Midnight in Paris (movie)

Cannes 2013: Opening night welcomes 'Great Gatsby,' Euro-style

2013-05-16 05:00:00

CANNES, France -- The movie world feted an old friend Wednesday night, or at least an old sport. Two weeks after celebrating Baz Luhrmann's big-budget adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel with a throwback party at the Plaza Hotel in New York,...

F. Scott Fitzgerald has long been a Hollywood inspiration

2013-05-13 05:30:00

Since the publication in 1920 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, "This Side of Paradise," his life and career have been scrutinized, studied and dissected in countless critical essays, articles and biographies. Hollywood too has been endlessly...

Sundance hit 'Fruitvale' to land in theaters in July, not October

2013-04-05 06:00:00

The critical darling of this year's Sundance Film Festival�will arrive in theaters sooner than expected. "Fruitvale," which won the festival's Grand Jury and Audience awards in January, is set to hit the big screen on July 26 -- three months before it...

Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen split up

2013-02-27 11:04:00

Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen have split. The couple ended their relationship, according to Us Weekly, which reports that "The Vow" actress is back on the market. McAdams, 34, and Sheen, 44, met on the set of Woody Allen's 2010 film "Midnight in...

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo,' 'West of Memphis' among WGA nominees

2013-01-05 00:00:00

The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012. Nominees announced Friday in the original screenplay...

Woody Allen's 'To Rome With Love' scores in limited opening

2012-06-24 10:00:00

Woody Allen is on a roll at the box office, as the prolific filmmaker's latest movie looks to follow in the footsteps of his last hit,"Midnight in Paris." This weekend, Allen's new film, "To Rome With Love," premiered with $379,371, playing in five...

Oscars 2012: All eyes on Billy Crystal, Sacha Baron Cohen and, yes, nominees

2012-02-26 11:00:00

Is silence truly golden? Can George Clooney's tears bring Oscar happiness? Will Billy Crystal's yuks play as well as they did eight years ago? And could the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the first time bestow acting statuettes on two...

Oscars 2012: An effort to be inclusive

2012-02-28 13:30:00

With open arms, the Oscars welcomed diversity back to its ceremony, but the embrace turned out to be more awkward than warm. Last year's Academy Awards were roundly criticized by several observers for its notable lack of diversity. Actor Samuel L....

'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards

2012-02-27 00:01:00

The movie of the fewest words spoke the loudest at the Oscars this year. On an evening suffused with nostalgia, "The Artist," a nearly wordless, black-and-white romance celebrating Hollywood's formative era, won five Academy Awards, including best...

Hollywood finds romance in travel

2012-02-05 00:00:00

Love is always lovelier some place other than home. Well, at least in the celluloid universe. Traveling by boat, train or even bus can lead to romantic entanglements in the movies, as does visiting �ber-romantic locales such as Rome, Paris and Venice. Of...

20th WGA Award nod for Woody Allen

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Golden Globes anticipation is high for host Ricky Gervais

2012-01-14 17:02:00

Let's face it. Audiences will tune into the Golden Globes Sunday at 5 p.m. on NBC not so much to see if "The Artist," "The Help," "Hugo" or "Midnight in Paris" wins best picture of 2011 -- but to see just how outrageous host Ricky Gervais will get. For...

Woody Allen's best movie in years doesn't bother with the bells and whistles of time travel -- Gil just ends up in the past and enjoys himself. And it's impossible not to enjoy right along with him.

2012-09-25 17:02:24

R; 1:52 running time If it's a zinger capped by the phrase "leper colony," if there's a hotel room being broken into by house detectives, if it's Penelope Cruz spilling out of an outfit borrowed from Mira Sorvino in "Mighty Aphrodite," then it's time for the new Woody Allen film.

2012-06-28 10:01:00

"Midnight in Paris" won the Oscar for original screenplay. The Academy Award went to writer-director Woody Allen, right.

2012-02-24 18:43:31