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ZERO DARK THIRTY

August 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment

ZERO DARK THIRTY

ZERO DARK THIRTY starts, tellingly, with a dark screen and audio clips from 9/11. Air traffic control chatter, 911 calls, and the anguished, astonished voices of people who have no frame of reference for what is happening to and around them. In doing so, the film compels the viewer to relive that day not with… Read More »

Tagged With: 9/11, Al Qaeda, based on a true story, CIA, covert operations, Jessica Chastain, Kathryn Bigelow, narrative, Navy SEALS, Osama Bin Ladin

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR for Oscar Isaac

January 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR for Oscar Isaac

Sometimes in an interview there’s a defining line. And in talking to Oscar Isaac about JC Chandor’s A MOST VIOLENT YEAR on December 5, 2014, it came towards the end our conversation, when I had asked what I called the “obligatory Star Wars question”.  As Isaac was describing his method for getting into character as an… Read More »

Tagged With: Catalina Sandino Moreno, cinema, drama, film, Grace Frick, interviews, JC Chandor, Jessica Chastain, Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian, movie, Movies and tagged and t-bone burnett, mystery, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars, thriller, X-wing fighter.

THE HELP

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE HELP, based on the novel of the same name by Kathryn Stockett, gently but firmly peels away they dry rot of racism that festered beneath the gracious, etiquette obsessed façade of southern gentility before the civil rights movement. What is remarkable, and a remarkably difficult line to walk, is that it does so while… Read More »

Tagged With: Allison Janney, books to film, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cicely Tyson., director, domestic servants, Emma Stone, Jackson, Jessica Chastain, Jim Crow, Kathryn Stockett, Mary Steenburgen, Mississippi, Octavia Spencer, race relations, racial discrimination, racial prejudice, Sissy Spacek, Tate Taylor, THE HELP, Viola Davis, writer

Tate Taylor & Octavia Spencer Bring THE HELP to Life

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Tate Taylor & Octavia Spencer Bring THE HELP to Life

Tate Taylor and Octavia Spencer have a special insight into THE HELP. The novel on which Taylor based his script, which he also directed, was written by his lifelong friend, Kathryn Stockett. Spencer was Taylor’s roommate when she got to know Stockett, and was the inspiration for the character she plays in the film, Minnie.… Read More »

Tagged With: Allison Janney, books to film, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cicely Tyson., director, domestic servants, Emma Stone, Jackson, Jessica Chastain, Jim Crow, Kathryn Stockett, Mary Steenburgen, Mississippi, Octavia Spencer, race relations, racial discrimination, racial prejudice, Sissy Spacek, Tate Taylor, THE HELP, Viola Davis, writer

John Madden Pays THE DEBT

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

John Madden Pays THE DEBT

When tapped to direct THE DEBT, John Madden had not seen HA HOV, the Israeli film on which it is based. When he read the script, he decided he wanted to see the original, but only once. The re-make follows the same general outlines, but Madden emphasized that it is its own entity, distinct and with… Read More »

Tagged With: Berlin, director, drama, espionage, ethics, HA HOV, Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, John Madden, morality, Mossad, Nazi hunters, thriller, war crimes

Emma Stone Helps THE HELP

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

When I talked with Emma Stone in July 11, 2011, the issue of Vanity Fair with her on the cover had just hit newstands. It seemed wrong not to acknowledge this milestone in a career that is relatively new, but has already shown so much versatility. Bouyant but grounded, Stone spoke with engaging conviction about… Read More »

Tagged With: Allison Janney, books to film, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cicely Tyson., director, domestic servants, Emma Stone, Jackson, Jessica Chastain, Jim Crow, Kathryn Stockett, Mary Steenburgen, Mississippi, Octavia Spencer, race relations, racial discrimination, racial prejudice, Sissy Spacek, Tate Taylor, THE HELP, Viola Davis, writer

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