The Treatment

Writer-director Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Moonlight Mile) came up with the film 10 Items or Less about an iconic star affair to dip his doe into indie-film wat...

13 Dec 200629min

Integrating movie stars into ensemble dramas is not just a social experiment for director Ed Zwick (About Last Night, Glory, Thirtysomething, Legends of the Fall, The Last Samurai), it's how he works....

6 Dec 200629min

Writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) continues exploring themes of life, death and rebirth in his new film, The Fountain. It's a lot to cram into an action-adventure, melodramat...

29 Nov 200629min

Envy. Pettiness. Betrayal.  They're all elements of –comedy?  Yes, if you're talking about the work of writer-director-actor Christopher Guest.  He follows Best in Show and Mighty Wind with For Your C...

22 Nov 200629min

Gorillas in the Mist.  Coalminer's Daughter. Many of director Michael Apted's films have a journalistic bent. But his documentaries have a soulful touch, like the series following a group of 12 people...

15 Nov 200629min

Phillip Noyce's Catch a Fire follows he real life story of an black South African who is radicalized after being wrongly accused. It follows the director's Rabbit Proof Fence and The Quiet American. ...

8 Nov 200629min

Sex and a need to connect in the days after 9/11 are both integral to the director John Cameron Mitchell's second film as a director, Shortbus. Lyrical, literal and fanciful, it's his follow up to Hed...

1 Nov 200629min

After career performances under directors such as Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, Forest Whitaker (Platoon, Bird, The Crying Game, Ghost Dog, The Shield) is getting noticed for his work under a first...

25 Okt 200629min