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Icelandic Beauty Export: Anita Briem Makes a 3-D Debut in "Journey to the Center of the Earth"

An example of the famed Icelandic fact that its women are stunningly beautiful, Anita Briem is also a stage-trained actress, perfectly at home on a green screen set for a big Hollywood action/adventure movie.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 07-02-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Eric Brevig, Journey to the Center of the Earth

Scorsese Shines a Light on the Stones

On a cold Sunday at Manhattan's Palace Hotel, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts joined a throng of anxious journalists so we could pepper them with questions. Needless to say, Marty and the Stones looked marvelous, laughed a lot, and cracked wise to everyone's delight.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 03-31-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Martin Scorsese, Shine a Light

Daniel Radcliffe on Acting His Way Out of Harry Potter

Since throwing caution to the wind to perform in a West End revival of Peter Schaffer's nudity-mandatory play "Equus," Radcliffe teamed up with Australian independent director Rod Hardy for an ensemble film based on Michael Noonan's novel December Boys.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 09-17-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: December Boys, Rod Hardy

Clive Owen Shoots 'Em Up and Talks About It

Clive Owen's recent performances in films like Sin City and Children of Men have put him on the radar of cutting-edge directors like Michael Davis.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 08-21-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up

Catherine Zeta-Jones Talks About 'No Reservations'

Zeta-Jones is a renaissance actress whose seemingly effortless ability to embody characters comes with a highly skilled singing voice and stunning beauty that keeps audiences riveted.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 07-21-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: No Reservations, Scott Hicks

Christian Bale on Herzog and 'Batman'

The top UK actor working in films today talks to Cole Smithey about making Rescue Dawn and the next Batman movie.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 06-29-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog

Putting In The Fix: Michael Moore Talks About 'Sicko'

Moore's knack for framing political and social issues in a surprisingly entertaining documentary format is a journalistic phenomenon that picks up where 60s-era activist filmmakers like Barbara Kopple left off.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 06-22-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko

Angelina Jolie Talks About 'A Mighty Heart'

The star and supermom, who plays the rather homely-looking Mariane Pearl with every curly hair flawlessly in place, sat down to talk about the film at Cannes.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 06-04-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: A Mighty Heart, Michael Winterbottom

William Friedkin Talks About 'Bug'

I spoke with "Billy" Friedkin in the library dining room of a sleek purple and blue yacht floating beside a pier at last year's Cannes film festival where Bug won the International Critic's Prize.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 05-14-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bug, William Friedkin

Deconstructionist Western

Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan discuss their rugged Western Seraphim Falls.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 01-28-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: David Von Ancken, Seraphim Falls

Playing a 'Good German'

Over the past ten years Cate Blanchett has made increasingly daring acting choices that have elevated her to a status of this generation’s Meryl Streep.

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 12-11-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Steven Soderbergh, The Good German

Down Under the Influence

Heath Ledger talks about his latest film Candy, in which he plays a young man torn between his love of heroin and his equally addicted girlfriend (Abbie Cornish).

Maui Time | Cole Smithey | 11-27-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: candy, Neil Armfield