As if the film’s seven Golden Globe nominations weren’t enough, here are six more reasons to see David O. Russell’s American Hustle over the holidays. The Hair. You’ll inevitably find yourself mesmerized by the hair in American Hustle, the styling of which can only be described as “so awesomely bad, ... More

Bérénice Bejo was ready to roll. For two months, she'd been rehearsing to star as Marie—a Frenchwoman juggling an estranged Iranian husband, a younger new boyfriend (with a comatose wife) and children from different relationships—in The Past, the new film from Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). And ... More

There's a catch-22 that comes with being a movie star. On one hand you've got one of the more recognizable faces in the world; on the other your job is to convince audiences that you're playing a character entirely different from yourself. If this were an easy task, there'd be ... More

When crime gets as much TV coverage as Bonnie & Clyde, it's often thanks to blood-soaked segments of breaking news. Come December 8, however, the extra eyes will come thanks to the film, an enthralling retelling of that most infamous criminal romance, being broadcast over three networks: Lifetime, A&E and ... More

The images are indelible: Molly Ringwald's satiny, shoulder-baring prom dress from Pretty In Pink. Robert De Niro's Prohibition-era three-piece suits from The Untouchables. Julia Roberts' skimpy abs-exposing hooker dress from Pretty Woman. Marilyn Vance, the lauded costume designer behind all of the above, knows only too well that it's rare when a film's ... More

Michel Gondry is no stranger to the offbeat. From the sweet sci-fi of his Oscar-winning 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to the quirk of his (sometimes banned in America) commercials and his self-released cartoons, the French-born, Brooklyn-based director isn’t one to shy away from an unconventional idea. ... More

Halfway through his last season on Saturday Night Live in 2010, Will Forte wrote and starred in one of those end-of-the-show non-sequitur sketches that had him berating a Colonel Sanders-looking Jason Sudeikis for stealing a potato chip. Those six absurd minutes (which neither NBC nor Hulu has online) perfectly encapsulated ... More

In Big Sur, out November 1, Kate Bosworth takes a turn as Billie, the long-suffering mistress of Josh Lucas’ Neal Cassady and mistreated intended of Jean-Marc Barr’s Jack Kerouac. Billie doesn’t catch many breaks. Bosworth, on the other hand, got exceptionally lucky in love on the film; she married Michael ... More

It’s an uphill battle for a movie about the slow, sad demise of a family to be considered can’t-miss. Somehow filmmaker Felix Van Groeningen’s Broken Circle Breakdown manages, though, with an appealing mix of humor, pathos and, believe it or not, classic country songs. Over the course of the ... More

After certain conversations, celebrities might wish they could hit "undo." Hold forth for the most brazen—and revealing—quotes from the week of October 18. Reading between the lines isn’t necessary.   Pillow Talk with Warren Buffett "Creditworthiness is like virginity. It can be preserved but not restored very easily." —Warren Buffett, waxing ... More