The Artist (movie)

Palm Springs International ShortFest lines up 330 films

2013-06-10 12:13:00

The 2013 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market, now in its 19th year, will feature 330 films from 49 countries, including 70 world premieres, 55 North American premieres and 14 U.S. premieres. The films will be showcased in 53...

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...

Cannes 2013: Palme d'Or goes to 'Blue Is the Warmest Color'

2013-05-26 16:35:00

CANNES, France — The hometown favorite won big time at the Festival de Cannes on Sunday night as France's "Blue Is the Warmest Color" walked off with the Palme d'Or. In a highly unusual step, jury president Steven Spielberg announced that the...

Review: 'Blancanieves' (Snow White) has a classic look and feel

2013-03-28 15:30:00

Following hard upon "The Artist," "Blancanieves" is the second silent black-and-white feature to emerge from Europe in little more than two years. A pair of films don't exactly make a trend, but "Blancanieves" has enough going for it to make you wish it...

Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards

2013-02-25 04:00:00

For the second straight year, the movie business fell for itself. "Argo" — in which a Hollywood producer and makeup artist help engineer the rescue of six Americans from Iran — won the top prize at the 85th Academy Awards, one year after the...

The Oscars show, nominated films shortchanged in China

2013-02-22 05:00:00

BEIJING — Cecilia Wu, 18, is a self-described film freak. Despite the heavy workload of her senior year of high school here in the Chinese capital, she sees a movie every two or three days and has caught most of the films with Academy Award...

MyFrenchFilmFestival.com begins Thursday

2013-01-17 12:10:00

Lovers of French films often have limited choices at their local theaters, and traveling regularly to Paris to catch the latest titles isn't an option for many. Enter MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, a celebration of contemporary French cinema, which...

Oscars 2013: Telluride festival emerges as best picture predictor

2013-02-18 11:40:00

Oscar pundits love to debate the best forecaster of the Academy Awards. Is it the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild ensemble trophy or some obscure film critics organization?� Here's a new theory: the Telluride Film Festival. If "Argo" takes home...

'Argo,' 'Lincoln' spare no expense in Oscar best picture race

2013-02-16 06:00:00

Forget about the price of gasoline: The real skyrocketing expense this year is the Oscar race. With two deep-pocketed studios locked into one of the closest best picture duels in recent memory and Academy Award voting extended by two weeks, the battle...

For video game composers, the high score could be a Grammy

2013-01-08 07:00:00

The Grammy Awards are ready to play, at least in the minds of those who create music for video games. For the first time, a complete video game score has been nominated for a Grammy. At the February ceremony, Austin Wintory's compositions for PS3...

Golden Globes 2013: Stunned Ben Affleck wins best director

2013-01-13 19:46:00

In a surprise defeat for Steven Spielberg and "Lincoln," Ben Affleck won the Golden Globe for directing "Argo." A clearly stunned Affleck, who earlier this week was noticeably not shortlisted for the directing Oscar, said he didn't care what the award...

Oscars 2013: 'Amour' in, 'Intouchables' out for foreign language

2013-01-10 12:00:00

Academy voters showed their love for Austria's "Amour" on Thursday morning, with the deep and intimate look at an aging couple facing the end of life together being nominated not just for best foreign language film, but also for best picture and in...

"The Artist" director Michel Hazanavicius.

2013-01-17 12:11:08

Uggie, the canine star of the silent film "The Artist," leaps into the air after arriving at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in a fire engine. Uggie participated in a paw-casting ceremony in the landmark theater's forecourt, marking his retirement from show business.

2012-06-25 15:23:57

Uggie, the dog who starred in the Academy Award-winning film "The Artist," gets a kiss from Lassie (L), a descendant of the original Lassie, at his hand and paw print ceremony outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, June 25, 2012.

2012-06-25 00:00:00