“Lucky Number Slevin” transplants the snappy dialogue form a ‘40s noir film and places it in a hip, stylish crime movie. If you like your movies to come at you swinging wildly, this one is a fun ride.

When writing a screenplay, the first thing you need as you stare at the blank page or a flashing cursor on the computer screen is an idea. JASON SMILOVIC: The whole idea emanated from this concept of ...

You’ve probably never heard of the Kansas City Shuffle, unless you’re an aficionado of the great K.C. jazzmen Bennie Moten and Count Basie. But, for the rest of you, the gap is because you haven’t ...

“Lucky Number Slevin” starts out in fine form. Writer Jason Smilovic blends noir with comedy, crafting an irreverent plot surrounding seven gruesome murders, a racehorse named Seven and a mysterious ...

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Once you get past the annoying title that strains at cleverness and misses, “Lucky Number Slevin” proves to be an engaging crime romp, even though it aims so hard at wily misdirection you fear the ...

“Lucky Number Slevin” is being promoted as a “comic thriller.” Josh Hartnett certainly plays it that way during his early scenes, wearing a towel like a sarong and flirting with Lucy Liu. He’s rarely ...

Peter Sova, the Czechoslovakian-born cinematographer who shot Diner and three other films for Barry Levinson and Lucky Number Slevin and four other movies for Paul McGuigan, has died. He was 75. By ...