James Franco

Interview: Why James Franco Is Restless

Interview: Why James Franco Is RestlessJames Franco’s Sal follows actor Sal Mineo’s final hours with a fly-on-the-wall approach. In the film… Read More

‘Sal’ Trailer: James Franco’s Sal Mineo Biopic Is Artsy or Something

‘Sal’ Trailer: James Franco’s Sal Mineo Biopic Is Artsy or SomethingFrom the mind of our foremost Young Actor Turned Serious… Read More

‘Blue Caprice’ Star Tim Blake Nelson on the Importance of Transformations

‘Blue Caprice’ Star Tim Blake Nelson on the Importance of TransformationsThe first three weeks of October 2002 was a tense… Read More

Watch James Franco Get Sleazy With Troubled Teens in the ‘Palo Alto’ Trailer

While yesterday our own Kate Erbland brought you news of puzzling James Franco projects of yore, today the renaissance man… Read More

James Franco Wrote, Directed, and Starred in a ‘Harvey’ Rip-off Starring a Hawaiian-Shirted Ape

There’s no reason why James Franco’s second directorial outing shouldn’t be known to everyone - not because it’s good or… Read More

• Reviews

Review: ‘This Is the End’ Is Far More Funny and Extreme Than It Should Be

For their inaugural directing outing, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen haven’t strayed to far from what (and who) they know.… Read More

‘As I Lay Dying’ Trailer: Finally High Schoolers Can Watch a Faulkner Classic Directed By James…

‘As I Lay Dying’ Trailer: Finally High Schoolers Can Watch a Faulkner Classic Directed By James FrancoIf The Great Gatsby didn’t… Read More

Yes, This ‘Pineapple Express 2’ Trailer Is a Joke, But We Can Still Dream

Yes, April Fools jokes are, by and large, just kinda silly and essentially pointless in movie-land (except for this one!),… Read More

Spring Break Forever: When Scarface and Selena Gomez Go Where the Boys Are

The American independent cinema that came to form in the 1990s seems to carry fewer and fewer visionaries untainted by… Read More