The 2015 Jerusalem Film Fest Sam Spiegel Intl. Film Lab, has handed out its two prizes to two socially-engaged projects, “Darkroom” and “The Death of Black Horses.”
Latin American Cinema: Hot Directors/Hot Movies
March 29, 2015 by
Some of these hot directors and movies will play as official selections of the upcoming Cannes Film Fest, May 13-24. “Chronic” Michel Franco Strong contender for Un Certain Regard and possibly even competition, the Mexican helmer’s first English-language feature stars Tim Roth as a depressed nurse who assists terminally ill patients. Roth boarded the project after serving as head […]
Movie Stars: Smith, Will–Still Globally Popular Star?
February 25, 2015 by
Will Smith needs to prove that he is still one of the most powerful Hollywood stars when Focus, his new heist romance with Margot Robbie, hits theaters.
Movie Stars: Depp, Johnny–Diminished Star? End of Box-Office Power?
January 25, 2015 by
It’s hard to remember the last time that Johnny Depp, the original and eccentric actor, made an artistically good or commercially accessible movie.
Movie Audiences: Netflix Breaks Records with New Subscribers
Netflix got 3.3 million new members worldwide in the second quarter of 2015–a company record for the historically weak period–largely due to original programming.