan Levine
When one of Seth Rogen’s good friends came down with potentially terminal cancer, it set in motion an emotional journey that would culminate with Rogen producing a feature film about the experience. The result is “50/50,” which stars the endlessly talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young man stricken with the disease, and Rogen as his…
Article: Get your first glimpse at Joseph Gordon-Levitt in “The Dark Knight Rises”
It’s been far too long since the first official photo of Anne Hathaway in “The Dark Knight Rises” was released and the internet let out a collective outburst of, “BUT, WHERE ARE THE EARS!?” Thankfully, something new for us to scrutinize about Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman movie has just bubbled to the surface,…
Article: Here’s all of the “50/50″ poster with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen
A few weeks ago we brought you the trailer for “50/50″ starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. Now we’ve got the debut of the film’s one-sheet. Take a look. The film, directed by “The Wackness”‘ Jonathan Levine, stars Gordon-Levitt as Adam, a twentysomething guy fighting cancer with the help of his friend (Rogen), therapist (Anna…
Article: Trailering: Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s “50/50″
Although it won’t be coming out until September, the first trailer for the Joseph Gordon-Levitt-Seth Rogen drama “50/50″ hit the Internet today and what makes the debut so unusual is that on many film sites, it’s accompanied by a quasi-review since the film’s distributor Summit has already started to build word-of-mouth. The film, based on…
Article: “Hesher,” Reviewed
Hesher is a strangely forgettable film, made even more strange since its final shot is of graffiti that reads “Hesher Was Here.” That’s not a spoiler – Hesher leaves an impression everywhere he goes whether he’s going to return or not. As played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, he’s a nihilist who breaks into people’s houses to…
Article: Trailering: “Hesher”
“Hesher” got a lot of buzz back at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. People were really intrigued by the possibilities of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a guy in Jesus hair and beard and tighty-whiteys dispensing advice and incendiary devices to a bereaved family (played by Rainn Wilson and newcomer Devin Brochu). It was one of the…
Article: “Inception’s” Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sings Lady Gaga, Aretha Franklin
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s stock rose quite a bit with his suave role in the mind blower, “Inception,” this summer. Before that he was just some kid with a hyphenated name to me, who played young Norman in “A River Runs Through It” 18 years ago. I guess he’s been nurturing a music career since then, the…
Article: Seven actors who deserve better.
We’ve all had this experience before — you go to a movie and an actor you’ve never heard of totally blows you away. You expect to see more of him or her, then years go by and you see the movie again on TV and realize you have no idea what happened. (Like, say, almost…
Article: The indefatigable “Elektra Luxx.”
Reviewed (sort of) at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. Sometimes the movie gods smile upon you, though Sebastian Guitierrez probably wasn’t feeling that way during the SXSW premiere of “Elektra Luxx.” Roughly an hour and ten minutes into the sequel to last year’s crowdpleaser “Women in Trouble,” you could hear the voices of Marley Shelton…
Article: The star-powered movie isn’t dead, it’s just resting.
Wendy Ide at the London Times makes an Oscary point that’s become almost a meme I’d like to dispatch once and for all if I could. She claims the nominations are playing out “a struggle for the future of Hollywood.” But… remember the famous 1996 arthouse shoot-out of “The English Patient,” “Fargo,” “Secrets & Lies”…
Article: Sundance Spin for 1/29: “Delicious” Isn’t Tasty, “Blue” Is Bought
We’re calling it a day in Sundance, but keep looking at our Sundance home page and Cheat Sheet for continuing coverage from this year’s fest. Since returning from Park City, we’ve already posted new photo galleries from the “Get Low” and “Winter’s Bone” premieres, and more is on the way. In the meantime, check out…
Article: Sundance Spin for 1/24: Affleck in Good “Company”
While our Sundance home page is the place for all our coverage from Park City, here is a brief rundown of what’s been going on during the last 24 hours, including an interview with “Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil” star Alan Tudyk, new photo galleries for “Hesher” and “Howl,” and reviews of “The Company Men,”…
Article: (500) Days of Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the “Hesher” Premiere
Joseph Gordon-Levitt sports scruff, long hair and DIY tattoos in “Hesher,” which had its premiere at Sundance on Friday at the Eccles Theater in Park City, UT. But he looked all cleaned up at the red carpet before the event, appearance alongside the director/cinematographer team of brothers Spencer and Morgan Susser. Actors John Carroll Lynch…
Article: “Hesher,” the magical metaphorical metalhead.
Reviewed at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is magical. Sort of. He doesn’t do anything completely out of the realms of believable human behavior, but he does seem pretty impervious to damage, bouncing back easily from falls and kicks to the groin. He’s able to appear out of and vanish into nowhere…
Article: Sundance Spin for 1/23: “Catfish” Catches Fire, “Nowhere Boy” Set Straight
While our Sundance home page is the place for all our coverage from Park City, here is a brief rundown of what’s been going on during the last 24 hours, including reviews of
Article: Warning: we may be losing the best actors of our generation.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is at Sundance — partly to talk up the premiere of “Hesher,” but also — and he seems more pumped about — pushing his nebulously-defined production company hitRECord.org, a multi-media film/interactive/music/god-knows-what that will have a presentation in Sundance’s newly-minted New Frontiers division. Now, more power to him, but this certainly isn’t where I…
Article: Color My Life With The Chaos of Trouble
Like the rest of us, critics like to be taken seriously, and so post-teen romantic comedies like Marc Webb’s “(500) Days of Summer” can have a tough time receiving top-shelf adjectives. It’s safer to hold high an austere import or socially-conscious “issue” drama. The problem is, for all of its borrowings, there hasn’t been a…
Article: Fight Scenes, Chemistry and Other Unheralded Joys
Screw “best performance,” “best director,” “best film of the year” (well, not that — we weigh in on that in our top tens here). In this week’s IFC News podcast, the first of a two-parter, we call out some of the other highlights from the year in cinema we feel deserve recognition, from the best…
