Focus Features recently released the trailer for their upcoming documentary, “Babies,” set to release in theaters on April 16, 2010. Just from the trailer, it’s pretty clear that this film is simplistically brilliant and can do no wrong. I mean come on, who can resist the adorable spontaneity of babies?
Directed by Thomas Balmes, this documentary follows the lives of four babies across the world for one whole year from the time they were born. The baby stars are Ponijao, who lives with her family in Namibia; Bayarjargal, who lives with …

As someone who has regarded The Devil Wears Prada as an inspiration for life, I say: Thank you, dear fashion gods, for blessing us with an even better gift, “The September Issue.”
Last night, I was one of the lucky ones who had the chance to preview “The September Issue”, at The Paley Center for Media in New York, before it hits theaters on Aug. 28. The film was followed by a discussion with André Leon Talley, the editor-at-large of American Vogue, Grace Coddington, creative director of American Vogue, filmmaker R.J. …

PAPER HEART follows Charlyne as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand.  As she and her good friend (and director) Nick search for answers and advice about love, Charlyne talks with friends and strangers, scientists, bikers, romance novelists, and children.  They each offer diverse views on modern romance, as well as various answers to the age-old question: does true love really exist?

Then, shortly after filming begins, Charlyne meets a boy after her own heart: Michael Cera. …

June 1982, Detroit: In the midst of a major recession, Japanese automakers were making a big splash in the American marketplace — out-designing and out-selling domestic cars. Waves of layoffs racked the city known as the heart of America’s auto industry, breeding despair and anger.
27-year-old Vincent Chin, the only child of Chinese immigrants, was celebrating his bachelor party at a local strip joint when he got into an argument with ex-Chrysler employee Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz. Ebens had only recently been laid off.
Ebens instigated by declaring, “It’s because of …