When is a big-budget cinematic comedy also a punchline itself? When that comedy is Ishtar, the notorious box-office bomb that became the literal poster child for expensive Hollywood flops. Released in ...

If there's one lesson to be learned from Elaine May's Ishtar, it's that the road to $40 million hell is paved with good intentions. But Ishtar—which shows this week at Portland State University's ...

Elaine May's comedy Ishtar is remembered more for its tremendous financial failings than its actual content. Even causal cinephiles know the name Ishtar simply because of its infamous reputation as ...

The 16th Marrakech Film Festival, which runs Dec. 2-10, will include career tributes to helmers Paul Verhoeven and Shinya Tsukamoto and thesps Isabelle Adjani and Abderrahim Tounsi. Since its ...

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born June 27, 1955) is a French film actress and singer. Adjani has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She holds the record for most César Award for Best Actress with five, for ...

Dustin Hoffman (left) and Warren Beatty in a scene from "Ishtar." Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection For decades a synonym for spectacularly bad movies, the notorious 1987 Warren ...

French acting legend Isabelle Adjani has been found guilty of tax fraud in a Paris court. (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press) Isabelle Adjani was hit with a two-year suspended prison sentence ...

MARRAKECH, Morocco — On its penultimate night, the 16th Marrakech Film Festival paid tribute to acclaimed French actress Isabelle Adjani, the only person to have ever one five best actress prizes at ...