What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday


Updated 04/29/08 2:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

New on DVD, April 29, 2008

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, you can now rent or own the fourth season of Beverly Hills 90210, which — according to Netflix and my memory—includes moments like Andrea finding out she's pregnant and Read more

Announcing the Winners: The 2008 Independent Spirit Awards


Updated 02/26/08 2:31 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 7 comments

Announcing the Winners: The 2008 Independent Spirit Awards

Juno, I'm Not There, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly were big winners at Saturday's beachy, laid-back Independent Spirit Awards, which recognized the year's best independent films. Juno won awards for Best Feature, Best Actress, and Best First Screenplay, while Diving Bell won awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography — a precursor to tomorrow's Oscars? Meanwhile, Cate Blanchett Read more

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Dazzlingly Imagined


Updated 02/12/08 4:11 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 10 comments

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Review

Every year there is a foreign/arthouse film that has critics raving and award committees atwitter. You know you ought to see it, but you can’t quite find the right moment to check it out. Before you know it, one of the best movies of the year becomes destined for the film version of purgatory — your Waitflix Queue. I'm so glad I spared The Diving Bell and the Butterfly this fate. The movie Read more

Movie Preview: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


Updated 01/23/08 11:13 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 11 comments

Movie Preview: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a film adaptation of the French memoir Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, has been getting tons of buzz ever since it premiered at Cannes last year, and that buzz only increased with the two wins the Diving Bell garnered last night at the Golden Globes. Yet many people don't know a thing about it, so in honor of the movie's Best Foreign Language Film win and Julian Read more

Announcing the Winners: The 2008 Golden Globe Awards


Updated 01/16/08 8:05 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 39 comments

Announcing the Winners: The 2008 Golden Globe Awards

The dramatically scaled-back Golden Globe Awards spread things around Sunday night, with Atonement, Sweeney Todd, No Country for Old Men, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly each taking home two awards. Atonement and Sweeney Todd nabbed the night's biggest prizes, for the Best Dramatic Picture and Best Musical or Comedy Picture; Atonement also won for Best Original Score, while Johnny Depp Read more

Adrien, Petra, and Chloë Are Divining


Updated 11/16/07 2:45 AM · Posted by · 24 comments

Adrien, Petra, and Chloë Are Divining

Adrien, Petra, and Chloë were all out in NYC last night for the premiere of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Petra looked like she was ready for the cabaret, while Adrien was all about quietly slipping his hand into his girlfriend's dress. Scandalous. I guess he was content to let her be the metallic one for the night. Chloë kept her usually daring fashion sense pretty low key last night, and Read more

Javier Bardem Plays Host For Julian Schnabel and His New Movie Miral


Updated 03/23/11 10:26 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Pictures of Javier Bardem Hosting a Party For Julian Schnabel's Miral

Javier Bardem had a night out in LA yesterday hosting a screening of the Weinstein Company's upcoming release Miral. The film's director, Julian Schnabel, who also lensed The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, was there to smile and pose with his daughter Stella, along with Javier and the producers Jon Kilik and Yasmine Elmasri. It was a reunion for Javier and Julian, after they worked together on Read more