I was never a huge fan of any of the Godfather movies until I watched the entire trilogy over the period of a week. ( The Godfather - Part III is the dud of the series, infamously diminished by the casting of Sofia Coppola as Michael Corleone’s daughter. She can’t act. That’s not t...

= 5 stars Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall Directed by Francis Ford Copolla Amazon Link The definitive Vietnam War movie, Apocalypse Now still raises the blood pressure and confounds today. From the opening scene of Willard (Martin Sheen) going bloody nuts punching a hotel room mi...

No, it’s not a tidbit about Terminator 4, it’s one regarding a real director and one of the best ever. Over on the official site for Tetro , his latest film set for release this year, Francis Ford Coppola has posted a brief video update on the $15 million drama (shooting has completed in...

As with most things in life, you can learn more about social media in the first ten minutes of The Godfather than you can by reading whatever business book is being shilled by this week’s paper guru. Un-commented on, out of respect for both you the reader, and for the sistine chapel of contemp...

Apparently, the fine folks over at Spike had nothing better to do this week, what with the election over and having already read all major scholarly works their local community college library had to loan out, so they decided to hash together a list of the Ten Most Overrated Directors. Unfortunately...

Me suena el celular un viernes a las cinco y media de la tarde. Es Diego Lerer, de Clarín Espectáculos. Hay que hacer una nota ya mismo con Vincent Gallo, la primera exclusiva, porque se van a proyectar en el MALBA las dos películas que dirigió. La nota es ahora en el Faena y aunque es por el ci...

There’s a lot of minor news breaking today and falling in between the cushions of Slashfilm’s buttery soft couch. I’ve decided to reach in and present the tasty morsels for your enjoyment. Don’t like some of ‘em? Your dog doesn’t discriminate and if it does, surpr...

A day where I, in all my Jewish-ness, scramble to find something green lest my elementary school fear of ceaseless pinching come to be. Other sites may be celebrating with clips from The Departed or The Leprachaun or Miller's Crossing or Once or something but not this film blog. Oh no, down at the S...

Rancette: So Sofia... Sofia: Yes! Rancette: I'd like to talk about your new film Marie-Antoinette. S: It's not really my film. I mean, I'm just the director. R: Are you not taking responsibility for its failing then? S: I'm actually just really humble and I think a movie is a collective effort. ...

     Francis Ford Coppola will direct and wrote the screenplay for his company American Zoetrope's adaptation of Mircea Eliade 's novella Youth Without Youth . Tim Roth , Bruno Ganz , Alexandra Maria Lara and Marcel Iures will star in Youth , which centers on a professor whose life changes as he...