Lisa Cholodenko Photo : ©Focus Features/Courtesy Everet Will Lisa Cholodenko’s remake of “Toni Erdmann” with Kristen Wiig ever get made? There hasn’t been much action since she came on the project after Jack Nicholson had departed. The director of queer indie like “The Kids Are All Right” and “Laurel Canyon” and “High Art” has stayed busy with […]

Spike Jonze Photo : ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett C New York-born music video director Spike Jonze made one of the most seamless transitions into movies with “Being John Malkovich” (1999) and “Adaptation” (2002). Both films landed major awards attention in the acting and screenplay categories (the first for eventual Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman). Taking a brief hiatus behind […]

Tom Ford Photo : ©Weinstein Company/Courtesy Eve Tom Ford had been one of the world’s top fashion designers for nearly two decades when he switched gears in 2009 and directed “A Single Man,” based on the Christopher Isherwood novel. Colin Firth was Oscar-nominated for his starring role in the sensitive drama, one of many accolades Ford’s directorial […]

John Carpenter Photo : Courtesy Everett Collection Between 1978 and 1988, John Carpenter directed 7 features that are universally regarded by critics and fans alike to be some of the most influential and groundbreaking horror and science-fiction movies in history. The work-for-hire films include the stylish Stephen King adaptation Christine and the Oscar-nominated Starman that he helmed during that unprecedented […]

Wong Kar Wai Critics and Viewers Eager to See More Work Photo : ©Magnolia Pictures/Courtesy Eve Few filmmakers have had a greater impact on Western cinema than Hong Kong iconoclast Wong, whose dreamily impressionistic style has influenced everything from “Lost in Translation” to “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (the film’s neon-lit alley scene is a none-too-subtle wink […]