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Total Recall: Ang Lee's Best Movies

We count down the best-reviewed work of the Life of Pi director.

Jeff Giles on Tuesday, Nov. 20 2012, 07:54 PM comment

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Over the course of his Academy Award-winning career, Ang Lee has crossed over from Taiwanese box office successes to American arthouse classics and Hollywood blockbusters, proving his hand with family drama, comedy, period pieces, epic martial arts action, romance, and even superheroes along the way. But up 'til now, he's never tried making a 3D adventure about a shipwrecked boy and his CGI tiger -- so in honor of this weekend's Certified Fresh Life of Pi, we decided to take a look back at Lee's wildly eclectic filmography, and came up with a list that has something for pretty much everyone. You know what that means: It's time for Total Recall!

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Five Favorite Films with Hitchcock Director Sacha Gervasi

Plus, the filmmaker on working with Anthony Hopkins to bring the iconic Master of Suspense to the screen.

Luke Goodsell on Wednesday, Nov. 21 2012, 01:45 PM Comment

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Arguably the most famous director in cinema history (and the auteur behind the recently crowned Greatest Movie of All Time), Alfred Hitchcock can't be an easy subject for an on-screen biography. British-born director Sacha Gervasi has taken a shot at it with this week's Hitchcock, which adapts -- with some creative license -- Stephen Rebello's 1990 book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, while exploring the relationship between Hitch (played by Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), as he fights to make the thriller that would prove one of his biggest and most influential hits. Gervasi, known for his hugely entertaining 2007 metal documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil, called in to chat about Hitchcock, the challenge of taking on a movie icon, working with Hopkins, and separating the man from the mythology. Read on for that, but first, he talks about his five favorite films.

Crazy in Love: 10 Mad Movie Romances

RT Staff on Wednesday, Nov. 21 2012, 01:19 PM Comment

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With David O. Russell's comedy-romance Silver Linings Playbook opening this week, we take a look at 10 famous movie couples caught between love and madness.

Holiday Gift Guide 2012

RT Staff on Friday, Nov. 16 2012, 12:10 PM Comment

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Every year, we strive to bring you a wealth of movie-related gift ideas, and this holiday season we've separated them into a few handy categories for the discerning shopper. From collectibles and memorabilia to books and primo box sets to gear and gadgets for film buffs, have a look through our Holiday Movie Gift Guide and find the perfect present for Moms, Dads, Kids, Girls, and Guys!

Five Favorite Films with Starlet Director Sean Baker

The writer-director behind this week's indie drama offers a glimpse into his favorite movies.

RT Staff on Wednesday, Nov. 07 2012, 01:17 PM Comment

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One of the buzz films at this year's SXSW festival, writer-director Sean Baker's Starlet explores the unusual friendship between a 21-year-old actress (Dree Hemingway) and an 85-year-old woman (Besedka Johnson) when their lives cross paths in California's San Fernando Valley. Featuring breakout performances -- especially from Hemingway, the daughter of actress Mariel and great-granddaughter of writer Ernest -- the movie is getting early praise from critics ahead of its release in New York and Los Angeles this week. We caught up with director Sean Baker recently, who shared with us an interesting list of his five favorite films.