From Sundance to the Cinema 3: Momma's ManMomma's Man: An interview with director Azazel Jacobs and actor Matt Boren: MOMMA'S MAN begins with Mikey returning to his parents' place in New York after deciding not to get on the plane to go home to his wife and small child in California. Unsure of his own motivations, ... read more Posted on 08/15/2008 by FCFeatures Twilight of the IdolsChabrol’s “A Girl Cut in Two” and Rohmer’s “The Romance of Astrea and Celadon" It is a real treat to be a filmgoer in New York City this week, when new films by two elder statesmen of the French New Wave (not the usual suspects, either) will have their ... read more Posted on 08/15/2008 by FCFeatures CJ7CJ7: An interview with director Stephen Chow From Stephen Chow, the director and star of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, comes CJ7, a new comedy featuring Chow's trademark slapstick antics. Ti (Stephen Chow) is a poor ... read more Posted on 08/14/2008 by FCFeatures Quick TakesBy Damon Smith If you don’t know who Patti Smith is (New York poet, punk-rock legend, friend to Robert Mapplethorpe, William Burroughs, Bob Dylan, and countless other cool cats), and you’ve never heard her raucous, iconic 1975 album “Horses,” then don’t go looking to Steven ... read more Posted on 08/08/2008 by FCFeatures Tony, Tony, TonyThe Deal: An interview with director Stephen Frears: THE DEAL is director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan’s prequel to “The Queen”. The film traces the devolution in the relationship between the old-fashioned and hard-nosed Gordon Brown (David Morrissey) and the more polished and media-friendly Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) ... read more Posted on 08/08/2008 by FCFeatures Better late then neverElegy: An interview with director Isabel Coixet: Driven by Isabel Coixet’s visually assured and deeply observant direction, ELEGY charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms them—more than either could imagine—a charged ... read more Posted on 08/08/2008 by FCFeatures Girl InterruptedA Girl Cut in Two: An interview with actress Ludivine Sagnier: François Berléand stars as a jaded novelist and a too happily married "ladies man" whose latest conquest is TV weathergirl Gabrielle Deneige (Ludivine Sagnier). At once naïve and unstoppable, Gabrielle doesn't need to be convinced to enter into ... read more Posted on 08/08/2008 by FCFeatures Lives on the Line: "Frozen River," "Man on Wire," and "American Teen" in ReviewLives on the Line: "Frozen River," "Man on Wire," and "American Teen" in Review By Damon Smith We don’t need Norma Desmond to tell us that Hollywood isn’t kind to aging actresses. When an industry that prizes beauty above brains plants a virtual expiration tag on the rear end of ... read more Posted on 08/04/2008 by FCFeatures Pineapple ExpressPineapple Express: An interview with director David Gordon Green: Lazy stoner Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver (James Franco); to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a ... read more Posted on 08/04/2008 by FCFeatures Desperate times lead to desperate measuresFrozen River: An interview with actress Melissa Leo: With FROZEN RIVER, Melissa Leo shows us that sometimes a woman's got to do what a woman's got to do. In the film, Melissa Leo plays Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal ... read more Posted on 08/04/2008 by FCFeatures |
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