Carlos doesn't get as far as that prison. The movie's fluidly choreographed intrigues and prideful speeches collapse with a whimper as the Jackal is arrested after his most delicate operation yet, at ...

Not that one needed the carbs -- Assayas’ movie provides plenty of energy of its own, offering just enough thrills to keep the film suspenseful (especially in the second section), without ...

"Weapons are an extension of my body," says Ramirez Sanchez, aka Carlos the Jackal. Adapted from a five-and-a-half-hour mini-series, this three-hour biopic chronicles 20 years in the life of the ...

Snapshot: A three-part historical drama based on the life of the 1970s terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal. Screens over two days -- starting 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday -- at the Prytania Theatre.

The film is “Carlos,” a dramatization of Carlos the Jackal, who even today inspires dread and fascination for his vicious attacks in Europe and the Middle East from the 1970s until his arrest ...

Edgar Ramirez stars as Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan-born terrorist who fought for Palestinian liberation and then became famous for kidnapping members of an OPEC conference in 1975.

Long movies Carlos checks in at around 5 1/2 hours (there is a also shorter 2 1/2 hours version for some theatrical releases). Surprisingly there are plenty of movies in the same company length ...

Edgar Ramírez admits that when he decided to play Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the notorious 1970s Venezuelan terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal, all he knew about the man was "not much more than ...

The movie was shot over seven months in locations on three continents, and the 300-page script was so complicated that Assayas had to pitch the project as a TV series in three parts.

The big question of the day at Cannes: does “Carlos” justify its five-and-a-half hour running time? Anthony Breznican says yes, it does, although he admits that there were lots of walkouts at ...