John Madden (director)

Even though World War II ended in 1945, it has never ended at the movies. Based on a 2007 Israeli film, "The Debt" is a new English-language film about the decades-long hunt for a Nazi doctor who conducted horrible procedures at a concentration camp. The...

I never pay attention to all the hype people bring up about summer blockbusters, or movies being released for Oscar consideration, and so…I have no clue what time of the year great films are supposed to be released. I do recall hearing that the...

“The Debt” is the first movie in which Hollywood “It” actor Sam Worthington gets around to showing us what all the fuss was about, pre-”Terminator,” pre-”Avatar” and pre-”Clash of the Titans.” As...

The decades when August was just a dumping ground for movies the studios didn't figure were a big enough deal to warrant a real summer release and not really worth a push in the fall, either weren't permanently upended by “The Constant Gardener,&#...

Happy to see that “The Debt,” the last decent wide release of the summer, is having a good weekend for a thriller that skews a bit older and smarter than the norm. John Madden's remake of the Israeli hit about aged Mossad agents (Helen Mirren,...

Walt Disney Studios has told the producers of its Miramax movies "The Debt" and "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" that it won't be releasing the films because of the pending sale of the specialty division. The two pictures are......

I'm sure John Madden was just as surprised as the rest of us when after spending nearly two decades as a TV director in England he catapulted to Hollywood fame and fortune in 1998 with "Shakespeare in Love," which won......

THEATER REVIEW: "Ethan Frome" ★★½ Through April 17 at the Lookingglass Theatre in Water Tower Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $20-$62 at 312-337-0665 or www.lookingglasstheatre.org Like the hapless...

Under its new chief executive Michael Lang, Miramax Films will initially seek to acquire completed films and eventually buy movie libraries. In an interview Thursday soon after he was officially named CEO of the specialty film studio, Lang said that......

There is no film this year that has been anticipated, discussed or debated as much as "Avatar," the sci-fi epic from director James Cameron that reaches theaters Dec. 18. We're going to start a monthlong countdown to the film here......

The 35th annual edition of the Toronto Film Festival is scheduled to include the world and North American premieres of a slew of awards contenders. This year's festival is to kick off on Sept. 9 and run for 11 days. Among the 50 titles announced Tuesday...

Here's a rundown of top contenders you should check out in advance of the start of the next Oscars derby. Pete Hammond (Notes on a Season) has written a good overview you should check out too. "All Good Things," Andrew Jarecki (Weinstein Co.) "Betty...