Articles by Patrick Goldstein

SOMETHING HAS gone very wrong with “Where the Wild Things Are,” the much-anticipated Spike Jonze adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book. Read more

WHEN I first saw “The Visitor” in the weeks leading up to the Toronto Film Festival last fall, I was moved by filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s soulful account of a widowed college professor (played by character actor Richard Jenkins) who is spiritually reawakened by a chance encounter with an immigrant couple in New York City. Read more

IVIVIDLY remember two things about having breakfast with Pixar guru John Lasseter earlier this year. Read more

BRAD PITT is getting younger every day.It’s a tantalizing hook for a film, isn’t it? Read more

SHEILA NEVINS vividly recalls her first reaction to “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” Marina Zenovich’s new documentary about the controversial Oscar-winning filmmaker that premiered on HBO Monday night. Read more

CRAIG ZADAN and Neil Meron have fielded all sorts of congratulatory calls in recent months from people excited to hear that after years of struggle, the veteran producers had finally found a way to get a movie made about Harvey Milk. Read more

IT’S AN open secret in Hollywood that Warner Bros. Read more

YOU KNOW your movie trailer is playing a tough crowd when about 10 seconds into the trailer for “Love Guru,” as Jessica Alba first appears on screen, someone shouts out: “Love interest!” Read more

Ithought Francis Ford Coppola was being cranky last fall when he badmouthed Al Pacino and Robert De Niro – the stars of Coppola’s immortal “Godfather” films – for taking parts for the money and losing their passion for doing great work. Read more