On the shaded porch of his Beverly Hills home, Al Pacino is bright-eyed and upbeat, eager to talk about his career, his latest film and even his life in L.A. The 74-year-old actor waves toward the ...

We have forgotten how subtle Al Pacino could be, pre-“Hooah!” Something about his Oscar-winning turn in “Scent of a Woman” unleashed the beast, a performer as big, broad and puffed up as that mountain ...

When the aging heroes of Philip Roth’s late fiction succumb to despair, they seek redemption and renewal not through work, therapy, charity, fellowship or family but through an affair with a younger ...

To Simon Axler, the discombobulating actor at the heart of “The Humbling,” all the world is truly a stage. That’s as much because Axler’s entire life has been about performing as well as that now, ...

“The Humbling” is Al Pacino’s best film in years — he has a field day as a suicidal actor who becomes romantically involved with the lesbian daughter of two old friends. Or does he? Director Barry ...

After Al Pacino returned to the festival circuit with both David Gordon Green‘s Manglehorn (review) and Barry Levinson‘s The Humbling (review), the latter will be heading into theaters sooner. Ahead ...

“The Humbling” is a so-so movie you just might want to see more than once. It belongs in a strange category: a film that can’t quite be called a success, that has too many dead spots, that doesn’t ...

There’s something bracingly honest about The Humbling, Barry Levinson’s movie about a 67-year-old Shakespearean actor, played by Al Pacino, who, after being struck with crippling anxiety, gets his ...

The translation of Phillip Roth’s words to the big screen has been a tricky feat for any filmmaker. You might recall the staid adaptation of The Human Stain (2003) or the bawdy spin on Goodbye ...