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Michelle Williams Finds a Safe Haven With Outsider Director Kelly Reichardtnew
It's a rare bankable star who lends her name to a tiny project budgeted at $300,000 and shot over 18 days with a mostly volunteer crew by a director whose name, had Williams bothered to ask permission from her agents, would doubtless have inspired the response "Who?"
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Clint Eastwood, America's Directornew
"You've made the first movie of the Obama generation!" exclaimed an audience member, as he rushed up to Clint Eastwood after a recent screening of Gran Torino. "Well," the 78-year-old actor-director replied, without missing a beat, "I was actually born under Hoover."
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
'Milk' Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black Finds Inspiration Both Personal and Politicalnew
"When I was done with the script, I was going to take it out to some directors, and Cleve said, 'No, let me send it out,' and he gave it to Gus." From there, the film came together very quickly -- in a matter of weeks, the producers and Sean Penn were on board.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Bryn Evans |
12-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kelly Reichardt on Working with Michelle Williams and the Realities of Being Poornew
A relentlessly independent director working far outside the confines of the studio system, Reichardt has fashioned a film that illuminates the ways in which people treat one another, from compassion to indifference, during tough times. She spoke us about her new film.
New York Press |
Christopher Wallenberg |
12-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Slumdog Millionaire' Director Talks About Mumbai Before the Terrornew
English director Danny Boyle was visiting Seattle a while back, raving about the inspiration Mumbai provided during the filming of his acclaimed new Slumdog Millionaire. Then we all know what happened in that city.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
12-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catherine Hardwick Tackles 'Twilight'new
Director of teen-friendly vampire romance fights for respect from Hollywood boys' club.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
11-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Catherine Deneuve: Belle De 50 Ansnew
The actress on her new film, A Christmas Tale, and her long, glorious non-career.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gus Van Sant Gives Harvey Milk His Close-Upnew
Van Sant's first brush with Milk came in 1978 while he was driving across the country and heard on the radio that the supervisor was shot. Though he later saw the 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, it never occurred to him to make a film about the politician.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
11-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Talking 'A Christmas Tale' with Arnaud Desplechinnew
A Christmas Tale is the "home for the holidays" primal scene as primal scream: from the first moments, as we're introduced to the characters, we realize they can be chilly and abrupt, capable of pettiness and outright cruelty. And that's just the set-up.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Documentary 'Global Metal' Moshes with the Universality of Heavy Metalnew
"It was my experience in high school that all the metalheads were pretty nice guys," says Scot McFadyen. He thinks for most metal fans a genuine awareness, respect and compassion for people "overrides wanting to appear badass."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Staff |
11-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Being Lincoln' Explores Subculture Where Everyone is Abe Lincolnnew
In his lighthearted documentary, Elvis Wilson delves into a nationwide subculture of men who dress, re-create and comport themselves at public appearances as Lincoln.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
11-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Lance Hammer Earned His Beautiful New Film 'Ballast'new
It is but one of the many remarkable qualities of Ballast that its characters possess their quiet, unassailable dignity from the start rather than having it revealed (or, worse, bestowed upon them) by the filmmaker.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
From Manchester to Mumbai with Danny Boylenew
He wanted to make a movie from inside, and he's succeeded with Slumdog Millionaire, a vibrant, fast-paced, gorgeously mounted and soulful Oliver Twist makeover about Jamal, an inner-city youth who reaches the finals of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
11-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gus Van Sant Delivers the Story of Harvey Milk in His Most Political Film to Datenew
Milk, starring Sean Penn, seems to have transformed Van Sant from an aloof, apolitical outsider into a defender of gay rights.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
11-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Slumdog Millionaire' Gracefully Slides Between Fairy Tale Romance and Gritty Dramanew
It's a credit to the filmmakers that every moment, from the harsh street scenes to a Bollywood-style song-and-dance number, is integral to the story. In the end, that juxtaposition is what helps the film capture a sense of the "real" India, however tenuous the concept.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Louis Peitzman |
11-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
