Michael Winterbottom

Sundance premieres: Linklater, 'Stoker' and Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs

2012-12-03 13:00:00

The final installment in Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, Chan-wook Park’s English-language debut and Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs portrayal all will be unveiled at Sundance -- and did we mention documentaries about...

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...

List of films and release dates in summer 2012

2012-04-29 00:00:00

May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...

Food culture: 'The Trip' now playing

2011-06-21 16:33:19

Goodbye Mulder, hello Ahab: Gillian Anderson talks 'Moby Dick'

2011-08-01 16:36:11

2011 Summer movies list

2011-05-01 00:00:00

May 6 The Beaver A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...

Russell Brand tends to live at the eye of the storm

2008-04-17 00:00:00

RUSSELL BRAND is not a rock star; he just plays one in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," the newest movie from the Judd Apatow stable. He does, however, have the goth bling, eyeliner and black vest over a white shirt opened below the point of modesty. And...

FOCUS GROUP: Will audiences check in to '1408'?

2007-06-20 00:00:00

We've assembled representatives of some of Hollywood's key demographics. Each week, our group weighs in on the coming weekend's releases, letting us know whether all the script fixes, the re-shoots and the product tie-in campaigns have added up to a movie...

Kate Winslet: the real deal

2009-02-11 00:00:00

Enough with the suffering. Kate Winslet's killing herself for an Oscar. The 33-year-old actress has gone down with the Titanic for James Cameron, lost her memory in Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," endured an unhappy marriage...

'My Blueberry Nights' to open Cannes Film Festival

2007-04-20 00:00:00

PARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition....

Lucky Red nabs Coens' 'Llewyn' for Italy: Studiocanal wraps world sales outside U.S.

2013-02-11 00:30:05

Studiocanal has pre-sold Ethan and Joel Coen's "Inside Llewyn Davis" to Italian distrib Lucky Red. "Davis" has now sold worldwide, save the U.S., where it is repped by UTA and Scott Rudin, and Japan. Based on the Coen brothers' original script, "Llewyn"...

Sundance unveils Premieres lineup

2012-12-03 16:30:13

"Jobs," Joshua Michael Stern's biopic of Steve Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher, has been selected as the festival's closing-night film. Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight," Michael Winterbottom's "The Look of Love," David Gordon Green's "Prince Avalanche,...

R; 1:53 running time Updating "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" from late 19th century Wessex to contemporary India, the protean director Michael Winterbottom combines his love of Thomas Hardy with an instinct for on-the-ground, socially engaged storytelling in "Trishna.

2012-07-19 07:53:00

In India, a wealthy young man and a woman who works at a resort fall for each other and move to Mumbai together, but family issues endanger the young couple's happiness. With Frieda Pinto, Riz Ahmed and Roshan Seth. Written and directed by Michael Winterbottom. Sundance Selects

2012-04-26 15:15:00

NR; 1:51 running time "The Trip" isn't much, but it's more than enough. Director Michael Winterbottom shot a BBC 2 mockumentary miniseries -- featuring stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon winging it, artfully -- from which this feature was derived.

2011-06-16 14:42:56