A funny thing about Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie’s completely forgettable-but-kinda-charming 2009 blockbuster: It had the most desperate set-up for a sequel ever. Seriously. The movie was over and then what felt like an eternity was spent on the evil professor Moriarty, who was shown only when surrounded by darkness and a nondescript English accent. The Read More
Monday: Late Night With David Letterman
We just can’t wait to see how the big guy handles his lead guest: Anna Wintour. The ever-elegant and chilly editor in chief of Vogue is mysterious, terrifyingly powerful and—even with magazines gasping for existence—as close to royalty in certain publishing circles as you Read More
Monday: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
As part of their “31 Days of Oscar,” Turner Classic Movies is pulling out all of your dusty old favorites this month. So here’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, one of those movies where everything clicks into place like a tumbler in a lock. William Goldman’s Read More
In December, The Observer interviewed last night’s Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis about his performance. Here is Sara Vilkomerson’s account of her afternoon with the real-life Daniel Plainview.
“For the most part I try to hear the voice, which is one of the most deep and personal ways we present our very selves. Read More
New York producer—and the city’s worst boss, according to Gawker—has two—count ‘em!—two films nomimated for the best picture Oscar, There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men. And what’s he have to say to the Guardian about it? “Is there any outrage in England that Jonny Greenwood wasn’t nominated?” Modest, eh? Read More
Movies in their fifth week are not supposed to post their best numbers to date, but that is precisely what Juno (No. 1) has done, averaging an astonishing $31,500 on eight screens. (According to Variety, Fox Searchlight is gleefully pointing out that Juno is outperforming Little Miss Sunshine, last year’s Academy Award nominee for best Read More
Forty-one New York and Los Angeles movie critics from Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker and Salon.com gathered at Sardi’s Restaurant in Times Square Saturday night to vote on the top films of the year.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-touted There Will Be Blood took four prizes, including best picture, at the 42nd annual National Society of Read More
