Tenzin Zopa searches for the Unmistaken Child
When Tibetan Buddhist master Geshe Lama Konchog died in 2001 at the age of 84, it fell to his humble disciple, Tenzin Zopa, to search for his reincarnation. Armed with only a few clues gleaned from rituals performed after his master’s passing, from astrological readings and through the interpretation [...]

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Aaron Tveit and James Franco next to the real Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg
EW has the first look at James Franco as beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Rob Epstein’s big screen biography Howl. Click the image for a larger look.
The film produced by Gus Van Sant also stars Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels and David Strathairn. [...]

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It’s not the trailer that pops into my mind when I think of great trailers of the past year (not sure I can think of one that does), but I have to admit that the Star Trek trailer did its job in making me want to see a movie I was otherwise deeply skeptical about. [...]

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Clint Eastwood’s Nelson Mandela and Rugby Save the World Movie (now called Invictus) starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon was always assumed to be an awards season opener and now the date has officially been set for December 11.
Clint’s only got one movie coming out this year? He must be getting old.
On the other hand, [...]

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Yolande Moreau as Séraphine
Séraphine Louis, AKA Séraphine de Senlis was an uneducated washerwoman and housekeeper who was guided by voices to paint. Scorned by those around her, her vibrant, abstracted and dreamily expressive florals were discovered by Avant-garde art critic and collector Wilhelm Uhde when she was hired to clean his residence in 1913. Encouraged [...]

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