When the Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug set out to make The Wave, a stunning disaster flick about a deadly tsunami consuming an idyllic tourist town, he couldn’t settle for shooting on a soundstage.  Instead, Uthaug filmed in Geiranger, a town that, according to reports, is due any day for a tsunami. ... More

Nora Ephron once wrote, “I can make a case that I regret nothing. After all, most of my mistakes turned out to be things I survived, or turned into funny stories, or, on occasion, even made money from.”   This proved true for the entirety of her storied career, from her ... More

The creators: Cedric Gibbons, MGM’s chief art director, crafted this legendary award with a little help from sculptor George Stanley. Standing 13 ½ inches tall, the team designed a knight with a sword standing on a reel of film. The five spokes in the reel represent the original branches of the ... More

On February 22, HBO will premiere Becoming Mike Nichols, an original documentary that features the late director (in what would be his final filmed appearance) in conversation with his friend and collaborator Jack O'Brien. Over the course of the film, the two discuss Nichols’ early work as a comedian and his ... More

Director Robert Eggers’ The Witch isn’t your typical horror movie. Sure, the threat of the titular character looms over the film—set in 1630s New England—but while the carefully crafted film delivers its share of scares, it still feels more like a period piece than a slasher flick. Front and ... More

American PsychoBefore Christian Bale was a caped crusader in Gotham City, he was the titular character in Mary Harron’s 2000 film American Psycho. Bale played Patrick Bateman, a well-to-do Wall Street investment banker, who also happens to be a serial killer. Greedy and materialistic, Bateman’s homicidal actions are driven by ... More

It may be Leonardo DiCaprio who is getting Oscar buzz for his work in the motion picture adaptation of The Revenant, but Alberta, Canada (the film’s location) may just steal the spotlight. The legendary tale of frontiersman Hugh Glass—a fur trapper who was mauled by a large grizzly bear, left for ... More

The 26-year-old Los Angeles native Alden Ehrenreich is no newcomer—you’ve seen him in films including Stoker and Blue Jasmine—but it’s his performance in the new Coen Brothers film, Hail, Caesar!, that’s being hailed as his breakout moment. The movie follows a 1950s studio head (Josh Brolin) on the day one of his most bankable ... More

Over the course of his career, Chris Pine has played an impressively wide variety of characters. He’s been an intergalactic spaceman, a CIA analyst, a post-apocalyptic heartthrob, a reluctant rock god and a mid-century Coast Guard officer. Ask the 35-year-old Pine which role has made him happiest, though, and he’ll inform you ... More

Sidney Poitier, 1964, Lilies of the FieldPoitier won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, marking the first time an African American male won an Oscar in the category.  Julie Andrews, 1965, ... More