Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

During the American press tour of a movie from an international director, it will be necessary for the studio to hire an interpreter to tran...

This was a fun one. For the  Los Angeles Times , I spoke to the writers of five of this year's Oscar-nominated screenplays to learn how ...

It's always a delight to be asked to be part of the Gotham nominating committees, but this year I took part in the deliberations for two...

Another larger-than-usual episode, in which we review four new movies. We disagree about  Frankenstein , dive into  Springsteen: Deliver Me ...

For the  Los Angeles Times , I reviewed the winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes. Here's my take on  It Was Just an Ac...

I'm back from Cannes, which means it's time to get the podcast back up and running. We reviewed Mission: Impossible – The Final Reck...

About halfway through this year's Cannes, I received some bad news that I had been expecting: A good friend succumbed to cancer . Within...

Does it feel like awards season? Like it or not, we've entered fall, when the more serious, prestigious (or, at the very least, the ones...

Anthology films are often a mixed bag, but the seven shorts included in The Year of the Everlasting Storm are uniformly strong. It helps wh...

Jafar Panahi was banned from making films by the Iranian government several years ago. 3 Faces is his fourth since then. I reviewed this...

Jafar Panahi has been banned from making films by the Iranian government -- and he just keeps on making 'em, anyway. His latest, Jafa...

Jafar Panahi may be under house arrest in Iran, but it's done little to slow down his productivity. His second movie since his suppo...