On Location: The Von Trapp Villa

Have you, like me, ever wanted to pay a visit to the land of the edelweiss, where the hills are alive with the sound of music? I have often ...

Fierstein on Getty

Harvey Fierstein pays tribute to his Torch Song Trilogy co-star and longtime friend Estelle Getty .

Texting? Hold Up

Picture it: you are sitting enraptured in the latest big screen exploit of Batman, Harry Potter or Carrie Bradshaw when you see it, glaring...

Lost Crawford Footage Found!

In the very same Argentinean museum where the original Metropolis footage was recently discovered , another bit of cinematic history was r...

Awards Watch: The Brokeback Factor, Part 2

In last week's part 1 of "The Brokeback Factor", I speculated that a posthumous Oscar win for Heath Ledger for his performan...

Awards Watch: The Brokeback Factor, Part 1

As Variety recently noted , 2008 is now more then half over and, save for a few below the marquee categories, the Oscar race is wide open. O...

I Know You Are, But What Am I?

Dale Peck writes: "Where in the hell do you start with a movie like Pee-wee’s Big Adventure ? With Tim Burton in his feature debut, di...