Slumdog Millionaire (movie)

In India’s long fight for independence, the first defeat of the British came not at the hands of soldiers but those of untrained teenagers, led by a schoolteacher, in 1930. This piece of history is the subject of “Chittagong,” the...

"The Hunger Games" director Gary Ross will not direct the sequel "Catching Fire." Gary Ross and Lionsgate confirmed that he would not direct "Catching Fire" in an email....

The hunt for the new director on "Hunger Games" sequel "Catching Fire" is reaching its conclusion with Lionsgate expected to offer the job to either Francis Lawrence ("Water for Elephants"; "I am Legend") or Bennett Miller ("Moneyball"; "Capote") by the...

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes **1/2 Algunas veces los animales son más inteligentes que los humanos, parece ser la moraleja que vende The Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Esta premisa se vuelve muy inquietante cuando descubrimos que también sirve...

Here come the would-be blockbusters. The music industry inevitably rolls out new releases by its biggest artists in the fall, just in time for holiday gift-giving. This year is no exception, with studio albums expected from Drake and Mary J. Blige; a host...

As burned out as we all are with the reboots and prequels -- and we wish Hollywood would just come up with some original ideas -- if a movie is great we forgive all that. It’s always weird when you have a film that has cameos from a few of the...

In her biggest showcase to date since "Slumdog Millionaire," Freida Pinto has the title role of a young Palestinian woman who develops a deep awareness of the challenges facing her people, fueled largely by her own experiences as a teacher in a refugee...

Almost every year, the run-up to the Academy Awards features a film no one has heard of, a film like "Slumdog Millionaire" that seems to have come out of nowhere to become a possible best picture nominee. This year, that film is an especially unlikely...

On a recent summer day at the Paramount lot, the five members of the group SuperHeavy played along to a recording of their first single, "Miracle Worker," as a camera crane swooped over an assembled crowd of a few hundred and the music boomed. Onstage...

Melancholia*** Lars von Trier, el "enfant terrible" del cine danés, añade otra polémica pieza a su larga filmografía, conformada, entre otras cintas, por títulos como Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark y Dogville. Von Trier, quien tiene fama de...

James Franco, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton and Rupert Grint premiere 'The Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' The film's stars James Franco, Tom Felton and Frieda Pinto hit the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" at...

After winning the New York Film Critics Circle award for best picture can "The Artist" do the same at the Oscars? Yes -- unless a rival picture emerges that has most of "The Artist's" artistic credentials, but even more commercial clout....