Director Arnaud Desplechin talks about Hitchcock, Bergman, "Knocked Up," the "Scranton" of France and the superstar French cast he assembled in "A Christmas Tale."
Sean Penn leaps to the front of the Oscar race with his uncanny invocation of the slain gay-rights leader. Gus Van Sant's vibrant biopic meets the challenge -- almost.
Director William Friedkin talks about revisiting his pre-Stonewall lightning rod "The Boys in the Band" -- and his peculiar role in the history of gay film.