When Jane Campion was honored onstage at the Cannes Film Festival with about 30 other major directors Sunday, she was the lone woman of the bunch. And she's still not used to how strange that feels.The New Zealander is the only woman filmmaker to have...

Today is Thursday, July 19, the 200th day of 2007. There are 165 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 19, 1848, a pioneer women's rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N.Y.On this date:In 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen...

Becoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system.And it shows in the actress' directing debut with "Away From Her," a mature, thoughtful but downbeat drama...

narcissistic dream of all time,” laughed Sarah Polley with a self-deprecating eye-roll. The 28-year-old actress was speaking about the effusive, heady reception her directorial debut, Away From Her, has already received, having garnered ringing endorsements from critics and audiences well before its May 4 opening...

In the following interview, Egoyan discusses the nature of the film industry, his approach to filmmaking, and the influence of Canadian identity.

In the following essay, Harcourt, who teaches at Carleton University in Ottawa, traces the themes and cinematographic techniques characteristic of Egoyan's films and places the director's work in a Canadian context.

In the following essay, Johnson explores Egoyan's career, influences, and the filmmaker's concerns about his future.