The Kite Runner
Helmer Marc Forster's richly detailed screen translation of Khaled Hosseini's beloved bestseller should reach beyond the book's many fans. ...
The three main recurring characters get stuck in a rut and the same can be said of the film itself in "Spider-Man 3." After the significant improvement of the s...
One of Edith Piaf's signature songs was "Non, je ne regrette rien," and discerning viewers worldwide are unlikely to regret buying a ticket to biopic "La Vie en...
An ultra-smart-mouthed comedy about a planned adoption that goes weirdly awry....
Japanime sci-fi pic "Paprika" has a better chance than most Nipponese toons of breaking out of the specialty ghetto by appealing to femme auds as well as the ge...
 

A new tune in a crowded Best Original Song mix?

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Baki Davrak plays a Hamburg U professor who befriends a Turkish prostitute (Nursel Kose) in 'The Edge of Heaven.'
Baki Davrak plays a Hamburg U professor who befriends a Turkish prostitute (Nursel Kose) in 'The Edge of Heaven.'

'Heaven' wins EU's Lux prize
Pic beats '4 Months,' Belle'

Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven," Germany's entry for the foreign language Oscar, has won the European Parliament's first Lux prize for European cinema.
 
DGA announces student winners
Victors are from various colleges

Vanity Fair party changing locations
Oscar-night soiree leaves Mortons for Craft

AFI Awards show love to 'Father'
Roxburgh's debut dominates Australian event

Sheen to host Britannia Awards
Event to be held at the Hyatt on November 1

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Oct. 30 - SAG submissions due
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Kiera Knightley
As more foreign award-contending films and actors try to make an impression with Stateside voters, studios and publicists face similar situations of bringing talent to America from across the globe.
Plane pain a global dilemma
Debating film criticism
Fashion's fresh faces
LEGO sculpture by Nathan Sawaya, brickartist.com
History says the top honor will go to a film that makes the Academy feel good about the film industry.
Acad votes for Industry-friendly films
Flurry of niche films fight for attention
NY's Film Forum fuels award hopes
Persepolis is among the Hollywood World Award nominees'
The Hollywood Awards mark the season's first movie-kudos presentation on the L.A. sked.
Hollywood fest spotlights new talent
See honorees photo gallery
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Jon Stewart's back as Oscar host. Good idea?
Yes. "The Daily Show" host will save us all.
Yes, as long as he learned from his mistakes two years ago.
Sure, if you call a left-wing Commie entertaining.
It doesn't matter. I always watch it.
It doesn't matter. The show is hopeless.