“Foxcatcher” subject Mark Schultz kicked off the new year by defending his angry social media rant against director Bennett Miller over a characterization he called “a sickening and insulting lie.” “My story and my life are real. I am a real human being,” Schultz wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

If you have seen FOXCATCHER, chances are you were intrigued to look up some of the background on Mark Schultz, John DuPont, and the true crime story that influenced the acclaimed film. You may even have seen Mark Schultz acting chummy with with director Bennett Miller and stars Steve Carrel and Channing Tatum. Tatum, who plays Schultz in the film, and his real life counterpart seem to have gotten along well.... Read More...

“Foxcatcher” is the latest awards hopeful to make a splash in its debut at the specialty box office. The Fox Searchlight drama starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo opened in six theaters and brought in $288,113 this weekend for an impressive $48,019 per-screen average. That's the fourth-best limited opening of the year, behind “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Boyhood” and “Birdman,” and a little ahead of last weekend's opening of Focus Features’ film about Stephen Hawking, “The Theory of Everything.” The ro

Stark. Cold. Lonely. This is the kind of world that Bennett Miller created for Foxcatcher, starring Steve Carell and Channing Tatum. The film follows the true story relationship between wrestler Mark Schultz (Tatum) and his multi-millionaire sponsor John du Pont (Carell), as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul. Mark Ruffalo co-stars as Mark’s brother Dave Schultz, who is also a champion wrestler. Foxcatcher begins abruptly, introducing us to Tatum’s burly and bull-like Mark.