Atonement (movie)

Almost everybody won the Oscar they were supposed to, with No Country for Old Men taking the most -- four, including best picture and best directors (Joel and Ethan Coen). Fittingly, the first big Hollywood event after the 100-day Writer's Guild strike...

"Atonement" begins on a sweltering 1935 summer day, on the grounds of an English country house buckling, imperceptibly, under the weight of forbidden fruit. The atmosphere of elegant rot suffusing director Joe Wright's film, a beautiful follow-up to...

If you've watched the red carpets this year, you may have noticed a new alignment of the stars. No longer content to dress a star for a particular event, design houses are now trying to lock them in for the entire awards season. "Corporations call...

Young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has booked the leading role in Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones." According to the industry trade papers, Ronan will join Oscar winner Rachel Weisz and Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling in the DreamWorks film, which is based...

"The Soloist" is a duet for homeless street musician and crusading columnist. Another way to put it: The film showcases a 102-piece orchestra, in which a yearning solo cello struggles, mightily, to be heard amid 101 Hollywood strings of schmaltz. You...

Set to begin this Thursday, the Toronto International Film Festival will show 249 feature films and 63 shorts from 64 countries over 10 days. Now in its 33rd year, the annual festival comes at an especially trying time for the independent film business....

Consumers opened their wallets this weekend not only for Black Friday retail sales but also for the movie industry, which recorded its second-highest Thanksgiving weekend box office ever. Ticket sales for the five-day period totaled $236 million, spurred...

The last Oscars derby ended just weeks ago, but -- admit it -- you can't wait to find out which ponies are out front for the next race. Our forum posters are already making early predix here, but below is some of our own noodling too. Among the Oscar...

In nightclubs and strip joints across the country, the song of the moment is Jamie Foxx's "Blame It (On the Alcohol)," a leering tale of bad boys, well, behaving badly. The hit certainly inspired a few smirks in Hollywood, where Foxx has become a...

LONDON, ENGLAND (WPIX) -- Keira Knightley is taking a high-profile stand against domestic violence.  The actress has released a shocking new anti-violence public service announcement in Britain.  The release of the ad comes just days before R&B singer...

"Atonement" cinematographer Seamus McGarvey on shooting the Dunkirk beach scene. THE first part of "Atonement" is set in 1935 on the hottest day of the summer. I shot with Dior stockings on the lens to give the film a balmy, lustrous glow. When it came...

Joel and Ethan Coen's western noir "No Country for Old Men" was the big winner Monday at the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel picked up awards for best film of 2007,...