American film directors

Tom Hanks says he aspires to appear in a completely silent movie

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Tom Hanks, the movie actor known for his leading roles in Big, Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan, is staring on Broadway right now, in Lucky Guy, about a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. But Hanks, who has played roles that don’t have to say much to make a big impact, isn’t done yet.

Mark Duplass discusses the Hollywood trend of writing for the lovable losers

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Update of ‘9/11’ documentary revisits firefighters ten years later

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‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’

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Steve Soderbergh says goodbye

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Controversy behind Eastwood’s “Invictus”

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Director Clint Eastwood’s latest film “Invictus” opens this weekend; it has part of the South African community in an uproar.

Lawrence Bender’s take on ‘Inglourious Basterds’

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‘Basterds’ producer Lawrence Bender on working with Quentin Tarantino and whether getting to kill Hitler on film is considered a ‘mitzvah.’

John Hughes remembered

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Few American directors have captured and distilled the American teen experience the way John Hughes did.

Director Seth Gordon on ‘Horrible Bosses’

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The director talks about how his new film, “Horrible Bosses” was inspired by real-life bosses.

“Sugar” a different kind of baseball story

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Feature film “Sugar” traces the path of Dominican baseball players — like Sammy Sosa — from South America to the Major Leagues in the US.