Sarah Polley

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...

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...

L.A. Times launches free Indie Focus film series at Laemmle NoHo

2012-08-08 09:00:00

The L.A. Times is expanding its events for movie lovers with a new, free Indie Focus Screening Series at the Laemmle NoHo 7 theaters starting Aug. 22 with “Robot & Frank.” Starring Oscar nominee Frank Langella as an aging jewel thief who...

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...

Home theater: 'Take This Waltz,' 'Certified Copy' offer off-beat romance

2012-05-22 16:38:35

Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke's 'Amour' feels the love

2012-05-20 21:39:04

Sarah Polley: 'Splice' makes you 'squirm in a deeply uncomfortable, ethical, emotional way'

2010-06-03 16:33:49

Horror of horrors: Did the wrong kind of people like 'Splice'?

2010-06-08 16:32:39

Adrien Brody did 'Predators' research: 'I would sleep in the jungle alone'

2010-07-08 21:33:58

First seven set for MoMA slate

2013-01-16 16:30:05

Two upcoming Sundance offerings, Shane Carruth's "Upstream Color" and Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell," are among the first seven pics to be set for Gotham's New Directions/New Films. The 42nd annual series, co-programmed by the Museum of Modern Art and...

Sundance unveils Midnight, New Frontier sections: James Franco involved in two titles; Spotlight lineup also announced

2012-11-29 16:30:08

A documentary about a fetish website and a speculative re-creation of gay S&M footage cut from the 1980 film "Cruising," both featuring the involvement of James Franco, are among the edgier offerings set to screen at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which...

Contracorriente sets Coronado for Gaumont's 'Tide': Spanish distrib co-produces Coixet's 'Ayer'

2012-09-25 01:05:09

SAN SEBASTIAN -- Spain's Jose Coronado, star of recent U.S. pick-up "No Rest for the Wicked," is attached to Gaumont-produced adventure comedy "Turning Tide." Arly Jover ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") has also been cast. Barcelona-based A...

Filmmaker-actor Sarah Polley ("Away From Her") uses old home movies to investigate her family's history in a project that's purported to be a documentary but may push the edges of the nonfiction envelope.

2012-08-30 10:42:00

It's no "Away From Her," but writer-director Sarah Polley's follow-up has plenty of wonderful and wonderfully sad moments.

2012-07-12 00:00:00

Let's be clear: This is an amazing film. Amazing. Canadian Sarah Polley stars with Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman and Debbie Harry as a young mom who finds out she has cancer and just a few months to live, then decides not to tell anybody and live out some of her dreams ("get false nails," "have an

2012-05-03 09:50:00