Paul Mazursky Tribute: The director’ss second homage to classic French cinema was the great 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills, based on Jean Renoir’s great 1932 film.

Director Jake Kasdan notes that the roles of Annie and Jay were written expressly for Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel.  “Working with Cameron and Jason on Bad Teacher was one of the great experiences I’ve ever had,” says Kasdan.  “And I really wanted to find something else for them – I knew that they were hilarious together […]

Boyhood, the strikingly original, deeply moving epic, shot over a period of 12 years, is one Richard Linklater’s best films; the other is Dazed and Confused of 1993.

This romantic dramedy, set in the early 1950s, is evocatively written and directed by Paul Mazursky, who draws on his own youth.

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is a visually darker, thematically more poignant segment of Fox’s popular franchise than the previous chapter, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” in 2011.