Jane Campion

Nik Wallenda will tightrope walk over the Grand Canyon on Discovery

2013-03-18 12:53:00

Nik Wallenda, the man known as "King of the High Wire," will venture into Evel Knievel territory this summer when he makes a daring high-wire walk across the Grand Canyon. And those curious to see if he makes it will be able to watch the whole thing...

TV This Week for March 17-23: 'Bates Motel' on A&E

2013-03-16 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SUNDAY The route remains roughly the same —...

Review: 'Ginger & Rosa' a showcase for Elle Fanning

2013-03-14 16:51:00

As the ampersand between their names indicates, "Ginger & Rosa" are inseparable, pals since birth, best friends for as long as anyone can remember. At least until now. It's 1962 in London, and 17-year-old Rosa worries about finding true love, "the...

Winter TCA: Elisabeth Moss takes break from ad world to find a missing girl in 'Top of the Lake'

2013-01-05 15:00:00

This story has been updated. See below. One day, Elisabeth Moss (as Peggy) is giving her notice to Don Draper; the next, she’s in an unheated shed in the outskirts of Queenstown, New Zealand, rehearsing for a Jane Campion mystery. “It...

Movie review: 'Beautiful Creatures' has brains and bewitching cast too

2013-02-13 17:59:00

Maybe there really are supernatural forces at work in this world. How else to explain "Beautiful Creatures"? The movie is an intriguing, intelligent enigma — three words not typically associated with teen romances. A couple of unknown...

Sundance Film Festival 2013: 8 movies for fans of the fantastic

2013-01-17 14:02:48

Sundance Film Festival names Midnight, Spotlight, Frontier picks

2012-11-29 13:00:00

A sequel to a horror anthology movie, an experimental film from James Franco and new works starring Sarah Polley, Rob Corddry and Matthew McConaughey are among the newest additions to next year’s Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced...

The Writing Life: Sandi Tan switches genres for 'The Black Isle'

2012-08-05 00:00:00

Sandi Tan's past is teeming with ghosts. The Pasadena-based filmmaker-turned-novelist isn't a "seer" herself — she's a self-described scaredy-cat and doesn't particularly enjoy supernatural books and movies — but her childhood in Singapore...

Elle Fanning roots Sally Potter's new movie, 'Ginger and Rosa'

2012-08-31 19:30:00

TELLURIDE, Colo. -- The new film�“Ginger and Rosa” by English filmmaker Sally Potter screened Friday night at the Telluride Film Festival high in the mountains of Colorado. A tale drawn in no small part from Potter’s own life, the...

Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'

2012-08-30 10:36:00

Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael...

Women on Cannes red carpet -- but not in directors' chairs

2012-05-16 21:39:15

Elisabeth Moss, Jane Campion team for Sundance miniseries

2011-11-04 16:35:59

PG-13; 2:12 running time Bookish senior Ethan, portrayed by Alden Ehrenreich, is a kid plagued by a recurring Civil War-era nightmare (Help! I'm trapped in an outtake from "Lincoln"!) he cannot explain or understand.

2013-02-14 08:17:00

A scene from Jane Campion and Garth Davis' "Top of the Lake," which stars Cohen Holloway, Holly Hunter and Peter Mullan.

2012-12-03 09:22:10

Directed and written by Sally Potter ("Orlando the coming-of-age story stars Elle Fanning and newcomer Alice Englert (the daughter of director Jane Campion) in a love story set against the Cuban Missile Crisis.

2012-08-30 10:42:00