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Slideshow Five Films from THE DEEP director Baltasar Kormákur To Dive Into

Beyond THE DEEP
With THE DEEP, Baltasar Kormákur has given a historically specific story of survival mythical resonance. But then he has a talent for making powerful films that at once call up his Icelandic roots while speaking to a universal audience. Here are five example of his unique talent.

Slideshow NY Special Screening for WE STEAL SECRETS

Andrew Karpen, Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger, and Alexis Bloom
The stars, filmmakers and friends of WE STEAL SECRETS showed up for the film's May 8 special screening in New York City.

Slideshow | The Place Beyond the Pines NYC Premiere Screening of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

The Director and His Cast
The stars, filmmakers and friends of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES showed up for the film's March 28th premiere in New York City.

Slideshow | The Place Beyond the Pines Honor Among Thieves

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

Derek Cianfrance’s THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES follows the effects a crime over different families and multiple generations. Its epic scope and grandeur reflects the powerful tradition of epic crimes dramas, from The Godfather to Goodfellas to PINES.

Slideshow | Admission Lily Tomlin's Comic Cast of Characters

Lily Tomlin's Comic Cast of Characters
From her days on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In to her brilliant turn in ADMISSION, Lily Tomlin proves to be a fine connoisseur of character. With our video slideshow, we pay tribute to some of her greatest comic concoctions.

Slideshow | Admission Colleges as Film Stars: From Love Story to ADMISSION

Colleges as Film Stars
In setting ADMISSION at Princeton University, the filmmakers graduate to a select class of movies actually set at college. We look at the way famous universities have ended up being cast in films.

Slideshow | Admission NYC Premiere Screening of ADMISSION

The ADMISSION Team
The stars, filmmakers and friends of ADMISSION showed up for the film's March 5th premiere in New York City.

slideshow What are the Grimm Brothers doing In Hanna?

…Lived Two Academics…
A short history of the two brothers who made fairy tales famous with a few of their stories.

slideshow Tom Holland's Ancient World

Ben Hur
As a primer for The Eagle, an award-winning historian gives us a list of top ten ancient films.

slideshow Jane Eyre NYC Red Carpet

JANE EYRE stars Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska reunite with director Cary Fukunaga at the NYC Special Screening of their new Focus Features movie on Wednesday March 9th, 2011.
Check out photos from the premiere of Jane Eyre in NYC.

slideshow Cary Fukunaga’s Favorite Films about Growing Up the Hard Way

Director Cary Fukunaga on the set of the film Jane Eyre, a Focus Features release directed by Cary Fukunaga.

The director of Jane Eyre and Sin Nombre remembers films with tough childhoods that got to him.

slideshow Brontë Inc: The Three Sisters Who Changed English Literature

The Power of the Brontës
Charlotte Brontë, the author of Jane Eyre, was one of three sister writers who seemed to come out of nowhere. Meet the rest of the family.

slideshow David Nicholls' Five Favorite Novel to Screen Adaptations

David Nicholls
In addition to Jane Eyre, what other classic novels have made great films. We asked Novelist/Screenwriter David Nicholls.

slideshow Jane Eyre, Superstar: From Brontë to Fukunaga

Mia Wasikowska  stars in the film Jane Eyre, a Focus Features release directed by Cary Fukunaga.
Since Charlotte Brontë brought her heroine to life in 1847, everyone––filmmakers, artists, playwrights, cartoonists––have wanted to recreate her in their own imagination.