After Tenenbaums, 'Life Aquatic' Tackles Stormy Seas
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Floating on the success of offbeat domestic comedy "The Royal Tenenbaums," director Wes Anderson set out to make an epic about adventure on the high seas. But some critics are already predicting a shipwreck.
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â¢ Living through a mammoth project when it looks as if it might capsize, as DiCaprio did with &quot;Titanic,&quot; which went on to become the biggest modern blockbuster.
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Alison Chernickâs aptly-named documentary takes us aboard a Japanese whaling vessel to witness the filming of the artist Matthew Barneyâs film âDrawing Restraint 9.â
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LOS ANGELES  - If you've heard anything  about veteran animator Henry Selick recently, it's probably in  relation to his delightful stop-motion sea creatures in Wes  Anderson's "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou," which opened  in New York and Los Angeles last weekend.
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The "Lemony Snicket" film may be scary, but it has important life lessons on danger and achieving adulthood.
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Quite a few categories in this yearâs Oscar race bring all of the challenge of the wading pool. While some head out to the deep end.
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Got a terminal illness? Hooray. In the movies, looming death means last-minute adventures and loads of uplifting life lessons
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In an interview, filmmaker Wes Anderson discusses his boyhood fascination with Jacques Cousteau, the inspiration behind his new movie, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.
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Bill Murray's choice of swimwear in his new movie leaves little to the imagination. But the star of "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" says he wasn't embarrassed to be seen in a tiny bathing suit.
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&#39;OCEAN&#39;S Twelve&quot; is like gum after the flavor wears off; you keep chewing, out of habit and out of hope -- for a final flavor burst that might be waiting patiently for its moment.
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There have been a couple of movies recently depicting the impending collision of an asteroid with Earth. It might not be sci-fi anymore.
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The animated sea animals of DreamWorks&#39; latest project have been out for blood since they first dove into the box-office waters, and they still haven&#39;t had their fill.
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When DreamWorks announced that it had a fish movie called &quot;Shark Tale&quot; slated for a fall release, the thought probably crossed more than a few minds that it might be too soon after the phenomenal success of &quot;Finding Nemo&quot; for another animated underwater
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If you've heard anything about veteran animator Henry Selick recently, it's probably in relation to his delightful stop-motion sea creatures in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou," which opened in New York and Los Angeles last weekend.
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The oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide that has built up in the air, turning water more acidic and creating potentially catastrophic conditions for marine life.
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The miracle of &quot;Ocean&#39;s Twelve&quot; isn&#39;t just that it&#39;s a sequel every bit as good as the 2001 production. It&#39;s that producer Jerry Weintraub was able to get some of the biggest stars in the industry
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I met an old friend for coffee in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and had a few hours to kill before stopping in at the Wired reunion party. I didn't want to drive back to Berkeley because the weather was so crummy, and I was just across teh street from a movie theater and was just in time for the start of a movie that lots of people had been telling me to see. So I went. The movie -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I had no idea what it was about until the movie started, then I remembered hearing a Fresh Air show about it and finding it too painful to listen to. Now here I was in the theater, not just being asked to listen to it, but being asked to live it. Through some very wonderful film-making, you feel as if what is happening to the main character is happening to you. Or more accurately, probably, you get the slightest hint of what it's like to be this person. My immediate impulse, one which I gave serious consideration to, was to pack up my things and leave. Anything would be better than spending three hours living this guy's life.  Two things happen over time: 1. You get over it. 2. They change perspective, and instead of being inside his body, you move outside it.  I think those two things are the story we all live as we mature and learn to live inside our own bodies, with their limits. You learn to step outside and see the humor in your predicament. The main character says he lives in a diving bell because it's as hard for him to communicate with other people as it would be at the bottom of the ocean inside a diving bell. The movie teaches that it's not much easier for the rest of us, even though we can manipulate symbols better. On the other hand, of course it is. The film develops a relationship between the hero and his father, between the hero and his own children, his ex-wife, his lover.  We strive for deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. But it may be ridiculously easy to find the only meaning that exists, without language, without intellect, by just being. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly should probably be the picture of the year for 2007, it's that good. But like all great art it shows you something truthful about yourself, and you may or may not want to see it.