On Friday I took my boys to see the new Ang Lee film Life of Pi. We all thought it was mostly wonderful, and certainly one of the most visually stunning films any of us had ever seen. I’d like ...

Pi’s ear-witness writer, and the novel’s readers, may have been momentarily uplifted by “a compelling form of storytelling,” as Farber puts it, but the 3-D movie’s audience is ultimately ...

Ebert added: “The movie quietly combines various religious traditions to enfold its story in the wonder of life. How remarkable that these two mammals, and the fish beneath them and birds above ...

Suraj Sharma went along with his acting brother to a Delhi, India, audition of "Life of Pi" purely as a favor, motivated by the promise of a free meal. Despite no prior acting experience or ...

This viewers’ perspective, not coincidentally, ties into Pi’s religious sampling of Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Pi searches not so much for truth as for something worth believing in.

Pi Patel’s journey is described as one “that would make you believe in God.” Although Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” probably won’t have this effect on the majority of its viewers, it will ...

The man behind the 2001 best-seller tells THR how a key character differs in the NYFF opening film and whose reaction he anticipates most. By Ashley Lee First, it was M. Night Shyamalan. Then ...