Never underestimate the power of smart directing and a strong central performance to keep a movie interesting.  Anton Corbijn’s The American isn’t a film with momentum.  It’s not rushing anywhere or even setting up a clear destination.  It’s an austere, …

With director Anton Corbijn’s (Control) The American getting released on September 1st, Focus Features has released four clips and you can check them out after the jump.  The film stars George Clooney as an aging assassin who vows the next …

Opening on September 1 is director Anton Corbijn’s (Control) The American.  Starring George Clooney as an aging assassin who vows the next assignment will be his last, The American is one of those movies I was really looking forward to…but …

Focus Features has posted a two-and-a-half minute featurette for the upcoming George Clooney thriller The American.  The clip is generally focused on how amazing Clooney is as an actor, director, and person — just as I would were I in …

Yesterday, we showed you the slick poster for Anton Corbijn’s upcoming drama The American, which stars George Clooney as an assassin in the Italian countryside doing one last job.  Today, there’s a new trailer for the film, and sadly it …

Focus Features has released the first poster for Anton Corbijn’s The American and it’s an eye-catcher.  It’s got a nice 70’s-esque feel to it and I support any poster that breaks from the bland floating-heads posters we see so often.  …