The role of Peggy was specifically written for Molly Shannon. I knew she could do this part, and in a way, she inspired it. There‚Äôs so much to her acting. She is so skilled and specific that it was really fun to watch everyday. She‚Äôs obviously an incredibly, funny comedian, but she is also a skilled actress–Mike White

“Question the knowledge,” commands the colorful poster for director John Singleton's new movie, Higher Learning, a socially relevant movie in which the campus of Columbus, a fictitious name for a major urban university, is used as a microcosm for American society, where people of every race, color and creed reside–and learn–together.

I didn't want to make a film that read like Cliff Notes to an era. My biggest fear was overwhelming young audiences with a bunch of names and faces they has never heard of. I also didn't want to trivialize the era by giving passing mention to some weighty issues. Once I decided to free myself from the chains of history, I felt I could make the movie I really wanted to make–writer-director Brett Moregn.

Italian filmmaker Lattuada's classic “Mafioso,” starring the great actor Alberto Sordi, was recently resored by Rialto and will be theatrically shown in several cities in the U.S.

Buddy is based on my fascination with two things: Las Vegas-‚Äìparticularly a schmaltzy Vegas of the 60s and 70s-‚Äîand Frank Sinatra's quasi-association with the mob. I always thought if Sinatra ever decided to parlay his entertainment status into a different venue and become a thug that would be a fascinating character to follow. I thought that he'd wind up tracking mud all over the place and screwing everybody up–director Joe Carnahan