Movies
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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In the searing new documentary The Sentence, we discover that the casualties of the “War on Drugs” extend beyond the millions of Americans harshly punished with prison time—their families suffer the brunt. Director Rudy Valdez, an American of Mexican descent, began filming his three nieces for his sister Cindy Shank because she was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. It was her first offense. She was labeled a conspirator.
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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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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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A-list celebrities I’ve interviewed include Steven Spielberg, Susan Sarandon, Woody Allen, Ryan Gosling, James Franco, Helen Mirren, and many more. I’ve been a guest on Dr. Drew, Seven On Your Side, NY1 and radio shows. My New York Times essay is required reading at CUNY and my stories have been published in several book anthologies.
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image: scene from Timecrimes Movies for Science Students and Sci-Fi Lovers If you’re a science student, chances are you don’t see the world through the same eyes as everybody else. You’re probably the one always looking for scientific inaccuracies in films and your friends probably love you or hate you for it. But there are some … Read more
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I chatted with Tom Hiddleston on the red carpet for his at Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) premiere of “The Night Manager.” The much anticipated six-part TV miniseries aired on AMC on April 19. It is based on the book by John le Carré (“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”).
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Cinelan today announced that three-time Emmy Award-winning comedian and journalist Faith Salie (Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, CBS Sunday Morning, PBS’s Science Goes to the Movies) will host its new multi-format, fan-driven movie review show, Critical Mass, which gives the opinions of real ticket buyers the same weight as those of professional critics.
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Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney answered questions after an intimate press-only screening of his new doc, “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.” The film is an exploration into the odd phenomenon of the public’s adulation of Jobs. Four years ago, the Apple co-founder’s death launched worldwide public weeping during which mourners brought flowers and held each other … Read more
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Orange is the New Black Series 4 Confirmed The hotly anticipated return of everybody’s favorite Netflix series has been getting mixed reactions. “Orange is the New Black” was created by Jenji Kohan based on the memoirs of real-life inmate Piper Kerman about her own experiences in prison. The series has received critical acclaim, 12 Primetime … Read more
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