The seven noms as best director is third all-time. Allen is tied with Martin Scorsese (a follow nominee this year) as well as past legends Fred Zinnemann and David Lean. They trail William Wyler's 12 and Billy Wilder's eight. Hazanavicius, in his first...

Most of his research up to this point was spent verifying the film-and-television trivia in the book. For example, in the entry that serves as an introduction for the “Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard” section, which pays homage to the 1950 film directed...

Most of his research up to this point was spent verifying the film-and-television trivia in the book. For example, in the entry that serves as an introduction for the "Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard" section, which pays homage to the 1950 film directed...

Seven or eight years ago when I started directing for films, I fantasised about making a silent film. That was because the great mythical directors I admire — almost all of them come from silent cinema — Hitchcock, Lang, Ford, Lubitsch, Murnau, Billy...

But then casting-against-type is an easy way to reap riches. The rare case where it doesn’t can be found in the twisty indie Thin Ice, formerly known as The Convincer, a factoid that should instantly send alarm bells ringing. Jill Sprecher’s follow-up...

Most of his research up to this point was spent verifying the film-and-television trivia in the book. For example, in the entry that serves as an introduction for the “Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard” section, which pays homage to the 1950 film directed...

Did I miss your choice? Please let me know. London Boulevard – from Ken Bruen ’s novel ( London Boulevard ) and directed by William Monahan ( Departed ). The novel managed to rise above its slight origins – a riff on Billy Wilder ’s Sunset Blvd. ...

But what is often missed in imitations is Monroe's twinkle of humor and mischief (a huge part of her appeal, perhaps the most important part). The humor let us know that Monroe was in on the joke. It made her silly, and it made her a good comedienne. ...

But with Alex de la Iglesia at the unsteady wheel, this intermittently entertaining film – which either pays homage to or steals from Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole – never quite settles on a tone. Since being discovered by the Almodovar brothers, who...

Remarkably topical, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Charles Tatum, a conniving newspaper reporter who ends up at a small New Mexico rag after getting fired from too many big-city publications. Tatum's hoping for that one story which will take him back...

Most of his research up to this point was spent verifying the film-and-television trivia in the book. For example, in the entry that serves as an introduction for the "Pool Party on Sunset Boulevard" section, which pays homage to the 1950 film directed...

Arthur Freed, who hired Previn to write lyrics for MGM. It was there she met composer Andre Previn, whom she married in 1959. With her husband, Previn wrote the song "Faraway Part of Town," which was sung by Judy Garland in Pepe (1960). They followed...

Made, Tales from Development Hell, and Chris Gore’s The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made. And every time I read about how we could have had a Spider-Man movie written and directed by James Cameron or a Marx Brothers comedy that would have paired the...

That’s not to put down Elizabeth Taylor, but as far as female powerplayers from that era I’m smitten with Shirley. She constantly picked interesting projects, worked with Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Fosse, Wise and Wyler and not always in the typical...

These films by Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, and Billy Wilder look better than ever on the format, their masterful constructions only accentuated by the impeccable high definition transfers on the discs (Fox/MGM deserve credit for delivering the most...

LITTLE ROCK His family was the inspiration for The Sound of Music. He headed the Third Reich. He founded the new science of genetics. He designed the Volkswagen Beetle. This family was known as a “banking family.” He won Oscars as producer, director...

But this wasn't it." Charles Murray's new book "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010," has much to say about the behavioral gap between white middle and lower class America on one hand

It is a fascinating story based on a prize-winning book called Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event, and right at the end Sarah Palin pops up on TV reporting on a local basketball match as Alaskan TV gets back to...

DVD includes commentary from Nichols and Shannon, an 11-minute “behind the scenes” featurette, a 20-minute interview with Shannon and co-star Shea Whigham, and six minutes of deleted scenes. Making their Blu-ray debut are three remastered classic...