2013 Tribeca Film Festival award winners: 'The Rocket,' 'The Kill Team,' 'Bridegroom'

Posted by · 2:49 pm · April 28th, 2013

The 11th annual event draws to a close.

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10 under-the-radar movies for summer 2013

Posted by · 1:24 pm · April 28th, 2013

If you’ve been paying attention to HitFix’s on-going 2013 Summer Movie Preview Countdown, you know what the site’s staff is eagerly anticipating as we turn the corner into blockbuster season. As an addendum, we’ve cooked up a list of under-the-radar goodies to check out in between all the big budget fun.

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Dennis Quaid and Ramin Bahrani on flipping the American Dream in 'At Any Price'

Posted by · 7:03 am · April 27th, 2013

And how did ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ get Quaid the part?

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Tell us what you thought of 'At Any Price'

Posted by · 5:22 pm · April 26th, 2013

The Zac Efron-Denns Quaid drama is now in theaters.

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Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch are at odds (or just odd) in 'Prince Avalanche' teaser

Posted by · 4:37 pm · April 26th, 2013

One-minute glimpse plays up the film’s quirky comedy.

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Jim Jarmusch's vampire film 'Only Lovers Left Alive' joins Cannes competition

Posted by · 12:36 pm · April 26th, 2013

Plus: four more new films added to the Official Selection.

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Tell us what you thought of 'Mud'

Posted by · 10:25 am · April 26th, 2013

Jeff Nichols’s latest hits theaters today.

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George Clooney to reteam with 'Argo' journalist for 'Coronado High'

Posted by · 8:45 pm · April 25th, 2013

George Clooney is finishing up “The Monuments Men” for release later this year, which he is also producing along with Smoke House partner Grant Heslov. The duo, with Ben Affleck, picked up Oscars for Best Picture in February for “Argo,” and according to The Wrap, Clooney and Heslov are re-teaming with journalist Joshuah Bearman — whose 2007 Wired article spawned the Iran hostage crisis drama — for something called “Coronado High.”

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Sundance London premieres slick Jaguar promo 'Desire,' with Damian Lewis

Posted by · 7:40 pm · April 25th, 2013

Watch the 13-minute ad, made by Ridley Scott Associates, below.

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Kevin Macdonald, Jude Law and Focus Features team up for sunken treasure thriller 'Black Sea'

Posted by · 11:55 am · April 25th, 2013

Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald is about to go deep sea diving with Jude Law. Deadline reports that the film “Black Sea” has been positioned as his next with Law in the lead as a laid-off submarine captain who gets involved in a scheme to seek out a storied sunken sub that might be loaded with gold in the Black Sea.

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David Gordon Green's 'Prince Avalanche' gets a poster and a teaser for a teaser

Posted by · 11:05 am · April 25th, 2013

A new poster and six-second teaser for the upcoming trailer launch of “Prince Avalanche” has been released.

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Cannes Check 2013: Arnaud des Pallières's 'Michael Kohlhaas'

Posted by · 9:27 am · April 25th, 2013

Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.

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Cannes Check 2013: Joel and Ethan Coen's 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Posted by · 4:31 pm · April 24th, 2013

Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.

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Kidman, Lee, Ramsay and Waltz among those joining Spielberg on Cannes jury

Posted by · 12:18 am · April 24th, 2013

There are more female filmmakers on the jury than in Competition.

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Cannes Directors' Fortnight lineup includes new film by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Posted by · 4:35 pm · April 23rd, 2013

Sundance horror hit ‘We Are What We Are’ also makes the grade.

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With 'Dallas Buyers Club' is Focus Features getting its awards slate in order?

Posted by · 1:28 pm · April 23rd, 2013

When actor Matthew McConaughey was doing the awards circuit press rounds last year for his Independent Spirit Award-winning work in “Magic Mike,” he was strikingly thin. The reason for the physical transformation was his role Jean-Marc Vallée’s upcoming “Dallas Buyers Club,” which has just found a home at Focus Features.

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Cannes Check 2013: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi's 'A Villa in Italy'

Posted by · 8:37 am · April 23rd, 2013

We begin sizing up the Competition at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.

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Cannes Critics' Week lineup includes Sundance hit 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints'

Posted by · 1:30 pm · April 22nd, 2013

‘Tabu’ director Miguel Gomes to preside over the feature film jury.

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