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Jerry Seinfeld Waxes Nostalgic About 'Bee Movie'new

"You can't imagine what it's like when Steven Spielberg gets excited by something you say," he says. "It's intoxicating."

Philadelphia City Paper | Tami Fertig | 11-13-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bee Movie, Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith

'Dinosaurs Alive!' Includes More than a T-Rexnew

The film may sell itself with the larger-than-life CGI beasties, yet it's ultimately more about the humble paleontologist and the way a new generation is adding to or altering old discoveries.

The Georgia Straight | Janet Smith | 11-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bayley Silleck and David Clark, Dinosaurs Alive!

Ludacris on 'Fred Claus'new

Ludacris, aks Chris Bridges, says that his previous movie roles had led producers to assume that was all he could do. "When you do a role like the guy in Hustle & Flow where you play an asshole, people will send you scripts and say, 'We want you to play this other asshole.'"

The Georgia Straight | Ian Caddell | 11-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: David Dobkin, Fred Claus

Josh Brolin & Kelly MacDonald on 'No Country for Old Men'new

Both Brolin and MacDonald are open in their admiration for the Coen brothers.

Montreal Mirror | Mark Slutsky | 11-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men

John Pilger on American Malfeasance in Latin Americanew

The journalist and documentary filmmaker probes the uncomfortable truths of American influence in Latin America in The War on Democracy.

Montreal Mirror | Patrick Lejtenyi | 11-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: John Pilger, The War on Democracy

'Once' Wasn't Enough for Marketa Irglova & Glen Hansardnew

Not long ago, Dublin's Glen Hansard was a little-known quantity in the entertainment industry. Now, however, everything's changed thanks to Hansard's co-starring role in director John Carney's Once, 2007's most unexpected, and well-deserved, independent-film success story.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 11-12-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: John Carney, Once

Michael Haneke Over Americanew

Some great directors begin in TV, like Austrian Michael Haneke. Eight of his TV films have been subtitled into English and are touring North America for the first time as part of the Boston University – curated retrospective "Michael Haneke: A Cinema of Provocation."

L.A. Weekly | Scott Foundas | 11-09-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Michael Haneke

Why is Josh Brolin So Damn Happy?new

An Oscar-tipped turn in No Country For Old Men proves this Goonie is good enough after all.

NOW Magazine | John Harkness | 11-09-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men

'War/Dance': Repair for Battlenew

Husband-and-wife filmmakers find a bright spot in a Ugandan war zone.

Washington City Paper | Maura Judkis | 11-08-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: War/Dance, Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Plymped Outnew

Animator Bill Plympton draws naked people, flying jerks and music videos real, real fast.

Style Weekly | Brandon Reynolds | 11-08-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: bill, Bill Plympton, Idiots and Angels, Plympton

Josh Slates Remembers Another Reason To Hate the 80snew

89 Gator Mine explores the politics of nuclear war and personal loss through the ruminations and interactions of a girl named Rhett, played by fire-engine redhead Nicolette le Faye.

Baltimore City Paper | Molly O'Donnell | 11-06-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: 89 Gator Mine, Josh Slates