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August 23, 2015
Rupert Friend Plays an Elite Assassin in ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Co-Starring Zachary Quinto
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
“Hitman: Agent 47,” based on the popular video game, centers on an elite assassin, played by Rupert Friend (“Homeland), engineered to be the perfect killing machine. He’s emotionless, consistent, deadly….
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August 3, 2015
Director James Ponsoldt on ‘The End of the Tour’ and Jason Segel’s Breakthrough Role as David Foster Wallace
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Director James Ponsoldt’s new film “The End of the Tour” chronicles five days in 1996 when David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) interviewed famed “Infinite Jest” novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason…
October 16, 2014
Jeremy Renner Stars As Investigative Reporter Gary Webb
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Jeremy Renner stars as investigative journalist Gary Webb in the heart-pounding thriller “Kill the Messenger,” which chronicles his efforts to track down the link between drug dealers, contra rebels…
October 8, 2014
On the Red Carpet at the NYFF: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Trippy ‘Inherent Vice’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
From the stage of Alice Tully Hall director Saturday night Paul Thomas Anderson pointed to the New York Film Festival logo that reads, “Film Lives Here,” and added, “It…
October 7, 2014
NYFF: ‘Whiplash’ Director Damien Chazelle and J.K. Simmons Riff On Artistic Perfection
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
“Whiplash,” the Sundance Award-winning film by Damien Chazelle that is screening at the New York Film Festival, lives up to rave reviews. The movie is about 19 year-old jazz…
October 6, 2014
NYFF: Richard Gere In a Soulful Turn as a Homeless Man in ‘Time Out of Mind’
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Richard Gere, in his best role in years, plays a homeless man living on the merciless streets of New York in “Time Out of Mind,” which screened at the…
September 22, 2014
Terry Gilliam On His New Kooky Sci-Fi Epic “The Zero Theorem
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Terry Gilliam, the 73-year-old “Monty Python” star and founding member and veteran movie director, was in New York last week to promote his new wacky sci-fi epic, “The Zero Theorem.” Set…
August 21, 2014
Brendan Gleeson and director John Michael McDonagh Talk About Priest Drama ‘Calvary’
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
“Calvary” director John Michael McDonagh was once “incarcerated for accidentally killing a swan” according to the production notes Fox Searchlight publicists handed out at a press event for the film…
July 22, 2014
Woody Allen On His New Rom-Com “Magic in the Moonlight”
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Woody Allen told journalists Friday at a press conference for his new rom-com “Magic in the Moonlight,” set in the 1920’s in the gorgeous South of France, that in life what…
July 13, 2014
Richard Linklater, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and Ellar Coltrane Talk About Filming “Boyhood”
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
The stars of Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” - Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and Ellar Coltrane - age in real time in this one-of-a-kind nearly three-hour film. “Boyhood,” which opened Friday,…
June 23, 2014
Clint Eastwood and Cast Talk About Bringing “Jersey Boys” to the Big Screen
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
The jukebox musical “Jersey Boys” about 1960’s rock group the Four Seasons is still going strong on Broadway, where it won four Tony Awards, including for best musical and…
May 4, 2014
Writer Misan Sagay Talks About Her Jane Austen-Like Heroine in “Belle”
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Misan Sagay, the brilliant and passionate screenwriter of “Belle,” was in Manhattan recently to promote the film. Director Amma Asante and actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Miranda Richardson and Sam Reid…
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April 30, 2014
“Belle” director Amma Asante Talks About Her Jane Austen-Like Tale
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Amma Asante, the 44-year-old English director of “Belle” has created a luscious period drama that combines Jane Austen sensibilities with issues of social injustice and slavery in 18th-Century England….
April 15, 2014
More Bone-Crunching Violence in “The Raid 2”
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Welsh director Gareth Evans returns to Indonesia for “The Raid 2,” another intensely, hyper-violent martial arts film that ups the ante of its predecessor, “The Raid: Redemption.” The bone-crunching…
March 18, 2014
Inside the ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ With Filmmaker Wes Anderson
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s least precious and best film. It’s probably going to be his most successful as well. It opened Friday, March 7, in four…
January 13, 2014
Martin Scorsese Interviews “The Grandmaster” Director Wong Kar Wai
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Just before taking off for the Golden Globe, Martin Scorsese took time off from promoting “The Wolf of Wall Street” to champion another film, global art-house director Wong Kar…
December 26, 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese Talk About Depravity in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” is the last major film with Oscar prospects to be rolled out this year and it’s a doozy. As you’ve probably heard,…
December 25, 2013
Asghar Farhadi Directs Bérénice Bejo in “The Past”
— Posted by Paula Schwartz
Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi journalists at the New York junket for his new film, “The Past,” that he was sleeping when his publicist called him to tell him that… |
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