First Independent Pictures In today's Post I give three stars to the dark comedy "Big Fan," in which the rotund comic Patton Oswalt (above, who voiced the central character in "Ratatouille") shows dramatic chops as an obsessed New York Giants fan who has an encounter with his favorite player that will

Lincoln Center will never be confused with Xenon or 54, but last night the Walter Reade theater celebrated disco with a little screening and party for Whit Stillman, the writer-director of "Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco." The latter film, the DVD of which was out of print for

Dimension Films Looks like a bloody weekend at the box office, with two horror flicks that weren't screened for critics: "The Final Destination 3D," the fourth go-round in a really tired saga about teens losing their lives in a variety of Rube Goldberg contraptions, looks like it'll bring in some $21

Roadside Attractions' "The September Issue" In today's Post I offer up an amused three-star review of the new R.J. Cutler documentary about the making of Vogue, "The September Issue." The star, Vogue's celebrated and feared editrix Anna Wintour, is far too clever to be caught on film berating

It's spookier than anything in "Twin Peaks" or "Blue Velvet": The secret history of Billy Ray Cyrus, who credits David Lynch with launching his acting career and, by extension, that of his ubiquitous daughter. After Billy Ray won a surprise slot in Lynch's "Mulholland Drive," Lynch encouraged him to

In case anyone had any doubt after that cheesy trailer, Paramount has bitten the bullet and moved Martin Scorsese's thriller "Shutter Island'' with Leo DiCaprio out of the Oscar race and into the wastelands of next February. Fox Searchlight immediately took advantage of the vaccum and moved Drew Barrymore's

I'm taking a very-much-needed vacation and won't be back until after Labor Day, so I'll keep this short and sweet so I can get back to finishing my review of next Wednesday's "Taking Woodstock'' (meh) before I leave. The only movie that matters this weekend is "Inglourious Basterds,'' with a performance

George Hamilton has plenty of experience in biopics -- he's played Evel Knievel, Hank Williams and playwright Moss Hart on screen -- so it's interesting to see Hamilton himself played in a movie, by Logan Lerman (right), with Renee Zellweger as his mother and Mark Rendell as his gay brother, who in this

Back when the Warner Archives was launched in March, George Feltenstein promised us that collections of theatrical short subjects would be offered along with features, and the first three sets have just turned up on the WA website for pre-order. Just $20 buys all 53 post-Hal Roach "Our Gang'' comedies

"The Wizard of Oz,'' which had its last theatrical reissue in 1998 via Warner Bros., is getting a one-performance revival around the country to celebrate its 70th anniversary and and the Sept. 29 debut of its latest restoration on Blu-ray. Turner Classic Movies' Robert Osborne will host an all-digital