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Chronicle of an Escape is a harrowing film about four young men who escape from a prison camp during the coup d'etat that led to Argentina's military regime -- a time during which over 30,000 people disappeared. Cinematical's James Rocchi sat down with the film's director, Israel Adrian Caetano, to learn more about the film. You can download the video right here (the video is 25.3 MB and is 9:44 long) or pop on over to Netscape and view it online there.

Credits:

Host: James Rocchi

Video: Alexia Prichard

Intro Music: Pl@stic

• Oh, here we go with another list that's going to tick off everyone: The 100 Greatest Movie Performances Of All-Time. How can you can even start such a list? You know you're going to leave off some performances, and you're going to add some performances just to seem hip and/or piss off people. For example, Nicole Kidman's in To Die For is ranked # 40, higher than James Dean's in Rebel Without A Cause, Humphrey Bogart's in The Maltese Falcon, Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, Spencer Tracy in Inherit The Wind, and Jessica Lange in Frances. Um...huh?
• Some exclusive photos from Sundance 2006, including pics of Robert Downey, Jr., Josh Hartnett, Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Jessica Biel, and Al Gore.
• Poll: which summer flick are you most looking forward to seeing? Superman Returns, X-Men 3, Mission: Impossible 3, The Da Vinci Code, or Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest?
• In the print edition only: a first look at The Da Vinci Code, pics of Jon Heder jumping around in the forest, sultry pics of Gretchen Mol, an interview with Thank You For Smoking director Jason Reitman, and an extensive behind the scenes look at the making of Mission: Impossible 3.

• The mag gives a sneak peek of all the big movies coming up this year, including Superman Returns (with coverboy and girl Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth), Mission: Impossible 3, The DaVinci Code, The Departed, Stranger Than Fiction, Thank You For Smoking, and the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel.
• An exclusive interview with Woody Allen, who talks about filming in London instead of New York.
• They pick some great, Oscar-worthy performances from 2005, including George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heath Ledger, Maria Bello, Joan Allen, and Joaquin Phoenix.
• Sienna Miller talks about Jude Law and living in the public eye.
• None of this is online of course, because Premiere is a little behind with their site.

• I knew that director Peter Jackson had lost weight, but I had no idea he looked like this! He looks like late 70s Spielberg.
• In the print edition: a preview of all the holiday movies, including King Kong, Brokeback Mountain, Chronicles of Narnia, Fun With Dick and Jane, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Producers.
• Also: 50 DVDs you must own: Stalag 17, Female Trouble, After Hours, Shadow of a Doubt, Mean Creek, and 45 others. 
• And they give their picks on who should be nominated come Oscar time.

• Reviews: they really love Capote and The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio (also a great book, I might add), but are lukewarm on Into the Blue.
• Speaking of Capote, there's an interview with the talented Philip Seymour Hoffman.
• And speaking of interviews, there's one with George Clooney too.
• They also pick the 25 Most Shocking Moments In Movie History. #25 is Where's Poppa, when Ruth Gordon pulls down George Segal's pants and kisses him on the ass; #22 is The Sixth Sense, where we find out Bruce Willis is already dead (this shouldn't even be on the list); and #16 is Pink Flamingos, when Divine eats dog feces. How that didn't make it to #1 I'll never know.

The Harvard Lampoon is at it again, making an entire fake issue of a real magazine. This time it's Premiere. Some highlights:

• The cover has a stark black and white picture of Tom Hanks with the caption, "Remembering Tom Hanks."
• The BackStory section has "Movies, I'm Lovin' It," which are quotes about movies from celebs. From Robert Downey Jr.: "Movies provide a temporary escape...from prison."
• A rundown on Kevin Spacey's next roles, including Beyond The Sea 2 which takes place on a beach..."for nudes."
• New movies coming soon: Undercover Pope, with Martin Lawrence; The Stenographer, with Keanu Reeves, Doofus, with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, and a disaster flick called Erosion! with Bill Pullman and Morgan Freeman.
• Lindsay Lohan on doing nude scenes: "Nude scenes are actually completely boring and technical. You just take the pills they give you and when you wake up three hours later, you don't know what the hell happened."

• On the cover: Christian Bale as Batman. I'm glad to hear this is going to be a darker version of Batman. I mean, the less Bat-nipples and bright colors the better, right? Take a look at the Batman flicks that didn't get made.
• The annual list of the 50 Most Powerful People In Hollywood. This is always fun. Some of the people you've never heard of but you've heard of what they've done. #2 is Steven Spielberg. #3 is Steve Jobs and John Lasseter. # 5 is Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal. #10 is Jerry Bruckheimer. #29 is The Weinstein Brothers. #38 is Will Ferrell. #44 is Drew Barrymore (really?!). #1, by the way, is Peter Jackson, lord of the Rings and this year's big holiday movie, King Kong. And #51? Angelina Jolie's hypnotic, man-catching breasts.
• Confused by everything that has happened in the six Star Wars flicks? Here's a handy cheat sheet.
• In the print edition, a behind-the-scenes look at the War of the Worlds remake. Wow, War of the Worlds and King Kong remade in the same year.