Steve Martin reflects on his career as he receives AFI honor
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 14:13
Last update: about 10 years ago
In the early 1980s, when Steve Martin was a fledgling movie star, he recalls attending the American Film Institute's celebration of Frank Capra and how Hollywood glitterati swirled around the...
Malta not eligible for European Union funding for film production
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 09:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Therese Bonnici
Malta is being discriminated against when it comes to EU funds for film production, particularly because it lacks a track record to present. The country has found itself in a catch-22 situation,...
Say goodbye, not hello, to Cameron Crowe's 'Aloha'
Friday, 5 June 2015, 14:11
Last update: about 10 years ago
Cameron Crowe loves a good failure story, and specifically what happens after a disastrous fall from the top. If Crowe were a character in his own film, the fiasco of "Aloha," and nearly all of his...
'Poltergeist' solid remake of haunted house classic
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 13:55
Last update: about 10 years ago
It's infrequent and particularly satisfying when the remake of an especially memorable film equals or exceeds the experience of the original. In 1982, "Poltergeist" saw the brilliant pairing of "The...
Restored 'The Third Man' emerges again from the shadows
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 13:56
Last update: about 10 years ago
Sixty-six years after Carol Reed's noir masterpiece first debuted, "The Third Man" premiered again at the Cannes Film Festival, this time in a freshly restored print as part of the Cannes...
Melancholy 'Aloft' buckles under leaden themes
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 13:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Aloft" is not an easy film. Peruvian director Claudia Llosa's meditative, generation-spanning drama about a falconer (Cillian Murphy) on a journey to find his healer and artist mother (Jennifer...
Audiard's 'Dheepan' wins Palme d'Or in upset Cannes finale
Saturday, 30 May 2015, 13:23
Last update: about 10 years ago
The 68th Cannes Film Festival was brought to a surprising close Sunday with Jacques Audiard's Sri Lankan refugee drama taking the festival's coveted top honor, the Palme d'Or. The...
The movies that will keep buzzing after Cannes
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 13:21
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Cannes Film Festival is a grand hierarchy with strictly defined elevations of movies and media access, where films are met by high praise or lowly boos. And so there was a...
The shellfish giant: 'The Lobster' makes a big Cannes splash
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 13:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
The Greek director has set the Croisette abuzz with his film "The Lobster," which puts Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in a couples-dominated world where single people are given 45 days to...