Sid and Nancy News

Rocker Courtney Love lost custody of Frances Bean Cobain, her daughter with the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

A big part of the cinema's appeal is its ability to take us places we've never been -- but to really work, that escapism has to be grounded to universal themes, and like the Good Book says, the greatest of these is love.

There's a scene in Alex Cox's 1986 film Sid & Nancy that foreshadows the end for the star-crossed punk lovers: One of their cohorts shows up in a trilby hat, shiny tonic suit, and skinny tie, having ditched his safety pins and leather.

This autumn's chick flick sells itself on being a romantic comedy with a difference.

Son of legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn and a respected independent producer-distributor in his own right, Goldwyn began his career in England with the J. Arthur Rank Organization as a writer and.... Son of legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn and a respected independent producer-distributor in his own ...

"Seeeeeeeeid! SEEEEEEEEid!" By the time Chloe Webb howls her onscreen boyfriend's name for the 90th time, the scene where Sid Vicious stabs her to death can't come quick enough.

Fall 2009 Bluegrass Film Society schedule Bluegrass Community and Technical College Wednesdays: 7:30pm, Main Auditorium, Oswald Building, Free August 19 Repo Man The second film from iconoclastic British filmmaker Alex Cox has been claimed by many to be the greatest punk film.

Director Alex Cox has made eleven theatrical films, but it's four early works- Repo Man , Sid And Nancy , Straight To Hell , and Walker -that have shadowed his career for the last two decades.

"There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow." -- Dorothea Brande With a nod to Cyberkitten and his very entertaining series of "Favourite Movies ..." , I'm going to take a wack at a few of my faves.

You may recall Alex Cox, the director of such sacred texts as Sid & Nancy and Repo Man , and wondered what he's been up to.

It's time for the July installment of the Incredibly Strange Picture Show , a near-monthly free movie night at the Tenderloin's cozy Cafe Royale .

While some music sensations plunge into movies with fanfare, Courtney Love was as hot as hot could be on the music scene, but decided not to take the spotlighted route of Madonna and Whitney Houston, instead easing her.... While some music sensations plunge into movies with fanfare, Courtney Love was as hot as hot could be on the music scene, but ...

FOR FUN: Zooey Deschanel plays Sid to Joseph Gordon-LevittA A's Nancy in a A A'CinemashA A' spoof of the junkie drama.

While Kathy Burke seemingly came out of nowhere when she was thrust into the world spotlight upon being named the winner of the Best Actress prize at the 50th Cannes Film Festival, the petite, dark-haired, slightly.... While Kathy Burke seemingly came out of nowhere when she was thrust into the world spotlight upon being named the winner of the ...