On our expectations of actors’ looks--without talking about ’Girls’ Jaime J. Weinman blames fairy tales for the sexist double standard in TV and film
TIFF 2012: The vanity project: 5 successful actor-directorsBen Affleck, who directs and stars in Argo, isn’t the only one in Hollywood to double dip
Cine-tourism: ’Savages’ and ’To Rome with Love’Tripping from the drug war to la dolce vita with Oliver Stone and Woody Allen
Woody Allen capitalizes on EuropeThe neurotic New Yorker travels out of his time zone and enjoys new-found success
’The Artist’: the year’s most unlikely crowd-pleaserThis French film that needs no subtitles is the kind of movie Woody Allen would like to have made
Opening Weekend: Midnight in Paris, X-Men, Good NeighboursWoody’s Paris revue and the Marvel prequel are both crowd-pleasers—rich with over-qualified actors
Festival of sirensJudging from this year’s Cannes screenings, cinema is obsessed with seductive angels of mercy
Photo gallery: Cannes Film FestivalBrian D. Johnson captures what it’s like to cover the prestigious festival
Opening Weekend: Social Network, Tall Dark Stranger, Trigger, FUBAR II, Let Me In, SuzukiSexing up intelligence from Aaron Sorkin to David Suzuki