Real talk: Home Alone, the movie about an irresponsibly procreating family that abandons an attic-dwelling savant at home right before leaving the country for vacation, is really a prequel to the Saw franchise. Once you see this holiday installment of Honest Trailers, you will never be able to root against Harry… Read… 12/01/13 2:30pm Sunday 2:30pm

If you were worried that the theatrical release of Fifty Shades of Grey couldn't possibly do the source material (lol) justice, some good news: the film's producer hinted today that there may be two versions of the film released — a regular-ass R-rated version to which you can take your father-in-law or precocious… Read… 11/15/13 7:15pm 11/15/13 7:15pm

There are not one but two Yves Saint Laurent biopics on the horizon, but this trailer is for the "authorized" version of events — the one Saint Laurent's partner, Pierre Bergé, approves of. Directed by Jalil Lespert and featuring Pierre Niney as the legendary designer, this film, which is in French, mostly deals with… Read… 11/08/13 10:50am 11/08/13 10:50am

Growing up can be a bit of a bloodbath for everyone, regardless of gender. And when it comes to how the actual gory details of the process are portrayed on film, young female characters don't often get the same freedom to explore the dark side of the process that young men do, unless you happen to be watching a horror … Read… 10/15/13 6:45pm 10/15/13 6:45pm

This Thanksgiving, Disney's studios will release Frozen, an infinitely license-able animated family film with a cast of main characters consisting of a reindeer (prediction: bumbling but lovable!), a talking snowman (prediction: sassy in a dumb way!) and four animated humans — two boy cartoons, two girl cartoons. This … Read… 10/08/13 4:40pm 10/08/13 4:40pm

The Book Thief, the upcoming, award-baiting movie based on Markus Zusak’s beloved YA novel, will almost certainly reaffirm two key principles of modern filmmaking: Nazis are the perfect villains and Geoffery Rush is a really good actor. An odd, maudlin voice-over comes in about halfway through this trailer, which… Read… 8/25/13 4:30pm 8/25/13 4:30pm

The Pixar animation magicians have created a vast and sprawling universe of characters, from humans, to animals, to machines, and even, please save us Baby WALL-E Jesus, to monsters. You might think that, with the exception of some Easter eggs (like the Planet Pizza Delivery truck from Toy Story) that keep popping up… Read… 7/13/13 2:30pm 7/13/13 2:30pm

In a fantasy world, Hillary Clinton would write, direct, and star in the biopic about her years as a young lawyer in D.C. She’d also design all of her own swingin’ 70s costumes and sets, based solely on her purportedly compendious HGTV knowledge. But Hillary Clinton has more important things to consider (such as… Read… 5/26/13 2:00pm 5/26/13 2:00pm

In a movie-making era of pre-branded, built-in-audience features, the sequel, remake, and adaptation reign supreme. Why make a brand new movie with brand new characters when you can just recycle old characters? People are leery of strangers, and with good reason: strangers are totally unpredictable, a lesson most of… Read… 5/22/13 10:30pm 5/22/13 10:30pm

If you're watching a Lars von Trier film, you know you're in for some genitalia. The eccentric Danish director (he's afraid of flying and insists on driving from Denmark to France for the Cannes Film Festival, from which he is now banned for his 2011 Nazi gaffe) isn't just comfortable with displaying penises and… Read… 5/21/13 4:45pm 5/21/13 4:45pm

I think Tyler Perry is a bad artist. He is bad at art. He tries to make movies that are good, but he makes movies that are bad, and sometimes his movies are bad in a way that I consider dangerous. Perry constructs his own moral code and then punishes women (black women), violently, for violating it. He exploits rape… Read… 4/19/13 4:30pm 4/19/13 4:30pm

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the creation of the Nora Ephron Prize, which awards $25,000 to a female writer or director whose film is making its debut at the festival, and "who embodies the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer." Discuss… 4/17/13 9:50am 4/17/13 9:50am

Movies in Color, the latest Tumblr obsession, matches color stills from films with their corresponding color palettes. It's weirdly beautiful and hypnotic, and also comes with a depressing reminder: there are almost no women cinematographers working in film today. Read… 4/16/13 9:30pm 4/16/13 9:30pm

New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion, only the second of four women nominated for an Academy Award in directing (for Holly Hunter-starring The Piano), directs epic, offbeat, female-driven films about mortality and sexuality. Her 1987 directorial debut, Sweetie, was recently released by the Criterion Collection. Please… Read… 1/26/13 12:30pm 1/26/13 12:30pm

Sundance Film Festival is underway, meaning lots of fresh, ground breaking indie narrative and documentary films — ones that might not normally get tons of buzz otherwise — are thrust into the spotlight. Along with the movie madness, a new study examining the gender disparity female directors face in the film industry… Read… 1/22/13 10:30am 1/22/13 10:30am

Watching the trailer for this new movie about Zac Efron Becoming A Serious Dramatic Actor, you can't help but feel like you're watching a sequel to the remake of Footloose. It takes place in small town America. Zac Efron, the poor man's Kenny Wormwald, is in it. Dennis Quaid is also in it. He plays a suffocating… Read… 1/20/13 4:00pm 1/20/13 4:00pm

Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty — the film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden — doesn't officially hit theaters until December 19, but is already garnering accolades: The New York Film Critics Circle has selected the movie as the year's Best Film. In addition, Bigelow has been awarded Best Director. The NYFCC has… Read… 12/04/12 2:30pm 12/04/12 2:30pm