Oscar Isaac

Cannes 2013: Is 'Borgman' this year's 'Holy Motors'?

2013-05-20 10:11:00

CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival can reliably be counted on to offer at least one envelope-pushing genre-tinged exercise, the kind that makes festgoers marvel and shake their head in equal measure. Last year it was ”Holy Motors,&...

Cannes 2013: Oscar Isaac sings fresh tune in 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

2013-05-20 07:05:00

CANNES, France — The British reporter at the press conference had a question for Oscar Isaac--the same question on a lot of reporters’ minds. “Where have you come from?” It was a logical query for Isaac after seeing him in the...

Cannes 2013: The musical side of the Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

2013-05-19 13:53:00

CANNES, France -- In close to three decades of filmmaking, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have shared a lot of looks. But with "Inside Llewyn Davis," which had its� premiere in Festival de Cannes competition Sunday, one particular glance said it all. "At...

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...

Cannes 2013: Coen brothers, Alexander Payne bound for film festival

2013-04-18 04:29:00

The Cannes Film Festival is making a statement at this year's gathering: We still really like Americans. The main competition will feature four directors from the U.S. -- Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) Joel and Ethan Coen (“Inside Llewyn...

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...

Movie review: 'W.E.'

2011-12-09 00:00:00

"W.E.," Madonna's second go at directing a feature film, leaves one wishing she'd find other creative outlets for those times when she's bored with the pop-star life. A new fashion line? Another documentary disassembling her latest truths and dares? What...

Lesbian love story takes top prize at Cannes

2013-05-26 11:05:00

CANNES, France — When is a lesbian coming-of-age drama not a lesbian coming-of-age drama? We’ll let this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury president take that one: When “it’s a great love story” first and foremost, as...

Cannes: Palme d'Or Race Looks Wide-Open

2013-05-25 20:30:05

CANNES -- Usually by this point in the Cannes Film Festival, the race for the Palme d'Or has narrowed itself down to one or two clear frontrunners. The sustained critical love for Michael Haneke's "Amour" made it seem the most logical choice around this...

A good year (so far) for American films at Cannes

2013-05-22 09:35:04

CANNES, France American movies are faring well this year in Cannes, with the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" holding on to the No. 1 spot in the competition for the Palme d'Or, according to a poll of critics compiled by Screen International. Set in...

Coen brothers' loser is winning over Cannes

2013-05-20 07:18:00

CANNES, France — Whatever its commercial fortunes when it opens in the U.S. this December, "Inside Llewyn Davis" already has won the acclaim sought so ardently by the fictional folk singer of its title, the latest charismatic loser in a long,...

Cannes Film Review: 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

2013-05-18 14:30:03

The sounds of the early 1960s folk music revival float on the air like a strange, intoxicating perfume in the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," a boldly original, highly emotional journey through Greenwich Village nightclubs, a bleak New York winter,...

To be released by CBS Films (December). A festival favorite, the Coen brothers' latest, set in 1961, follows a Greenwich Village folkie (Oscar Isaac) following a cat (he's supposed to be taking care of it; it keeps getting away) and his own hazy dreams of showbiz success.

2013-05-30 14:15:00

Actors Oscar Isaac and Justin Timberlake and director Joel Coen leave after attending the screening of their film "Inside Llewyn Davis."

2013-05-19 00:00:00

British actor James D'Arcy , singer and film director Madonna and actor Oscar Isaac Singer pose during the photo call of Madonna's film "W.E." at Venice Lido. "W.E." is presented out of competition.

2011-09-01 00:00:00