Jessica Walter winks suggestively and describes Lucille Bluth’s “dire straits” in “Arrested Development” season 4
Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat discuss sex and awkward love in “Arrested Development” season 4
Nick Offerman sings a filthy song about rainbows to his wife
“Anchorman: The Legend Continues” trailer compares Ron Burgundy to Jesus
Tonight at 8/7c we’re showing Martin Scorsese’s brilliant “Gangs of New York,” an epic so sprawling it actually rivals R.Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” for sprawlingingness. The film is set in Civil War-era Manhattan and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a poor little orphan named Amsterdam who grows up with a chip on his shoulder. The…
Religion is something I no longer give much consideration to, but the idea of faith, and spirituality, is something still find to be profound, important, and for those who possess either (or both), valuable. That may seem contradictory, but the point is that devotion to some greater force or power, assuming that commitment is in…
Hollywood demands plenty from directors. In a forest of remade classics, “Chipmunks” sequels and other safe, dependable investments, studios want bankable reasons to invest in innovation. Indie filmdom has long been a launchpad for Hollywood careers, but only a select few filmmakers can claim to have gone against the grain with enough force to change…
The French duo discuss their soundtrack to the newly restored 1902 George Méliès film “Le Voyage Dans La Lune”
Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams and Martin Scorsese also won major awards.
Michel Gondry is probably the only director who can make the word “cute” apply to Martin Scorsese‘s classic, “Taxi Driver.” But really, that’s the only word that comes to mind when watching his two-minute short film remake of the drama. Maybe it’s something about the French subtitles, or the fact that Gondry hired a couple…
Producer/director/schlockmeister Roger Corman famously made over a hundred movies in Hollywood and never lost a dime, in part because he never financed stuff like “Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel.” That’s not to say this documentary about the maverick drive-in movie maven’s life is bad; on the contrary, it’s a breezy, informative ninety minutes…
With the simultaneous release of Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and Michael Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” in the past two weeks, audiences are discovering a whole world of entertainment that preceded the panoramic, 3D, stereoscopic experience they currently talk and text through: silent film. Apparently, for more than the first 30 years of filmmaking’s existence, Hollywood actually made…
After many years of putting it on the back-burner, Martin Scorsese has finally committed to his planned adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel “Silence.” It has been rumored that he would follow up his hit film “Hugo” with an adaptation of Joe Nesbo’s thriller novel “The Snowman,” or “The Irishman” and “The Gambler,” but in a…
Last week, film critic Drew McWeeny wrote a really interesting piece at HitFix called “Muppets, Avengers, and Life In The Age Of Fanfiction.” It was inspired by a conversation with his colleague, TV critic Alan Sepinwall, who described the new “Muppets” movie as “the greatest work of fanfiction [he'd] ever seen.” That spurred McWeeny to…
Basically when it comes to this year’s awards season, if you ain’t about old movies, you ain’t nothing. Earlier in the week, The New York Film Critics Circle named the silent film homage “The Artist” their Best Film of 2011. Today, the National Board of Review chose the silent film homage “Hugo” as their Best…
Martin Scorsese‘s “Hugo” has turned a lot of 3D naysayers into believers. Even Roger Ebert, a notorious 3D hater, conceded in his “Hugo” review that Scorsese used the technique “as it should be used, not as a gimmick but as an enhancement of the total effect.” Personally, as a guy who wanted to believe there…
Martin Scorsese‘s “Hugo” is a movie about magic, but it’s also a movie as magic trick: Scorsese convinces us he’s made one film then uses some crafty sleight-of-hand to transform “Hugo” before our eyes. Though I’ve read interviews and articles about the film that reveal its secrets, and even listened to the director himself spoil…
Martin Scorsese is going to be returning to his comfort zone in his next movie. Since “Shutter Island” was released in 2010, the esteemed director helmed the pilot episode of HBO’s hit “Boardwalk Empire” and also made his first CGI-heavy “kids” film, “Hugo.” With the latter set to be released on Wednesday, Scorsese has finally…
Much has been made of “Hugo” being the first foray into 3D for legendary director Martin Scorsese, and apparently the filmmaker is just as excited as anyone else to see the results. In a new trailer for the film, Scorsese raves about the medium — describing it as a “dream” to use — as scenes…
The surprise work-in-progress screening at The New York Film Festival turned out to be Martin Scorsese‘s “Hugo,” and the director himself was on hand to present his almost completed 3D family film. As Scorsese explained before the movie, “Hugo” really is a work-in-progress: a few CGI shots were unfinished and a few green screens were…
We were delighted to hear the news that Werner Herzog is going to appear as the villain in Tom Cruise’s next movie, “One Shot.” Herzog’s a great director, but he’s an equally great screen presence. We’ve dug his serious movies with Harmony Korine and his silly movies with Zak Penn. We have no doubt he…
How did it get to be September already?! If you’re as taken aback as we are, you’ll want to curl up on the couch and ponder the passing of days. Or maybe make a fort and watch some quality programming. Either way, we have some shows to comfort and entertain you while hang out in…
At The AV Club, Steven Hyden wrote a really interesting piece today calling for a new measurement of excellence in the world of popular music. In addition to judging a band’s “popularity” and “critical respectibility” he suggests you apply “the five-album test” to determine musical greatness. If an artist puts out five great albums in…
Cinema icon Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” is ostensibly the director’s first foray into younger-skewing subject material (and 3-D), but given it’s from the mind who gave us “Taxi Driver,” “Goodfellas” and “The Departed,” we’re going to go ahead and say it’s probably worth watching for all ages. Based on the book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,”…
It sucks not being at the Cannes Film Festival. To keep you up-to-speed on all the latest developments with the minimum amount of pain and jealousy, we’ll be providing frequent roundups of all the biggest news and best reviews. This is the second; for additional installments, along with all our Cannes coverage, can be found…
New York City has long been a favorite backdrop for filmmakers. The skyscrapers, famous skyline, renowned landmarks, mountains of garbage, notable mass transit system, beautiful parks, and streets lined with crazy people are an alluring setting for everything from romantic comedies (Weekend at Bernie’s 2), tragedies, (Autumn in New York), mysteries (Desperately Seeking Susan), adventure…
Bruce Springsteen was at the Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town,” which chronicles the long writing and recording sessions with the E Street Band that lead up to the 1978 release of “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” Springsteen’s 4th album. Edward…
Frank Miller, the comic book creator turned “Sin City” codirector, has a new ad for Gucci Guilty — starring Evan Rachel Wood, Chris Evans, the music of Friendly Fires and a greenscreen — that’s apparently so momentous that it warranted its own trailer. Presumably there’ll be a longer cut of the ad due out as…
When someone says that Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese are his or her two favorite directors, it doesn’t mean that much. Both are responsible for films of cold, hard, almost universally valued quality — they’re almost unassailable cinematic institutions (there’s always going to be someone around to insist a director is overrated). They’re also dorm-room…
