Alexander Payne's seriocomic "The Descendants," an adaptation of the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, stars George Clooney as Matt King, a middle-age Hawaiian who runs a trust responsible for million...

Two Jews on Film - By Joan Alperin-Schwartz: When 'The Descendants' directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways) started, I really expected to love it. I mean, the film is set in Hawaii, there's a woman...

Other then the obvious lure of Quentin Tarantino himself, ardent movie fans would be hard pressed to argue that the calm cool of Robert Forster’s Max Cherry isn’t the real icing on "Jackie Brown’s"...

Happy Birthday to Italian DJ Benny Benassi (1967), R&B singer Gerald Levert (1966), bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent (1962), film director Cameron Crowe (1957), South African musician Johnny Clegg (...

Happy Birthday to Italian DJ Benny Benassi (1967), R&B singer Gerald Levert (1966), bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent (1962), film director Cameron Crowe (1957), South African musician Johnny Clegg (...

The serendipitous career of eccentric movie producer, director and writer Quentin Tarantino is a complex one. Tarantino has made a name for himself by creating nonlinear storylines and filming mul...

Happy Birthday to Italian DJ Benny Benassi (1967), R&B singer Gerald Levert (1966), bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent (1962), film director Cameron Crowe (1957), South African musician Johnny Clegg (...

Happy Birthday to Italian DJ Benny Benassi (1967), R&B singer Gerald Levert (1966), bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent (1962), film director Cameron Crowe (1957), South African musician Johnny Clegg (...

If you're looking for a Bing Crosby-style Christmas special on Encore -- well, look somewhere else. Actor Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) hosts "A Very Quentin Christmas," pr...