The Hurt Locker

The Plight of the Tortured (as Opposed to the Torturers for a Change) Gets Big Screen Due

Hollywood's awards season has plopped onto red carpets many stars and players from films and television shows (think Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland) that glorify CIA agents, with director Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker follow-up drawing the most controversy for its scenes of American-endorsed t ... More >>

Too Much Candy In 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'

Fear a steady diet of movies such as this one

The 2012 Village Voice Film Critics' Poll

Movies are alive in the Age of McConaughey

Quentin Tarantino's Unchained Malady

The legendary director emerges from a chaotic couple of years with his most ambitious film to date, 'Django Unchained'

Darkness on the Edge of Town in 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling manhunt

William Friedkin's Most Disturbing Film

The filmmaker on 'Killer Joe' and what's wrong with Hollywood

4 Newport Beach Film Festival Hits: I Wish, Servitude, H2indO, Memorial Day

There's a line from I Wish, Monday night's heartwarming Pacific Rim Spotlight film from Japan that showed at Big Newport, that will resonate with independent filmmakers. A boy looking at a CD cover of his father's rock band asks his younger brother what "indie" means.The kid answers, "I think it me ... More >>

How to Succeed in Your Office Oscar Pool Without Really Trying

It's a simple formula: Read story, win money

Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, and all the indie Hollywood directors you love/hate

Here are 10 films you won't want to miss in 2012

'Green Zone': Mission Finally Accomplished

Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon's WMD of a movie confirms the big lie

[Year In Film] Three Critics, One List, 10 Best