Top 10 Movie Directors

...scenes, and no one took anything off, except shoes (laughs). ( Hitchcock ) had such a sense of humor, people try to copy him , but they don't succeed. Even the music I hear sometimes,...

In this article: Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, North by Northwest, Lillian Gish, DVD, and New York

...projects. Chris Weitz just joined the ranks of a very select group of directors such as Chris Nolan and Sam Raimi who have opened their films above the $100 million mark. The news is...

In this article: New Moon, Twilight, Ashley Greene, George Clooney, Chris Weitz, Alex Meraz, Sam Raimi, Twilight series, and Anna Kendrick

...good script and director, which is why they both have producer credits on Up in the Air and also Chloe , the Atom Egoyan drama that the Reitmans also premiered at TIFF '09. The latter is...

In this article: Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Ghostbusters, Todd Phillips, Submarine sandwich, Sandwich, The Hangover, Academy Award, Beverly Hills, and Toronto

...murder at the library. " My friend and I looked at him and said, sarcastically, "Right," accusing him of watching Alfred Hitchcock's movie " Psycho " the night before the murder. Our...

In this article: Thanksgiving, Penn State, Psycho, John F. Kennedy, and Alfred Hitchcock

...good as it did on opening day. The Blu-ray also includes exclusive extras that feature famous directors ( Martin Scorsese , William Friedkin and others) talking about the film. Some movies...

In this article: Blu-ray, DVD, Fight Club, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, North by Northwest, Futurama, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Valentine's Day

...a few issues with the pacing, I'm excited to see where it all goes. "Spartacus," from producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi and writer/producer Steven S. DeKnight , is a heady mixture of...

In this article: Andy Whitfield, Starz, Rome, Legend of the Seeker, Sheffield University, Steven S. DeKnight, The Strip, Packed to the Rafters, and Rob Tapert

...it was not a case of a single "Rosebud" moment. The Rosebud parallel is instructive, though. In Orson Welles 's Citizen Kane , the word whispered on the dying tycoon's lips promises, at...

In this article: Karel Reisz, Barry Lyndon, Apocalypse Now, Rebecca, Stanley Kubrick, Joan Fontaine, Alfred Hitchcock, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Manoj Kumar, and Lindsay Anderson

...cat burglar on the tail of another-and spins it into cinematic gold. With his customary wit and sexual innuendo, the director positions tanned star Cary Grant on a collision course with...

In this article: Annie Hall, Spencer Tracy, Thanksgiving, Woody Allen, Charles Coburn, and Dustin Hoffman

PARIS -- Woody Allen has successfully courted France 's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The former supermodel and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy says she's agreed to be in the...

In this article: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Woody Allen, Harry Connick Jr., Nicolas Sarkozy, France, and Paris

...a rather slow - The Master's Touch: Hitchcock 's Signature Style -- Directors the likes of John Carpenter , Martin Scorcese , William Friedkin , and Guillermo Del Toro dissect Hitchcock 's...

In this article: Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest, Cary Grant, Blu-ray, Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest, Swoops, Trademark, Guillermo del Toro, and John Carpenter

...in 2006. French filmmaker Claire Denis 's Beau Travail took fourth place with 46 votes. And Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai 's In the Mood for Love rounded out the top five with 43...

In this article: Wong Kar-wai, Jia Zhangke, All rights reserved, Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Still Life, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Claire Denis, Syndromes and a Century, and Beau travail

The Adjuster , by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan , split critical opinion when it premiered at Cannes in May 1991: some critics praised the film 's visual style, intelligence and insight...

In this article: The Adjuster, Atom Egoyan, Hollywood, and Pier Paolo Pasolini

Asking questions about the universe won't get you very far, as the Coen brothers comically show in their most Jewish film yet You should pardon the clich�, but you don't have to be...

In this article: A Serious Man, Coen brothers, God, Uncertainty principle, Taking Woodstock, and Anxiety

...books aimed at women out there, I have been looking for chick lit with substance. Well , my hunt has led me to Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel I have to admit that, after reading...

In this article: Alfred Hitchcock

...behind the emergence of the so-called New German Cinema, which includes among its numbers Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Volker Schloendorff , and Wim Wenders. Herzog's debut feature film,...

In this article: Werner Herzog, Stuttgart, Cindy Crawford, Berlin, Thessaloniki, Europe, International Film Festival, Time Magazine, and Cannes Film Festival

...I'm either an expert or kind of a savant as far as that goes. That's Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro and Sam Raimi. That's not me. GM: What most intrigued you about directing...

In this article: New Moon, The Golden Compass, Twilight, Akira Kurosawa, Jacob Black, God, and Guillermo del Toro

Check out this video of Ms. Schneider explaining The Commission Project. Telescope 's A Talk With Alfred Hitchcock on Hulu - Hulu recently added this lovely, two-part archive piece...

In this article: Alfred Hitchcock, Hulu, Psycho, Telescope, Itunes, Iphone, and YouTube

Once upon a time Sam Raimi wasn't the boring, franchise-friendly director on display in those anemic " Spiderman " movies. No, Raimi started out as a wild man of excess; his debut film,...

In this article: Sam Raimi, Drag Me to Hell, Alison Lohman, Spiderman, Hallucination, Evil Dead, and Three Stooges

...wing; another week, an elderly woman could invite death into her house. Performers included veterans such as Ida Lupino and newcomers like Robert Redford and William Shatner. "He created...

In this article: Rod Serling, Marc Scott Zicree, The Twilight Zone, Ray Bradbury, The Twilight Zone, Mike Wallace, Confucius, Emmy, and Requiem for a Heavyweight

...stars as gangster Roy "Mad Dog" Earle in director Raoul Walsh's tough, effective 1941 melodrama. With Ida Lupino and Joan Leslie (3:15 p.m. TCM). Occupation: The Iraq war provides the...

In this article: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis, Kennedy Assassination, Laurence Fox, Dexter, Julie Benz, Monty Python, Iraq War, and Los Angeles Times