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Chris and Paul Weitz Talk ABOUT A BOY

September 3, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Chris and Paul Weitz Talk ABOUT A BOY

Chris and Paul Weitz were the directors of the wildly successful AMERICAN PIE. I was suitably impressed that they were able to switch successfully from broad farce to an insightful, even sensitive, comedy about a man who refuses to grow up and a boy who had no choice in the matter. Talking with them, it quickly became apparent that… Read More »

Tagged With: ABOUT A BOY, AMERICAN PIE, book to screen, Chris Weitz, comedy-drama, Hugh Grant, London, narrative, Nick Hornsby, Paul Weitz, Single mother, Toni Collette

Brett Haley Makes I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS Reality

May 17, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Brett Haley Makes I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS Reality

There’s a reason people will go out of their way to help Brett Haley. After only a few minutes, his generous nature is readily apparent, as is his delight in giving credit where he thinks it’s due. My only quarrel is that he might be giving too little to himself. True, the superb cast and… Read More »

Tagged With: Blythe Danner, Brett Haley, co-screenwriter, comedy-drama, director, feature, I'll SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, narrative, ukulele

Noah Baumbach Makes Hay WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

April 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Noah Baumbach Makes Hay WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

Noah Baumbach took a bold step in writing and directing WHILE WE’RE YOUNG. He decided not to take sides when telling this tale of youthful impatience and adult complacence meeting head-on, instead opting for the far more interesting neutral perspective that allows the audience to relish the quirks of both generations while never stooping to… Read More »

Tagged With: Adam Driver, Adam Horowitz, Amanda Seyfried, Ben Stiller, Charles Grodin, comedy-drama, director, Naomi Watts, narrative, New York City, Noah Baumbach, screenwriter

5 TO 7 with Victor Levin

April 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment

5 TO 7 with Victor Levin

When I spoke with Victor Levin by phone on April 3, 2015, I was surprised to learn that one of the thing that I appreciated most about his feature film directorial debut, the practicality of the women of the piece about extra-marital affairs in contrast to the shock evidenced by the men, was not something… Read More »

Tagged With: adultery, Anton Yelchin, Berenice Marlohe, comedy-drama, Glenn Close, narrative, New York City, romance, Victor Levin

DANNY COLLINS Overcomes

March 25, 2015 By Leave a Comment

DANNY COLLINS Overcomes

Narratively, DANNY COLLINS commits more than a few faux pas, but there is such warmth to the melancholy of a life discovered to have been wasted, that the winces they produce are worth enduring. Writer/director Dan Fogelman (CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE) may be too quick the play the melodrama card, but I prefer to focus on… Read More »

Tagged With: Al Pacino, Annette Benning, Bobby Cannavale, comedy-drama, Dan Fogelman, DANNY COLLINS, father-son relationship, film, Jennifer Garner, John Lennon, mid-life crisis, movie, rock star, singer

FOCUS Needs Some Adjustment

February 26, 2015 By Leave a Comment

FOCUS Needs Some Adjustment

Glenn Ficarra and John Renqua have made some films that are close to my heart. BAD SANTA, I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS, CRAZY STUPID LOVE are movies that are funny and smart without resorting to schmaltz. Instead, they are subversive satires about human nature, and what happens when wide-eyed innocence meets conniving manipulator. The same… Read More »

Tagged With: B.D. Wong, Brennan Brown, cinema, comedy-drama, con man, confidence game, crime caper, deception, film, Gerald McRaney, Glenn Ficarra, John Renqua, Margot Robbie, movie, narrative, narrative and tagged Adrian Martinez, race car, racing, romance, Super Bowl, Toledo Button, Will Smith

PIRATE RADIO

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

PIRATE RADIO

What PIRATE RADIO does that is so remarkable is to capture as closely as a film can what it was like to be a fan of rock & roll at a time when it was considered not just noise, but actual subversion.  Of course, in a way it was. This music was the anthem of… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, censorship, cinema, comedy-drama, film, male posturing, media, music, narrative, Nick Frost, PIRATE RADIO, Richard Curtis, rock and roll, seasickness

CITY ISLAND

October 21, 2014 By 1 Comment

The Rizzo Family of CITY ISLAND is a family of secret smokers. That smoke, though, is just a screen for the many other secrets that lurk amid this close-knit but volatile family, one that has no problem expressing itself, but not as much talent in sharing confidences. In fact, most of the secrets, smoking included,… Read More »

Tagged With: Andy Garcia, City Island, comedy-drama, director, Family, jazz music, long-lost son, Marlon Brando impersonation, movie cinema, narrative, New York City, prison guard, Raymond De Felitta, screenwriter

ALFIE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

The thing about Jude Law is that he is so unbelievably beautiful. Such is his pulchritude, not to mention his irresistible onscreen charm, that it’s easy to overlook the undeniable acting chops that are greater even than the sum of his more ephemeral gifts. In ALFIE, Charles Shyer’’s re-make of the 60s classic that starred… Read More »

Tagged With: charismatic cad, Charles Shyer, comedy-drama, director, Elaine Pope, Jude Law, narrative, remake

YOU KILL ME Say Tea Leoni & John Dahl

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

YOU KILL ME Say Tea Leoni & John Dahl

It’s only right that the interview in support of an offbeat, quirky film should also qualify as both offbeat and quirky. John Dahl and Tea Leoni were in rare form when we talked on June 15,  2007, waxing eloquent on such topics as acting as a virtual tennis match, the invigorating qualities of coffee, and… Read More »

Tagged With: alcoholism, Buffalo, comedy-drama, director, film, hit man, hot coffee, John Dahl, movie, narrative, Tea Leoni, Winnipeg

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