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Indie box office: "Mister Lonely" finds friends

Harmony Korine's latest thrives in the shadow of "Iron Man," but this year's indie failures include some of the year's best films.

By Andrew O'Hehir May 7, 2008

10 to watch from Tribeca

A hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest.

By Andrew O'Hehir May 5, 2008

No "Sex" on the beach at Cannes

Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer.

By Andrew O'Hehir April 29, 2008

Guillermo del Toro to make "Hobbit" films: Bleah!

A director who hates Tolkien, enslaved in New Zealand by a latter-day George Lucas. Whose brilliant idea was this?

April 25, 2008

What's hot (and not) at Tribeca

"Speed Racer" zooms, David Mamet knows kung fu, a Fellini rediscovery and much more at New York's downsized (but still glitzy) spring fest.

By Andrew O'Hehir April 24, 2008

Trash-meister strikes back!

Much-hated German director Uwe Boll reneges on promise to quit, pronounces self "only genius in the whole fucking business."

By Andrew O'Hehir April 24, 2008

Indy, Clint and Che hit the Côte d'Azur

Eastwood's "Changeling" and Soderbergh's four-hour "Che" top an impressive Eurocentric lineup at 61st Cannes festival.

By Andrew O'Hehir April 23, 2008

From the Riviera to Abu Ghraib

This week: Cannes announces its selections (almost), Tribeca kicks off, and Errol Morris plumbs the dark secrets behind those torture photos.

By Andrew O'Hehir April 22, 2008

Mr. Wong, meet No. 44

Was this the strangest all-time mismatched-celebrity elevator ride?

By Andrew O'Hehir April 2, 2008

Indie box office: Lennon's assassin a hit, man

"Chapter 27" strong in NYC bow -- and don't miss an ultra-cool doc on L.A.'s hot modern art scene.

By Andrew O'Hehir April 1, 2008

Indie box office: "4 Months" breaks 7 digits

A break-dancing doc, a Mexican immigration drama and a French musical all look like potential hits.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 25, 2008

Cannes rumors: No Coens, but "Indy 4" and "Sex" likely

Now "Burn After Reading" probably won't premiere in France. Will Spielberg or Sarah Jessica claim opening night?

By Andrew O'Hehir March 20, 2008

Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008

Oscar-winning director of "English Patient" and other high-class literary adaptations dies suddenly in London.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 18, 2008

This year's SXSW discoveries

From America's indie-most film festival, here are 10 exciting new films -- Safe-sex warriors! Harry Potter fans! White guys who rap! -- you really ought to seek out.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 14, 2008

Still has a mouth, and still must scream

Science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison on the new movie starring himself as a "funny, weird old guy" -- and how the WGA wound up as Hollywood's "bitches."

By Andrew O'Hehir March 13, 2008

No budget, naked bodies, high intensity

An ultra-indie breakup film recalls "Last Tango" -- and splits SXSW audiences. Also: Showdown in the produce aisle, and a death-house preacher tells all.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 10, 2008

Has success ruined America's friendliest filmfest?

No! Bring on the Tex-Mex, tequila and oddball movies -- Bigfoot! Bong jokes! Even a few big stars! -- that make South by Southwest so fun.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 8, 2008

The bull market for forgotten films

A French auteur's 1991 memoir movie and a 1947 "Brit-noir" classic join the growing pile of unlikely art-house resurrections.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 5, 2008

Indie box office: Near-zero Oscar bounce

"No Country" and "Blood" max out, as old-school art-house flicks rule Manhattan.

By Andrew O'Hehir March 4, 2008

Indie box office: Anti-Oscar boomlet!

"Ten Canoes" wins best picture! And other true & false news from the biz's buzziest weekend.

By Andrew O'Hehir February 26, 2008