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Going Beyond BLACK OR WHITE

January 30, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Going Beyond BLACK OR WHITE

Mike Binder has a particular genius for showing people brimming with good intentions, but flawed, stumbling through life without the operating instructions that would help them negotiate the bumps along the way. He has the gift of showing humor and pathos as elements that are not so much disparate, as entwined, manifesting at oddest moments… Read More »

Tagged With: African-Amerian, Andre Holland, Anthony Mackie, based on a true story, biracial, cinema, courtroom, custody battle, drug addiction, film, Gillian Jacobs, Keving Costner, lawyers, Mike Binder, movie narrative, Octavia Spencer, Paula Newsome, race relations

CHICAGO

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

CHICAGO

Just when you thought we’’d lost the knack for producing a live-action musical film here in the States, along comes CHICAGO. Set in 1920s in that toddling town, this hard-as-nails tale of sex, politics, fame, and most of all jazz, is a big, splashy, brassy confection wrapped up in a bow with enough bugle beads… Read More »

Tagged With: courtroom, director, lawyers, murder, musical, opening up a play for the screen, rhinestone dangers, Rob Marshall, stage to screen

Rob Marshall Conquers CHICAGO

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Rob Marshall Conquers CHICAGO

When I spoke to Rob Marshall on January 25, 2003, he was still basking in the afterglow of CHICAGO’s big night at the Golden Globes. Off mic, I asked the obvious question about what it was like for him to adapt a show so identified with Broadway legend Bob Fosse (daunting), and then started the official… Read More »

Tagged With: courtroom, director, lawyers, murder, musical, opening up a play for the screen, rhinestone dangers, Rob Marshall, stage to screen

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