Focus Features

With THE DEEP, Baltasar Kormákur has given a historically specific story of survival mythical resonance. But then he has a talent for making powerful films that at once call up his Icelandic roots while speaking to a universal audience. Here are five example of his unique talent.

The stars, filmmakers and friends of WE STEAL SECRETS showed up for the film's May 8 special screening in New York City.

The stars, filmmakers and friends of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES showed up for the film's March 28th premiere in New York City.

From her days on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In to her brilliant turn in ADMISSION, Lily Tomlin proves to be a fine connoisseur of character. With our video slideshow, we pay tribute to some of her greatest comic concoctions.

In setting ADMISSION at Princeton University, the filmmakers graduate to a select class of movies actually set at college. We look at the way famous universities have ended up being cast in films.

The stars, filmmakers and friends of ADMISSION showed up for the film's March 5th premiere in New York City.

The small town of McKinley in PROMISED LAND isn’t just the locale; it’s another character. We look at how other films have focused their drama by making small towns central to their story.

The stars, filmmakers and friends of PROMISED LAND showed up for the film's December 6th premiere in Los Angeles.

Bill Murray as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt brings new light to the inner life of the legendary leader who steered American through the Great Depression and the Second World War. But how have other presidents fared as cinematic stars. We follow the parade of presidents in the movies.

The stars, filmmakers and friends of ANNA KARENINA gathered for a special screening of the film in NYC. See who was there.

Since Anna Karenina was first published in 1873, Tolstoy’s epic story of love has been reimagined and reinterpreted by filmmakers, dramatists, choreographers, composers, graphic artists and the like. Let’s look at a few.

The stars, filmmakers and friends of HYDE PARK ON HUDSON showed up for a special October 13th showing of the film as part of the 50th New York Film Festival.

The sexy talk in FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL… might seem modern and risqué, but in fact such passionate exchanges have been around for a long time. We look at some famous (and not so famous) examples of dirty talking, from the Bible to Oscar Wilde.

To get more of Katie and Lauren, we asked FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL…’s costume designer Maya Lieberman to create new costumes to match the film’s leading ladies in new situations, from shopping sprees to sex clubs.

View our slideshow of images from the Grey Goose-hosted special screening of Focus Features' FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL... held at the Regal Union Square Stadium 14 in NYC.

The hilarious romp FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL…. follows the entrepreneurial spirit of two under-employed young women, Lauren and Katie, as they hit upon a way to tap into the profit motive. For decades, films about working women have provided smart, sometimes scandalous stories about how the other half works.

In FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL…, Katie and Lauren have nothing in common, except an apartment –– and hatred for each other. But while their differences create personal friction, they also spark hilarious results. In the following slideshow, we look at other movies where an oil & vinegar scenario provides the recipe for a memorable film.

In PARANORMAN, Norman must face zombies, ghosts, witches and all sorts of spooky things in order to save his town. But the film’s terror is just scary fun of the sort that has been enjoyed by children in books and films forever.

In several extraordinary books, photographer/writer Melanie Dunea invited world-class chefs to share their last meal with us. In the spirit of SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, we excerpted five of them.