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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

Ewan McGregor & Mike Mills are BEGINNERS

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Ewan McGregor & Mike Mills are BEGINNERS

BEGINNERS is based on writer/director Mike Mills’ experience of having his father come out as gay when he became a widower after forty years of marriage. The film is fictionalized, the father is Hal, played by Christopher Plummer, the son is Oliver, played by McGregor, as far as the details go, but is emotionally true… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, BEGINNERS, Christopher Plummer, director, drama, emotional truth, Ewan McGregor, father-son relationship, Mike Mills, narrative, terrier, writer

For Tom McCarthy, it’s WIN WIN

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For Tom McCarthy, it’s  WIN WIN

Tom McCarthy returned to his hometown of Provinctown, N.J., for WIN WIN, his third film as a writer/director. The story of a lawyer on the verge of a financial meltdown who makes a rash and unethical choice also gave him the opportunity to revist his favorite high school sport: wrestling. A working actor with a… Read More »

Tagged With: Bobby Canavale, coach, comedy-drama, director, ethics, film, high school, lawyer, malfeasance, narrative, New Jersey, Paul Giamatti, Provinctown, Tom McCarthy, wrestling, writer

Nev and Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost Catch A CATFISH

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Nev and Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost Catch A CATFISH

When a painting arrived for photographer and filmmaker Nev Schulman at his office, he couldn’t have imagined the journey it would take him on along with brother Ariel and business partner Henry Joost. The painting was a rendering of a photograph of Nev’s that had appeared in the newspaper. The artist was eight-year-old Abby, and… Read More »

Tagged With: Ariel Schulman, CATFISH, cinema, director, documentary, Facebook, Henry Joost, identity, movie, mystery, Nev Schulman, painting, photography, virtual relationships, writer

Ruba Nadda is on CAIRO TIME

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Ruba Nadda is on CAIRO TIME

For Ruba Nadda, CAIRO TIME was another chance to explore what is universal in all women, no matter what their ethnic or cultural background. The unexpected, and unlooked for, romance between a married American tourist and the Cairo native who was her husband’s trusted employee, unfolds, as the title suggests, at a pace that is… Read More »

Tagged With: Alexander Siddig, Cairo, Canadian, director, drama, Egypt, Islam, narrative, Patricia Clarkson, romance, Rubba Nada, writer

Todd Solondz Explains LIFE DURING WARTIME

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Todd Solondz Explains LIFE DURING WARTIME

Todd Solondz was just finishing up his oatmeal when we were introduced on July 21, 2010. With a such a wholesome and solid breakfast under his belt, he was more than ready to talk about LIFE DURING WARTIME, a film that uses the idiom of wholesomeness and savagely juxtaposes it with lives rife with anguish,… Read More »

Tagged With: Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, Bar-Mitzvah, Charlotte Rampling, Chris Marquette, Ciaran Hinds, cinema, comedy, director, disturbing, Dylan Riley Snider, dysfunctional family, gumdrops, LIFE DURING WARTIME, Michael Lerner, Micharl Kenneth Williams, narrative, oatmeal pedophilia, obscene phone calls, Paris HIlton, Paul Rubens, Renee Taylor, Shirley Henderson, sisters, Todd Solondz, writer

Jay Duplass Creates CYRUS

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Jay Duplass Creates CYRUS

Filmmaker Jay Duplass channeled the close relationship he shares with brother, co-writer and co-director, Mark, into the sweet but insular relationship the 21-year-old title character of their film CYRUS shares with his mother. As part of the Mumblecore movement, their particular brand of indy filmmaking, their goal is to capture the an emotional immediacy and… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, comedy-drama, director, film, Indie, Jay Duplass, John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Mark Duplass, mother-son relationship, movie, Mumblecore, narrative, romance, sea of possibilities, writer

Jennifer Lawrence & Debra Granik Conquer WINTER’S BONE

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Jennifer Lawrence & Debra Granik Conquer WINTER’S BONE

Jennifer Lawrence gives an assured and raw performance as Ree Dolly, a girl taking on her rural Ozark community in director and co-writer Debra Granik’s WINTER’S BONE. It’s an impressive follow-up to her award-winning turn in Oscar Arriaga’s BURNING PLAIN. When I spoke with the actor and her director on April 30th, 2010, it was inevitable… Read More »

Tagged With: accents, Daniel Woodrell, Deborah Granik, director, drama, evisceration, Jennifer Lawrence, Ozarks, Ree Dolly, Sundance, Winter's Bone, writer

George A. Romero Insures the SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD

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When I talked with horror icon George A. Romero on May 13, 2010, it was hard to know where to begin, considering his first feature, 1968’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, earned a place on the Library of Congress’ film register in 1999. I decided to lead with the metaphorical aspect of his latest film, SURVIVAL OF THE… Read More »

Tagged With: director, end of the world, George A. Romero, horror viscera, Library of Congress film registry, movie, movie franchise, Mr. Roger's tonsils, writer, zombies

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