Schnabel movie chronicles Mideast conflict
The latest movie by Julian Schnabel couldn't have been more timely. more

Extra critically injured on `Transformers 3' set
Indiana State Police say a movie extra has been critically injured on the production set of "Transformers 3." more

The Movie Masochist: Aim low, hit lower
Years ago the great American movie critic Pauline Kael made it safe to enjoy bad movies. "Because movies are so rarely great art, if we can't appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them," she wrote. more

Capsule reviews of feature films
AGORA 2 1/2 stars. Rachel Weisz stars as the philosopher/astronomer Hypatia in this vivid historical drama set in Roman Egypt of the late 4th century, where religious tumult and ideological zealotry ruled. (What else is new?) 2 hrs. No MPAA rating (violence, adult themes) - Steven Rea more

Vincent Cassel has an inside story on Mesrine's death
One day when Vincent Cassel was 12, his younger brother returned home late from a soccer match at his Paris school, all abuzz. He and his classmates had been stopped on the street by police and told to get down on the sidewalk. They heard gunshots around the corner at the Porte de Clignancourt, where, the brother excitedly recounted, the police had just killed "a very famous gangster." more