The 25 Best Movies About Politics
For sheer twists, turns, stakes and nail-biting drama, nothing at the movies this year has been able to compete with the 2016 Election. We’re still a week away from election day, and we’ve already worn out a mo...
Adam McKay Developing Biopic Of Political Consultant Lee Atwater With ‘In The Loop’ Writer Jesse Armstrong, May Direct It
We're only a day away from the release of "The Other Guys," and considering the generally excellent reviews, including our own, those of us who haven't seen it are pretty excited for what most people are callin...
‘Fish Tank’, ‘An Education,’ ‘Moon’ Lead British Independent Film Award Nominations
The British Independent Film Awards, founded in 1998 by British indie godfather and galactic-level self-publicist Elliot Grove, founder of the Raindance Institute, are undeniably a good thing — like the Indepen...
MIFF 2009 Part Two: ‘Antichrist,’ ‘Fish Tank,’ ‘In The Loop’
The last of our Melbourne Film Festival Reports...Lars von Trier's "Antichrist"If "Bronson" shocked us, then "Antichrist" can only be described as a straight up assault. We're still trying piece it all together...
Weekend Box Office: Kiddie And Adult Fare Rule In Atypical Summer Period
The Jerry Bruckheimer brand sure knows hits. Dipping his toes into the kiddie world, he achieved another number one hit with "G-Force." The 3D guinea pig action picture netted $32.2 million over the weekend, ...
In Theaters: ‘The Ugly Truth,’ ‘G-Force’ & ‘In The Loop’
Welcome to the dog days of summer, where the deafening roar of rocket turbines and rat-a-tat-tat of Tommy guns have subsided and we find ourselves in relative quiet, for now. Only the squealing of guinea pigs a...
‘In The Loop’ Disses ‘I Heart Huckabees’ In The Credits For Being “Pretentious”
We saw this report on Variety this morning, about the British political satire, "In the Loop," directed by Armando Iannucci, starring James Gandolfini, which IFC Films will debut in theaters on July 24, and al...
The Playlist’s July Summer Preview
You know the drill here. We here at The Playlist did a summer preview of the films arriving in May and June, so here's July. There's a lot of interesting pictures dropping this month. Take a look.JULY 3"The Gir...
Julie Taymor Finds Her ‘Spiderman’ Musical Green Goblin, U.S. Trailer For ‘In The Loop’
Julie Taymor has found one of her villains in her epic "Spiderman" musical. British actor Alan Cumming is set to play the Green Goblin in Taymor's "circus rock 'n' roll drama" which is thought to become the mos...
Mike Leigh’s Next Will Star Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton, Seattle Film Fest Announces Line-Up, Tribeca Announces Winners; More…
Mike Leigh's follow up to critical darling "Happy-Go-Lucky" is being co-produced by Focus Features International and added the film to its Cannes slate (Meaning Focus will try and sell the project there, it won...