Movies
Dorri Olds photographs many stars – including James Caan, Blondie, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Steven Spielberg, Julianne Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Oscar Isaac, Angela Bassett, Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Jane Fonda, Lorraine Bracco, Abigail Breslin, Jeff Bridges, Woody Allen and many more A-list celebrities. Photos from Red Carpets, Exclusive Interviews, Private Press Events and Tribeca Film Festival
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Above and Beyond, produced by Nancy Spielberg (sister to Steven), is a wild adventure true-life tale you won’t want to miss. It is a riveting documentary about a ragtag team of Jewish-American pilots who, after surviving World War II, decided to risk everything to save the State of Israel. I published a few pieces when the movie first came out in 2015. … Read more
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RIP Robin Williams. This is the last film from the beloved Williams, who tragically hanged himself in August 2014, two weeks shy of 63. Williams struggled for years with depression and substance abuse, but what led to his suicide was the neurodegenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) combined with Parkinson’s disease.
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During this fraught time in American politics, we are now beginning 2019 continuing to question which outlets are providing the provable facts versus the #FakeNews or “Alternative Facts” that are running rampant across the internet from outlets like Fox and Breitbart sites. At this frightening time of Holocaust deniers and White Supremacy at an all time high, we must focus on the facts. This movie is a must-see for anyone who cares about what really happened.
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I sat down with Felicity Jones on March 20 for an exclusive interview to talk about movies and working with Guy Pearce. Jones starred in the indie ‘Breathe In’ as the character Sophie. She stays with her music teacher (Guy Pearce) who is having a mid-life crisis in his empty marriage to Megan (Amy Ryan).
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Nigerian Prince hit theaters and is now available on demand. Faraday Okoro, a New York City based Nigerian-American filmmaker, wrote and directed Nigerian Prince. The movie had its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Okoro received a $1 million grant from AT&T to produce this film. summer. His magnetic con-artist cousin, Pius, manipulates the naive Eze and drags him into a mess of corruption. Chinaza Uche—who is even more captivating in person—plays Pius, Eze’s ne’er do well cousin, a full-time scammer. Newcomer Uche gave a flawless and nuanced performance as a pitiable character despite his perfect looks and seductive charm.
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Jane Fonda, 2-time Oscar-winning actress (and 7-time Oscar nominee), 4-time Golden Globe winner, 2-time BAFTA winner, and Emmy Award winner, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Oscar-winner Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine). The award will be presented to Fonda during the festival’s 14th annual edition, running July 31 to August 5 along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan in Traverse City, Michigan.
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#TFF2018 Anniversaries and Reunions include Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece (winner of 7 Oscars), Schindler’s List, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special post-screening conversation featuring Spielberg and actors Liam Neeson, Sir Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, and more. Scarface, one of the most referenced and revered films in pop culture, will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a screening and conversation featuring De Palma and actors Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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At 3am, July 10, 1973 in Rome’s Piazza Farnese, John Paul Getty, III was pistol-whipped in the head, forced into a car and taken to a cave in Calabria. The kidnappers sent a ransom note demanding $17 million that the infamously wealthy oil business family refused to pay.
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Hollywood has convinced so many women to fix their “imperfections.” Not Kirsten Dunst. When the actress showed up on the set of her first Spider-Man movie, she was told to get her crooked teeth straightened. Dunst refused. “I was like, ‘No, my teeth are cool!’” Now, at age 35, Dunst has once again delivered a fi rm “No” to a filmmaker’s request. She was asked to drop some pounds for her role as Miss Edwina in the new Southern gothic thriller, The Beguiled, but Dunst said (I’m paraphrasing here), “Nope, not gonna happen.”
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