AltWeeklies Wire
Keanu Reeves on Rebecca Miller's Unconvincing 'Private Lives of Pippa Lee'new
How much you may or may not enjoy The Private Lives of Pippa Lee depends on either a) your interest in a crowded genre (stifled housewife wonders if she has wasted her life) or b) your interest in watching good actors do interesting work with material that is less than top shelf.
Artvoice |
Peter Rainer |
12-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hilary Swank Talks About Mastering Amelia Earhart's Walk and Talknew
"You may think you know how it ends," Swank says about Amelia, "but you have to see it to see if it ends the way you think it does, because there are a lot of theories about it."
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ricky Gervais Tells the Truth About 'The Invention of Lying'new
A mid-life success as the creator of the original British reality spoof The Office and the HBO series Extras, Gervais has always made comic hay out of his short stature and pudgy build. The Invention of Lying is no exception. "I've always done that," Gervais admits. "I think it's funny."
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-02-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The New Wild West: Talking with Guy Ritchienew
Timing, as you may have heard, is everything. While I would never imply that a married couple would get divorced simply to publicize a movie, it can't hurt the box office potential of Guy Ritchie's new RocknRolla to be mentioned in every one of the far too numerous tabloid stories about his recently announced breakup with his unimonikered wife.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
11-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Edward Norton on 'Pride and Glory' and His Obama Documentarynew
From his debut in Primal Fear through roles like American History X, Fight Club, and even The Incredible Hulk, Norton has always been drawn to ambivalent characters. He agrees that it's a large part of what interested him in acting.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ed Harris Talks Westerns and 'Appaloosa'new
It's been 50 years since they first pronounced the Western dead, but it just refuses to stop sucking air. The latest star to realize this is Ed Harris.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steve Carell on Improv and 'Get Smart'new
While improvisation would seem to be more welcome in an indie film or a show like his hit The Office than in a big-budget summer blockbuster like this, Carell says it still has its place. "It was a mix. We stuck to the script, but there were chances to play. We would come up with alternatives because you never know in the final outcome what will or won't work. So we tried to give ourselves some options on various takes."
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
06-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
With New Film Project, Professor Griff Takes on African-American Media Stereotypesnew
Griff's most famous role in that long career is minister of communications for Public Enemy, but Griff (born Richard Griffin) has made his own name in the world as well, separate from but always in pursuit of the same agenda that drove Public Enemy: empowering black people, countering media dissembling, fighting the powers that be.
Artvoice |
Geoff Kelly |
03-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brian De Palma's Acts of Regressionnew
Debuting on home video this week, Redacted only played theaters in a handful of cities last fall, though it stirred up more than its share of controversy.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
Cracking! An Interview With the Creator of 'Wallace and Gromit'
Delightfully detailed and lovingly crafted, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit represents five years of work by Nick Park and the Aardman animators.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
