Film
Native New Yorker Josh Pais shines in Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” as creepy rich guy Stu Feldman. He is also starring in writer director Lynn Shelton’s 2013 Sundance Official Selection indie, “Touchy Feely.” Abby, a massage therapist (Rosemarie DeWitt), has a commitment-phobia attack that gushes out sideways. She’s caught the heebie-jeebies and can’t touch other people’s skin—awkward in her line of work. Abby’s brother Paul (Pais) is a sad, uptight, socially inept dentist with a floundering practice. Ellen Page plays his encouraging and emotionally-stunted daughter. The talented cast includes DeWitt’s real-life hubby Ron Livingston, and Allison Janney as the healer who loosens Paul up. “Touchy Feely” is about living in one’s skin, both figuratively and literally.
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Patrick Wilson, star of the sleeper hit of this summer [note: this interview was in 2013], The Conjuring, has secrets to tell and rumors to confirm. All six-foot-one of him sauntered into our interview last week in Midtown Manhattan. His swimming pool eyes are even more piercing in person than they are onscreen. The hunky Wilson … Read more
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Despite a stellar cast, Director Robert Luketic’s new flick, “Paranoia,” is a must miss. It is hard to believe that a thriller starring Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Amber Heard could be so, well, un-thrilling.
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The Wolf of Wall Street is a biography crime drama due out November 15, 2013. It’s based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who rose to meteroic wealth and basked in his high life. That is until his partying plummets into the depths of crime, corruption, and trouble with the federal government. … Read more
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Actor Paul Rudd plays Alvin, an isolated road worker, in the 2013 Sundance Official Selection, “Prince Avalanche.” David Gordon Green won for Best Director at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival. Goofy guy Lance (Emile Hirsch) is paired with Alvin to paint lines on lonely Texas roads. It’s a simple tale of two aimless guys spending the summer … Read more
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Dorri Olds interviews Emile Hirsch about his latest movie, the indie comedy drama Prince Avalanche. Paul Rudd co-stars and David Gordon Green directs. Sundance Official Selection, SXSW Official Selection and David Gordon Green won for Best Director
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Dorri Olds sat down yesterday with Ryan Gosling, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Kristin Scott Thomas at the Mandarin Hotel in Columbus Circle to discuss the film, ‘Only God Forgives.’
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“The Hunt,” starring Mads Mikkelsen (“A Royal Affair,” “Hannibal”), is directed and co-written by Thomas Vinterberg and opens in New York City this Friday. On Wednesday July 10, 2013 at Lincoln Center, Examiner Dorri Olds attended an intimate cocktail party with actor Mads Mikkelsen. Meeting celebrities is an interesting job but not all stars enjoy chatting. Once … Read more
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Every day, your online data gets more transparent. The laws about ways companies can use your information changes unpredictably and covertly. “Terms And Conditions May Apply” is a documentary by Cullen Hoback about what it means when you click, “Agree.” Many fear we are moving towards a totalitarian world. This documentary exposes how often you sign away your privacy. … Read more
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“The Way, Way Back” is a comedy-drama gem written and directed by the Oscar-winning team Jim Rash and Nat Faxon (“The Descendants”). It’s a coming of age story about 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James) who has to endure a summer vacation with his mother Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing and tactless boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell), and Trent’s daughter Steph (Zoe Levin). The introverted Duncan feels awkward everywhere. He’s full of teen angst, boredom and anger. Things change forever when he meets Owen (Sam Rockwell), a playful manager at the Water Wizz water park who becomes his mentor.
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