VENICE (Reuters) - A bittersweet comedy premiering at the Venice film festival brings to the big screen the cult book "Barney's Version," the witty story of a politically incorrect Jewish man spanning four decades and three marriages. The film, the last to screen in the main competition ...

VENICE (Reuters) - Even the cast has admitted to not fully understanding cult director Monte Hellman's latest movie, so audiences may be forgiven for being perplexed on their journey along a "Road to Nowhere." The veteran U.S. filmmaker's first feature for more than 20 years centers ...

VENICE (Reuters) - The 2010 Venice film festival nears its end lacking the buzz which a standout movie provides and the A-list star power on which such events thrive. The 24-strong competition lineup, featuring the youngest group of directors in memory, has been seen by critics as solid and ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - "Score: A Hockey Musical," the movie that opened the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday, is both a departure and a return to tradition for one of Canada's signature cultural events. The festival, seen as a starting point in the race for the Oscars, raised the ire of ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Look out Hollywood! Three actresses are delving into movie directing for the first time, thanks to Glamour Magazine. Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes and Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz are each directing a short film for the magazine's annual "Glamour Reel Moments."

VIENNA (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of fans of Natascha Kampusch crammed into a Vienna bookstore late on Thursday to hear the kidnap-victim-turned-author read from her newly published memoirs and recount her eight years of imprisonment. Snatched on her way to school when she was 10 years old by ...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Actress Milla Jovovich returns to movie theaters with "Resident Evil: Afterlife," the fourth installment of the successful video game-to-film horror franchise -- only this time she is in 3D. Jovovich, who met her husband director/producer/writer Paul W.S. Anderson ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fans of the bestselling novel "Waiting to Exhale" may have been holding their breath for a sequel all these years, but author Terry McMillan never thought she would revisit her most famous characters. "I had not intended to write a sequel about these women. Not ...

VENICE (Reuters) - The four Italian films in competition at this year's Venice film festival have failed to generate much buzz, with none seen as a serious contender for the top Golden Lion prize that will be awarded on Saturday. Most applauded by the domestic press was "We Believed" by ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the success of the TV show "Jersey Shore" made words like "BP Spillcam" and "Guido" among the most used words of the 2009-2010 TV season, according to a global language survey released on Thursday. "BP ...