Even though her latest film, “Rendition,” was a flop, Reese Witherspoon is a top moneymaker. The Oscar winner, who is 31, commands $15 million to $20 million a movie, placing her at the top of The Hollywood Reporter’s annual list of the highest-paid actresses. Angelina Jolie came in second with similar salary demands, though the […]

John Garfield’s Last Year On May 9, 1952 Garfield moved out of his New York apartment. He told columnist Earl Wilson that he would soon be divorced. Close friends speculated that it was his wife’s opposition to his plotted confession in Look magazine that triggered the separation. He heard that a HUAC investigator was reviewing […]

Do critics’ opinions matter this summer?

Two Israeli films received Oscar nominations this year, both in the documentary category, and both for films that take a critical and look at the nation’s government and its actions.

What’s a great film? Defining extraordinary movies–Hitchcock