Clara Mamet Dancing the Two-Bit Waltz by Jay S. Jacobs Clara Mamet is no stranger to show business. Her father, David, is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. Her mother, Rebecca Pidgeon, is a well-known actress and singer. Also half-sister Zosia is one of the stars of HBO’s hit series Girls. Therefore, it is … Continue reading
HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (1959) Starring Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Stella Dassas and Pierre Barbaud. Screenplay by Marguerite Duras. Directed by Alain Resnais. Distributed by Rialto Pictures. 92 minutes. Not Rated. Gallic movies of the fifties and sixties – dubbed La Nouvelle Vague (the French New Wave) – caused seismic changes in cinematic art. … Continue reading
MONTY PYTHON LIVE (MOSTLY) (2014) Featuring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, John Du Prez, Eddie Izzard, Mike Myers, Warwick Davis, Brian Cox, Stephen Hawking and archival footage of Graham Chapman. Written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Directed by Eric … Continue reading
FORCE MAJEURE (2014) Starring Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren, Brady Corbet, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius, Jakob Granqvist and Malin Dahl. Screenplay by Ruben Östlund. Directed by Ruben Östlund. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 119 minutes. Rated R. There is a certain symmetry in the fact that most of Ruben Östlund’s latest film, … Continue reading
JESSABELLE (2014) Starring Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, David Andrews, Joelle Carter, Ana de la Reguera, Larisa Oleynik, Chris Ellis, Fran Bennett, Brian Hallisay, Vaughn Wilson, Paul Garrett, Barbara Weetman, Jason Davis, Lucius Baston and Amber Stevens. Screenplay by Robert Ben Garant. Directed by Kevin Greutert. Distributed by Lionsgate. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. The poster of … Continue reading
Markéta Irglová Can Have Whatever She Dreams Of by Jay S. Jacobs Music has led Markéta Irglová down many roads. She was born under the communist regime in the old Czechoslovakia. Though not a musician himself, her father was very involved in the local arts scene and helped to set up performances by many international … Continue reading
Eduardo Sánchez – The Blair Witch Director Takes On Bigfoot by Jay S. Jacobs Fifteen years ago, a little mega-low-budget film called The Blair Witch Project became one of the biggest surprise hits in independent film history. The movie was created by unknown co-writer/directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, two former film students who decided that … Continue reading
Alley Mills, Olivia d’Abo & Danica McKellar – Looking Back in Wonder by Jay S. Jacobs On January 31, 1988, just moments after Washington killed Denver in Super Bowl XXII, ABC aired the premiere of a new little series about suburban life in the 1960s. The Wonder Years broke a lot of rules in television, and … Continue reading
THE JUDGE (2014) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Emma Tremblay, Billy Bob Thornton, Leighton Meester, Dax Shepard, Ken Howard, Balthazar Getty, David Krumholtz, Grace Zabriskie, Denis O’Hare, Lenny Clarke and Sarah Lancaster. Screenplay by Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque. Directed by David Dobkin. Distributed by Warner Bros. 141 … Continue reading
Eva Longoria – Celebrating La Raza with The ALMA Awards by Jay S. Jacobs It’s hard to believe that glamorous and super-smart actress Eva Longoria has been host of The Annual ALMA Awards for eight years now. Created by the NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization … Continue reading
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