Warner Bros.’ political thriller “Syriana” lit up the box office with what appears to be the best per-screen average for a Thanksgiving weekend and the second highest of 2005. Showing big-city auds ...

A power struggle over oil in the Middle East is the backdrop for the new film Syriana, starring George Clooney and Matt Damon. Critic Kenneth Turan says the movie is one of "paradoxes, contradictions ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Critics have been hailing “Syriana,” George Clooney’s latest film to take on the ...

George Clooney put on 30 pounds to play a CIA operative in "Syriana," but the weight that matters is in the movie itself -- a premium-octane thriller about a world that has become insidiously ...

The film Syriana depicts the inner workings of the global oil industry, weaving together stories of Arab royalty, CIA agents, ruthless businessmen and terrorists. Madeleine Brand speaks with Syriana ...

The pair were making 2005’s ‘Syriana’ ...

George Clooney already delivered one dynamic political thriller this year in “Good Night and Good Luck.” That film dealt with communist witch hunts of the past. “Syriana” dives deep into the politics ...

Clooney didn’t have much time to gain a reported 30-plus pounds for his role as Bob Barnes in Syriana. A ccording to the Irish Examiner, the father of two stepped up to play the role after another ...

Syriana, which opened across the US on December 9, is a serious and audacious film. A collaboration between writer-director Stephen Gaghan, producer-actor George Clooney and executive producer Steven ...

Washington think-tanks use the term “Syriana” to describe the theoretical reformation of the Middle East. In the upcoming political thriller appropriately titled Syriana, the word depicts this land as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I don’t know if anyone does time capsules anymore, but if they do I suggest that a DVD of the George Clooney movie “Syriana” be included. I’m not sure it ...