I met Sean Penn in 2008 during the closing night of the Cannes Film Festival, the year he was President of the Jury and I won the Jury Prize for Il Divo. He expressed some really flattering opinions of my film. I found this sufficiently remarkable to entertain the fantasy of making a film with him. Unexpectedly, like a true American dream, the fantasy became a reality.
Secret Cinema: Staging Movie Events of Classics
October 20, 2012 by
The U.K. company Future Cinema will to export its Secret Cinema venture, a series of events that combine live performances, involving audience participation, with the screening of a classic movie, to New York and a number of major European cities. The company is also in talks with the Hollywood studios to stage similar bespoke events for new theatrical releases.
Cloud Atlas: Interview with Wachowskis (Lana and Andy)
October 19, 2012 by
The scale of its ideas is what we were instantly attracted to, its compassion for human beings, its boldness and audacity and the way it felt simultaneously classic and yet completely new–Lana Wachowski
Politics 2012: 67 Millions Watch Obama Romney Debate
October 5, 2012 by
We live in politically charged times. The high interest in the presidential election was reflected by an estimated 67.2 million Americans, who watched the first of the three debates between President Obama and his GOP challenger Mitt Romney
Sessions: Interview with Star John Hawkes
September 15, 2012 by
In playing Mark O’Brien in The Sessions, Oscar-nominee (Winter’s Bone) John Hawkes takes on another memorable role capturing O’Brien’s untiring spirit, self-effacing wit and the significant physical challenges that take him into a very different daily reality.
