Roger Deakins

OPENING TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT Skyfall  ‘‘Skyfall’’ — To borrow a line from Depeche Mode, death is everywhere. James Bond’s mortality has never been in such prominent focus, but the demise of the entire British spy...

Early on in his stage career, director Sam Mendes worked with Dame Judi Dench on a production of "The Cherry Orchard." Now they have reteamed for a slightly less Chekhovian project: the 23rd official James Bond film (24th if you count the Sean Connery...

NEW YORK — Early in "Skyfall," Judi Dench's M pulls aside our embattled hero, played once again with suave ennui by Daniel Craig, and wonders whether the world still needs either of their services. As Bond wraps his head around that idea, he looks...

2ND WEEK Little Fokkers   Meet the latest in Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller’s comedy franchise. Grit your teeth through the fairly short though agonizing duration of its stay. Then wave goodbye in relief as its huge cast of characters departs like...

You think they knew this was the winner weeks ago, and thus had all the nominees clips set to “The King's Speech” by Colin Firth? By the way, SPOILER. Firth's last big scene in the movie, the BIGGEST scene. That was what they showed. The...

For the first two-thirds of their careers, the producing/directing/writing team of Ethan and Joel Coen stuck to original screenplays. (More or less: “O Brother, Where Art Thou?â€� claims to be based on “The Odyssey,â€� but isn't. â...

There's nothing like going to the motion picture academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater to see a big awards season film, as I did last night to catch the fancy-dress opening of the Coen brothers' "True Grit." Tiptoeing into the theater, with......

The usual suspects' named were trotted out when the nominations for the 83rd Academy Award were announced this morning. We're talking “The Social Network,” “Black Swan” “The King's Speech” (12 nominations, leading the...

A big night for “The King's Speech” Sunday at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts — the BAFTAS. Seven wins for the movie, including Best British film, Colin Firth as best actor, Helena Bonham Carter as best supporting...

The ASC's top prize for cinematography went to “Inception” lighting cameraman Wally Pfister, denying the oft-nominated Roger Deakins (“True Grit”) a bit of momentum before the Oscars. “Boardwalk Empire” won the TV...