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• The Envelope Roundtable: Directors on directing
• In an upset, 'The King's Speech' takes Producers Guild Award
• Sundance 2011: A festival with more divisions than the NFL
• TV's macho hunters and gatherers
• Making noise in L.A.
• The Sunday Conversation: Kevin Costner
• A Second Look: Alejandro Jodorowsky's 'Santa Sangre'
• Critic's Notebook: Classical musicians and the fame game
• New on DVD: 'Secretariat,'
• An unconventional pas de deux in Russia

The Envelope Roundtable: Directors on directing Posted: David Fincher, Ben Affleck, Tom Hooper, Darren Aronofsky, Lisa Cholodenko and Ethan Coen share a passion for moviemaking. David Fincher, Ben Affleck, Tom Hooper, Darren Aronofsky, Lisa Cholodenko and Ethan Coen share a passion for moviemaking.

In an upset, 'The King's Speech' takes Producers Guild Award Posted: 22 Jan 2011 10:47 PM PST By inflicting this first chink in the armor of "The Social Network," the film is now a serious contender for the Oscar that seemed destined for the David Fincher movie.

Sundance 2011: A festival with more divisions than the NFL Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:24 PM PST

TV's macho hunters and gatherers Posted: Who knew antiquing could be a competitive sport? On such shows as 'Storage Hunters' and 'Auction Kings,' brawny hosts kick it up a notch or 12, much to the delight of millions of viewers. Who knew antiquing could be a competitive sport? On such shows as 'Storage Hunters' and 'Auction Kings,' brawny hosts kick it up a notch or 12, much to the delight of millions of viewers.

Making noise in L.A. Posted: Zola Jesus, Sun Araw and Infinite Body will be heard. Zola Jesus, Sun Araw and Infinite Body will be heard.

The Sunday Conversation: Kevin Costner Posted: 'Dances With Wolves' won seven Oscars, but the actor-director recalls how difficult it was to get financing. It's hard to remember that the 1990 western "Dances With Wolves," Kevin Costner's maiden voyage as a director, was derisively dubbed "Kevin's Gate" because of filming difficulties before earning him an Oscar for directing, one of the movie's seven golden men, including best picture. To mark its 20th anniversary, MGM Home Entertainment this month released a newly restored version on Blu-ray for the first time.

A Second Look: Alejandro Jodorowsky's 'Santa Sangre' Posted: The 1989 horror melodrama, being released on DVD and Blu-ray, is a mature effort by the cult filmmaker's standards. Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only half a dozen features since the 1960s (two of which he has apparently disowned), but he is a towering figure in the annals of cult cinema, the man behind the first — and still the ultimate — counterculture midnight movie. Jodorowsky's cosmic western "El Topo," which he wrote, directed, scored and acted in, played for months in 1971 to downtown Manhattan crowds that gathered ritualistically for a kind of stoned midnight communion.

Critic's Notebook: Classical musicians and the fame game Posted: Take note, Gustavo Dudamel: For most stellar artists, celebrity tends to have both positive and negative influences. "The actor Tony Curtis once told me that fame is an occupation in itself," Bob Dylan writes in "Chronicles: Volume One," "that it is a separate thing."

New on DVD: 'Secretariat,' Posted: Also recently released: "Client 9," "Nowhere Boy" and "Red" Secretariat

An unconventional pas de deux in Russia Posted: Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato has taken over a St. Petersburg ballet troupe. But will the home nation of the Bolshoi and 'Swan Lake' welcome this foreign visionary? Reporting from St. Petersburg, Russia —

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