DOWN THE SHORE (2010) Starring James Gandolfini, Famke Janssen, Joe Pope, Edoardo Costa, John Magaro, Gabrielle Lazure, Kate Skinner, Ruza Madarevic, Johann Benét, Christian Welter, Emma Canot, Steve Moreau, Bill Slover, Tom Schimpf, Jon Randazzo and Ellen Wolf. Screenplay by Sandra Jennings. Directed by Harold Guskin. Distributed by Anchor Bay Media. 93 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions. He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais. He has since worked as an … Continue reading
MY PIECE OF THE PIE (MA PART DU GATEAU) (2011) Starring Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Pierre Martins, Zinedine Soualem, Raphaële Godin, Flavie Bataillie, Lunis Sakji, Fred Ulysse, Kevin Bishop, Marine Vacth, Tim Piggot-Smith, Philippe Lefebvre, Juliette Navis Bardin, Camille Zouaoui and Adrienne Vereecke. Screenplay by Cédric Klapisch. Directed by Cédric Klapisch. Distributed by … Continue reading
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011) Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Alison Pill, Tom Hiddleston, Nina Arianda, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Léa Seydoux, Corey Stoll, Yves Heck and Gad Elmaleh. Screenplay by Woody Allen. Directed by Woody Allen. Distributed by Sony Picture Classics. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Mélanie Laurent Vive la Beginner by Jay S. Jacobs Even though she has made over 20 films in her native France, unless you are a regular at your local art-film house, in the US the only way you have likely heard of Mélanie Laurent is for her appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. In that film, Laurent played Shoshanna, … Continue reading
Ewan McGregor Absolute Beginners by Jay S. Jacobs One of the reasons that Scottish actor Ewan McGregor’s career has been so fascinating is because he is constantly reinventing himself. The guy is just as comfortable in rough-n-tumble violent drug gang stories (Trainspotting) as arty period pieces (Emma, Miss Potter), black comedy (his breakthrough Shallow Grave, I Love You Phillip Morris), action … Continue reading
JULIE & JULIA (2009) Starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch, Joan Juliet Buck, Crystal Noelle, George Bartenieff, Vanessa Ferlito, Casey Wilson, Jillian Bach, Andrew Garman, Frances Sternhagen and the voice of Mary Kay Place. Screenplay by Nora Ephron. Directed by Nora Ephron. Distributed … Continue reading
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet Reuniting on Revolutionary Road by Brad Balfour At a recent press conference in New York preceding its premiere, the essential members of the Revolutionary Road cast (Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon and Kathy Bates) and director Sam Mendes answered questions before a small room of journalists. Of course, the big news – … Continue reading
RUSH HOUR 3 (2007) Starring Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yvan Attal, Youki Kudoh, Noemie Lenoir, Jingchou Zhang, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Henry O, Dana Ivey and Philip Baker Hall. Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. Directed by Brett Ratner. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Somehow there has been … Continue reading
Rue Melo This is Her House by Jay S. Jacobs In Paris – where Rue Melo was born – the word rue means road. Although it isn’t her given name (“Rue is actually a nickname that I grew up with,” she explains) somehow it totally fits her. The 23-year-old singer has lived a bit of a gypsy … Continue reading
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