THE MASTER (2012) Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, Ambyr Childers, Rami Malek, Amy Ferguson, Kevin J. O’Connor, Patty McCormack, Barlow Jacobs, Jillian Bell, W. Earl Brown, Fiona Dourif, Lena Endre and Jennifer Neala Page. Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Distributed by The Weinstein … Continue reading
THE IDES OF MARCH (2011) Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella, Jennifer Ehle, Gregory Itzin, Michael Mantell, Yuriy Sardarov, Bella Ivory, Hayley Meyers, Maya Sayre, Charlie Rose, Robert Braun, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. Screenplay by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau … Continue reading
Sidney Lumet One of the Last Interviews with the Late Great Director by Brad Balfour On the occasion of the great Philadelphia-born and New York-bred director Sidney Lumet’s passing earlier this year, The Film Society of Lincoln Center put together an extraordinary retrospective of 16 signature classics, Prince of the City: Remembering Sidney Lumet which was held in the … Continue reading
THE INVENTION OF LYING (2009) Starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey, Stephanie March, Martin Starr, Christopher Guest, Edward Norton, Jason Bateman and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Written by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. Directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson. Distributed by Warner Bros. 100 … Continue reading
Richard Curtis The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio by Jay S. Jacobs Richard Curtis is mostly known in the US for his romantic comedies. That is only natural; the man has penned some of the great romances of the last two decades – movies which were wonderfully British and … Continue reading
PIRATE RADIO (2009) Starring Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Talulah Riley, January Jones, Rhys Darby, Chris O’Dowd and Emma Thompson. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Richard Curtis. Distributed by Focus Features. 129 minutes. Rated R. Although Richard Curtis is best known in the US as the … Continue reading
DOUBT (2008) Starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Lloyd Clay Brown, Joseph Foster, Bridget Megan Clark, Lydia Jordan, Evan Lewis, Paulie Litt and Frank Shanley. Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. Directed by John Patrick Shanley. Distributed by Miramax Films. 104 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) is an old school … Continue reading
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD (2007) Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Brian F. O’Byrne, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkoff, Damon Gupton and Adrian Martinez. Screenplay by Kelly Masterson. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Distributed by THINKFilm. 117 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Marisa Tomei Makes Sure We Know She’s There In Sidney Lumet’s Latest by Brad Balfour In a film loaded up with some of the finest New York theater actors, Marisa Tomei made sure she stood out in Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Since its release, the film has stood out as well, garnering … Continue reading
INFAMOUS (2006) Starring Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdonovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Juliet Stevenson, Sigourney Weaver and Lee Pace. Screenplay by Douglas McGrath. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Distributed by Warner Independent Pictures. 118 minutes. Rated R. It was just a matter of bad timing that Infamous and Capote come a mere year … Continue reading
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