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Turns out putting together one French filmmaker, one international grande dame and two young American stars makes for lightning in a bottle. “Clouds of Sils Maria” is an electric combination of self-awareness and emotional exploration told via a story that touches on time, celebrity and meteorological phenomena. Writer-director Olivier Assayas and actress Juliette Binoche have something of a history, because Assayas’ first produced feature screenplay was co-writing André Téchiné’s 1985 film “Rendez-vous,” which made a star of Binoche. They would not work together again until Binoche appeared in Assayas’ 2008 ensemble family drama “Summer Hours.” After that Binoche asked Assayas to write something for her to star in. He honored her request and came back with “Clouds of Sils Maria,” a slippery treatise on identity and artistic persona and the passage of time. Binoche plays Maria Enders, a famous actress who is about to appear onstage in a revival of the play that made her a star. ...

The 24-year-old, who recently became the first American actress to win France's equivalent of the Oscar for 'Clouds of Sils Maria,' asks, "Why aren't we [as a society] mentioning the fact that it's so crazy that there are so many people that are so full of it? And why are we consuming them en masse?" "I've never, ever been like, 'One day, I'm gonna win an Oscar,'" Kristen Stewart told me on Friday when we met up on the campus of Santa Monica College. The 24-year-old, who has been acting since the age of nine, says her dreams have always centered on the work, not the reward. "Truly, my 'one day' was always, 'I'm gonna be a director! One day, I'm gonna direct movies!'" Most of the reason Stewart possesses this attitude is her understanding — gleaned from her 15 years of experience and from her parents, who are also employed in the industry — that the work is what matters, not the money, c...

Martin Katz is not only the chair of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, he is also most recently the producer of widely-released films, A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis starring Robert Pattison. RS: Fast forward 20 years and now you are making huge movies. After Spider there were a few and then A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis with Robert Pattinson . MK: I don’t know if it is a scandal. I think it was great for us and the movie that Rob was interested in making that type of move at this time. I think he is great in the movie and he will bring a new type of audience to David’s world. RS:What’s next for the ever evolving Martin Katz? MK: I have two things that I am excited about. I am working on my fourth collaboration with David Cronenberg called Maps To The Stars. It is an absurdist comedy about the entertainment business. We hope to be able to work with many of the people we have worked with before including Rob Pattinson. To read entire interview click her...