I’ll be getting my first look at the Red Riding Trilogy tonight… all three films in a row.
Based on four novels by David Pearce which are in turn partly based on the real life “Yorkshire Ripper” case that plagued England in the 1970s, Red Riding was originally produced for English television and has played to [...]

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I admit it. I’m a sucker for serial killer stories. This one is a trilogy originally produced for English television based on four novels by David Pearce which are in turn partly based on the real life “Yorkshire Ripper” case that plagued England in the 1970s. Each film in the trilogy is directed [...]

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Yahoo has the full official trailer for Richard Linklater’s long-delayed Me and Orson Welles. The film premiered to solid notices at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival then seemed to fall off the map before reemerging this summer with a distributor and a 2009 release date.
Me and Orson Welles starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Eddie [...]

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Richard (Slacker, Before Sunrise) Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles made something of a splash when it premiered at Toronto in 2008, but then it kind of seemed to slip off theradar.
The movie stars Zac Effron as a high schooler who lands a part in Orson Welles’ 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar. Claire Danes, [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle’s winning story of the impoverished Indian teen who has a chance to take the top prize on a popular television game show, won three prizes of its own on Sunday when it snagged a handful of British Independent Film Awards including best British independent film, best director for Boyle and most [...]

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Wong Kar-Wai’s Ashes of Time Redux, opening in limited release
There isn’t much to get too excited about in the wide releases this weekend:

Body of Lies. A Ridley Scott thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a CIA agent on the trail of a terrorist leader. He is guided from afar by CIA veteran Russell Crowe but with his life [...]

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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton in
Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York
Moving right along with the Fall Forecast. Here’s what’s coming up in October. Once again, all dates are subject to change based on studio whim. LiC’s picks are starred.
October 3
An American Carol. I love Airplane! as much as anyone, but David Zucker’s name hasn’t been attached [...]

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