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Looks like 2010 will be the year of Mark Twain in Hartford. In one of the most extensive program collaborations among city arts, cultural and corporate groups, The Hartford, Hartford Stage and the Mark Twain House & Museum will be celebrating throughout the new year the centennial of Mark Twain's death, the 175th anniversary of his birth and the ...

Looks like the year 2010 will the year of Mark Twain in Hartford. In one of the most extensive program collaborations among city arts, cultural and corporate groups, The Hartford, Hartford Stage and Mark Twain House & Museum will be celebrating throughout the new year the centennial of Mark Twain's death, the 175th anniversary of his birth, the ...

Hometown : Macon, Ga. Film/Show : That Evening Sun , True Blood For Fans Of : Amy Adams, William Gay, vampires Hollywood is littered with young starlets who come out of nowhere, land a big role and suddenly get their images splayed across gossip pages and men's magazines.

The late Heath Ledger in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" And so comes that curious time of the year when the people who make and show films for money remember that there are elements of art and culture in their work and offer audiences something more than simple diversion for the cost of a movie ticket, something ennobling, something uplifting, ...

Built tall and broad, with blond hair hanging down to shoulders and a full beard, Georgia-born film director Scott Teems, a professing Christian, looks as if he'd be more comfortable with an axe handle than a camera - but it's with a camera that he confronts the South, Christianity, and manhood.

It took Hal Holbrook more than 40 years, but he's finally starting to feel comfortable acting in movies - and he has Sean Penn to thank for that.

Hal Holbrook, the actor nominated for an Oscar for the 2007 film "Into the Wild," spoke with Denver Post film critic Lisa Kennedy on Saturday the afternoon at the 32nd Starz Denver Film Festival.

Yeah, it's scaled back and it's bereft of cool special guests, but it's still the 2009 Asheville Film Festival and it's this week.

Actor Hal Holbrook has had a long and distinguished career. Best known for his legendary role as the Watergate conspiracy lynchpin Deep Throat in All the President's Men , the actor was introduced to an all new audience in 2007 when he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Sean Penn's Into the Wild .

Hal Holbrook on the state of Hollywood, and of America, today: "I hate to see our profession subjected to the shallow greed mentality of corporate thinking.

Ever since Ed Sullivan noticed his theater performance as Mark Twain in 1954, Hal Holbrook has enjoyed a steady career onscreen and off .

I'd heard a little buzz about "That Evening Sun," people were talking about it being a possible Oscar contender.

Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks' home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace.

The 84-year-old Hal Holbrook shows how it's done in a this tour de force performance as an aging farmer who returns to his Tennessee home to reclaim what is rightfully his.

His recent Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Into the Wild remains a career highlight for veteran actor Hal Holbrook.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:11 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:11 a.m. 'That Evening Sun" is the sort of American film that Hollywood doesn't make any more.

Milla Jovovich in 'The Fourth Kind,' her latest schlocky film choice. 'Collapse' 2 stars A radical reporter expounds on the world's crises.

Call them Southern Agrarians. Abner Meachama s ramshackle farm is not much, but it is more than enough motivation for a feud with his archrival, Lonzo Choat.

Dance-a-lorus pairs choreography with film, and this year's Cucalorus Film Festival features nine collaborations on its opening night Wednesday at City Stage.

That's the official start date. I'm declaring it. It used to be the NBR's announcement of their top ten list but with more and more awards groups clamoring to yell "first!", "first!" has lost virtually all its meaning.