In the ever-growing pile-up of movies about the Iraq war, director Neil Burger's THE LUCKY ONES stands out as an altogether unusual project: a comedy about coming home. While it doesn't trivialize the ...

A comedy skit video showing a man in Iraq getting out of a car with a plastered leg and limping on the other was mislabeled online as footage of an actor in Gaza faking an injury. The video was posted ...

A foolhardy internship if ever there was one is dramatized in “20 sigarette,” which recounts the incredible (and incredibly irresponsible) work experience of an Italo slacker hired as an assistant ...

Host John Ydstie reads from our listeners' letters. A number of listeners appreciated Jacki Lyden's story on the Christians of northern Iraq, and one expressed disdain for a story about the comedy ...

Good comedians know that before theycan present themselves as a gift to the audience, they have toacknowledge their secret, or sometimes it's the elephant sitting in the room. For many it's their race ...

After two war movies, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris is moving far away from the weighty matter of his most recent work. (Getty Images photo) By Steven Zeitchik, The Associated Press After two war ...

It was a most unusual “Shootout” as Variety topper Peter Bart and Peter Guber hosted a special live version of their AMC program yesterday at the Palm Springs Film Fest. “Talking Pictures: the ...

VENICE (Reuters) - U.S. actor George Clooney plays a New Age hippie soldier trained for psychic, peaceful combat in a comedy set during the war in Iraq. "The Men Who Stare at Goats" is based on a book ...

ATLANTA -- The sky was that awful shade of orange behind the war correspondent, and the sand was blowing so hard he had to shout into his microphone. His videophone was breaking up only slightly as he ...