Lisa Cholodenko

The greatest L.A. movies? We have 140, and shrinking...

2011-12-04 06:00:00

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Oscar oversights include some Hollywood heavyweights

2011-01-26 00:00:00

In writer-director Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio portrays a dream-time cat burglar who smuggles ideas in and out of people's minds. But on Tuesday, many Oscar prognosticators felt that "Inception" itself had gotten...

'Rabbit Hole,' other films place marriage in Oscar spotlight

2011-01-06 00:00:00

We've had Johnny and June in "Walk the Line," Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda's grouchy old-timers in "On Golden Pond" and real-life marrieds Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton bickering their way through "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" But they'...

The Oscars: Fresh story ideas a tough sell in Hollywood

2011-02-20 00:00:00

David Seidler first sparked to the idea of writing a movie about the life of King George VI in 1980. A stutterer himself, he found the real-life narrative of the English monarch's struggles to overcome a debilitating stammer moving and profoundly...

Critic's Notebook: Annette Bening takes the ordinary to Oscar-worthy heights

2011-02-27 00:00:00

There is a very particular art to playing the ordinary. Few actors do it well — Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney always come to mind. Of those, most fail to get their due come Oscar night — thoughts of Giamatti and Linney rise again. The...

Meghan Daum: Breaking comedy's raunch barrier

2011-05-19 00:00:00

The results are in: "Bridesmaids," the much-hyped girl-raunch comedy touted as the long-awaited antidote to Judd Apatow's "bromance" phenomenon, opened way bigger than expected at the box office, thereby proving that women can be just as funny —...

Cover story: 2011 Oscars: And the winners might be...

2011-02-23 16:36:09

2011 Oscars: Match the line to the film

2011-02-24 16:35:54

Oscar surprise: Only 'The Kids Are All Right' shot entirely in L.A.

2011-02-26 16:33:19

Guess who's missing from Hollywood Reporter's most powerful women in showbiz list

2010-12-07 21:32:37

Golden Globes to Johnny Depp: We're sending a limo -- or two!

2010-12-14 16:32:43

'The Kids Are All Right': It's about quality family time

2010-07-07 16:36:30

"The Kids Are All Right" writer/director Lisa Cholodenko and writer Stuart Blumberg.

2011-02-27 00:00:00

got some assistance from Rosario Dawson in the grabbing of naughty bits during the presentation of their award.

2011-02-26 21:37:33

Musician Wendy Melvoin and "The Kids Are All Right" director and nominee Lisa Cholodenko

2011-02-26 00:00:00