Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Flight of the Red Balloon, starring Juliette Binoche, emerged as the critics’ favorite in the 2008 edition of indieWire’s annual poll of over 100 North American film critics. Lance Hammer’s Ballast was named best first feature of the year, and Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York emerged as the year’s best screenplay. Mickey Rourke [...]

The Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche, is to appear in a contemporary dance performance at the Emirates Palace hotel next month. Binoche will appear with Akram Khan, an internationally acclaimed contemporary dancer and choreographer. The Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor has joined the team as set designer and the composer Philip Sheppard has created an [...]

The Village Voice’s Michael Musto has revealed the potential starry Broadway dream cast for the unfinished Tennessee Williams play ‘In Masks Outrageous and Austere’. It has been reported that Williams’ confidant and old friend Gore Vidal has been at work on finishing the play for a production to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich. The play [...]