Review: Philip Seymour Hoffman can't save John Slattery's disappointing 'God's Pocket'

Posted by · 11:45 pm · January 17th, 2014

Despite an impressive cast, John Slattery’s directorial debut, which premiered Friday at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, is a miss.

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Exclusive: Shia LaBeouf, Nick Nolte and more in new images from 'The Company You Keep'

Posted by · 12:00 pm · March 7th, 2013

Robert Redford’s latest film, “The Company You Keep,” saw its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September before heading on to Toronto and then bottling up for an April 5, 2013 release date. Based on the novel by Neil Gordon, the thriller centers on a former Weather Underground activist on the run after a journalist discovers his identity.

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Sony Classics picks up Redford's 'The Company You Keep'

Posted by · 8:43 am · August 24th, 2012

Sony Pictures Classics has quite a few irons in the fire this season, as usual. There is the Cannes trio of Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” Jacques Audiard’s “Rust and Bone” and Pablo LarraĆ­n. There is the recently acquired “At Any Price” from Ramin Bahrani. There are Sundance hits “Smashed,” from James Ponsoldt, and “West of Memphis,” from Amy Berg. And now, there is Robert Redford.

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Cannes Check: Andrew Dominik's 'Killing Them Softly'

Posted by · 10:48 am · April 28th, 2012

Continuing our series of Cannes competition previews, we look at this much-anticipated new thriller starring Brad Pitt.

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