I realized when I was writing that the work of an actress is not so much about the superficiality or the technique of acting, it’s about absorbing humanity–writer-director Olivier Assayas
Clouds of Sils Maria: Interview with Director Assayas, Discussing Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart,
October 8, 2014 by
Force Majeure: 2014 Highlight, Interview with Ruben Ostlund
October 7, 2014 by
The story concerns a family on holiday that witnesses an avalanche and the father runs away, terrified. When it is over, he is ashamed because he has succumbed to his primal fear.
Stray Dog: Interview with Debra Granik
September 29, 2014 by
The film is also about a Midwestern workingman negotiating the convulsions of our times–gun culture, unemployment and underemployment in recession-era America–Director Granick.
Movie Audiences: Fincher Says Studios Treat Audiences like Cattle
September 16, 2014 by
Studios treat audiences like lemmings, like cattle in a stockyard–David Fincher to Playboy Magazine
Pawn Sacrifice: Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fisher
September 9, 2014 by
For Tobey Maguire, it was a 10-year-journey to get his drama about chess player Bobby Fischer on the big screen. After false starts, he finally secured enough financing for the $16 million picture, “Pawn Sacrifice,” which premieres at Toronto on Thursday night. Director Edward Zwick shot the film in 40 days in Montreal last fall. Tobey […]
