Sundance Film Festival

'Before Midnight' strikes new path in couple's journey

2013-05-17 14:00:00

NEW YORK — "Before Midnight," Richard Linklater's third film about the relationship between an American man (Ethan Hawke) and French woman (Julie Delpy), closes with what might be the series' piece de resistance: a 30-minute hotel-room argument...

Movie review: 'Stories We Tell' looks at truth, secrecy and memory

2013-05-16 16:53:00

Don't be fooled by its deceptively simple title or the hesitant, unassuming way it begins. Writer-director Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell" ends up an invigorating powerhouse of a personal documentary, adventurous and absolutely fascinating....

'The English Teacher' has a class of underachievers

2013-05-16 15:10:00

"The English Teacher" is a tragedy masquerading as a comedy and doing a disservice to both. The same could be said for the film's normally fine cast. Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane and Michael Angarano have all had better days. The movie...

'Black Rock' a girls-versus-boys thriller

2013-05-16 18:00:00

In "Black Rock," a female-fueled thriller, Sarah (Kate Bosworth) wants to make amends with two childhood friends by pitching a tent with them on a small Maine island where the three women once camped as kids. "We are all dying," Sarah tells Lou (Lake...

Katie Aselton, Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth survive 'Black Rock'

2013-05-17 11:18:00

The premise is familiar: Three young women on a camping trip find themselves under siege from three unhinged attackers and fight back. But what happens in “Black Rock” is unexpected, as rather than a more typical story of female empowerment...

Cannes 2013: For Octavia Spencer, a new stop with 'Fruitvale Station'

2013-05-17 06:30:00

CANNES, France -- You’d expect a savvy pro such as Octavia Spencer to have dropped in on the Cannes Film Festival once or twice over the years. But there she was on Thursday afternoon, taking it all in like a wide-eyed tourist. “First...

WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info

2013-05-18 09:28:00

When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...

Cannes 2013: 'Salinger,' 'Osage County' among Weinstein hopefuls

2013-05-18 06:00:00

Cannes, France--With award-season hits such as “The Silver Linings Playbook” and “Django Unchained,” the Weinstein Co. had a small but potent slate in the latter half of 2012. On Friday evening at the Cannes Film Festival, the...

Where have all the women gone in movies?

2013-05-13 08:00:00

There's one mountain in Hollywood that even "The Hunger Games'" scrappy heroine Katniss Everdeen hasn't been able to move: the number of roles for women. Despite the success of recent female-driven movies such as "Bridesmaids" and the "Hunger Games" and...

TV This Week: May 12 - 18: 'Mammas' on Sundance

2013-05-10 12:38:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 12 - 18, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SUNDAY Just in time for Mother's Day, it's...

Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema

2013-05-15 05:00:00

— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

Steven Spielberg, Bradley Cooper to team for 'American Sniper'

2013-05-02 13:30:00

Steven Spielberg is returning to the charged terrain of real-life American events, with the “Lincoln” director announcing Thursday he'll tackle the story of U.S. sniper Chris Kyle as his next directorial project. Bradley Cooper will star as...

8 p.m. Monday, May 20, PBS At 86, Mel Brooks busts any desirable demo, but this new "American Masters" special shows the comedy master behind "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," "Spaceballs," "Get Smart" and my personal favorite, "History of the World: Part I," still knows

2013-05-20 06:49:00

Premieres: July on Sundance Channel Why we're watching: It's like, a TV show about making a TV show. Seriously though, Sundance and Entertainment Weekly partner up to offer a rare glimpse inside the writers' room on some of our favorite scripted television series.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Motherhood is explored in "Mammas" on Sundance. With Isabella Rossellini.

2013-05-10 12:39:00