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'The Merry Gentleman': A Job for Batmannew
When a ruptured appendix put Chicago director Ron Lazzeretti in the hospital, Michael Keaton stepped in to save the day. Now their project hits Sundance.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
01-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blood, Sweat and Tearsnew
There Will be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson on making his masterpiece, and how baseball may have saved him.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tracy Morgan Taps into His Past for 'First Sunday'new
Morgan, a standup comic and co-star of the comedy 30 Rock, was concerned that the audience wouldn't go with him when he was in dramatic scenes.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David E. Talbert, First Sunday
Frank Langella Learns Serenity Latenew
He is now in the midst of a comeback that includes a recent Tony for the play Frost/Nixon and a reinvigorated career that will see him star in four movies scheduled for release in 2008.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Directed by Charles Burnett' Recalls a Legendnew
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), TCM will reaffirm its reputation for exceptionally idiosyncratic, film-savvy programming when it airs Killer of Sheep and a slate of Burnett's short films: The Horse, My Brother's Wedding, When It Rains and Several Friends.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charles Burnett
Kicking into High Gearnew
Director and actor Mark Cantu sticks behind the camera for his latest feature, Echo.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Echo, Mark Cantu
David Urbanic Documents Grassroots Touringnew
Instead of presenting Zelazowa's experience solely as sold-out shows and non-stop partying, Urbanic highlights the mundane and even dismal aspects.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Porn Supremacynew
Philly-bred Paul Fishbein's "Oscars of adult" turns 25.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Anthony Layser |
01-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Persepolis's Reel Revolutionnew
In her graphic novels and now in the film based on her Persepolis books, Marjane Satrapi -- the character -- comes across as one helluva shit disturber. But even those vivid, ink-drawn images can't prepare you for Satrapi in person.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jack Nicholson's Hospital Staynew
A few weeks before Nicholson was supposed to play a dying man who makes a friend in a hospital ward, he became ill and ended up spending eight weeks in a hospital.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rob Reiner, The Bucket List
The New Bill Cosby: Ice Cubenew
He may tote a gun as First Sunday's desperate daddy, but Ice Cube saves his gangsta style for the hip-hop side of his career, not his kid-friendly flicks.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David E. Talbert, First Sunday
Creator Marjane Satrapi on the Adapted 'Persepolis'new
"I always thought that was the worst idea in the world," Satrapi says with a grin. "To make comics and then to make a movie out of them I still think is not a very good idea."
The Georgia Straight |
Mark Leiren-Young |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Persepolis
The Birth Monologuesnew
Producer Ricki Lake on the birth culture of the U.S.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Saving Gracenew
Critics have called The Wire's most unlikely star, Felicia Pearson, and her character "Snoop" one of the "most ruthlessly charismatic" murderers to ever grace the small screen.
San Diego CityBeat |
Will K. Shilling |
01-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Preach for the Starsnew
Talking with There Will Be Blood's Paul Dano.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
01-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
