Asghar Farhadi Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center by Brad Balfour Iranian director Asghar Farhadi manages to both enlighten and mystify. Maybe that’s why he’s been able to evade both the censors and jailers who police filmmakers for thought crimes against the mega-fascist Iranian state. Or maybe because this … Continue reading
TURN ME ON, DAMMIT! (2012) Starring Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjørhovde, Henriette Steenstrup, Beate Støfring, Matias Myren, Lars Nordtveit Listau, Jon Bleiklie Devik, Julia Bache-Wiig, Julia Elise Schacht, Arthur Berning, Hilde-Gunn Ommedal, Ole Johan Skjelbred-Knutsen, Finn Tokvam, Per Kjerstad and the voice of Olaug Nilssen. Screenplay by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. Distributed … Continue reading
Raza Jaffrey Smashes Through to US Television Stardom by Jay S. Jacobs British actor Raza Jaffrey has spent much time on the stage, mostly in London’s West End, so it may be a certain amount of synchronicity that his American breakthrough role is on a TV series that revolves around the theater. Jaffrey is well-known in his native UK … Continue reading
21 JUMP STREET (2012) Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube, DeRay Davis, Dax Flame, Chris Parnell, Ellie Kemper, Jake M. Johnson, Nick Offerman, Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLuise, Richard Grieco and Johnny Depp. Screenplay by Michael Bacall. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. … Continue reading
THE DESCENDANTS (2011) Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Barbara L. Southern, Rob Huebel, Mary Birdsong, Laird Hamilton, Karen Kuioka Hironaga, Carmen Kaichi, Celia Kenney, Matt Reese, Scott Michael Morgan and Patti Hastie. Screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Directed by … Continue reading
The Black Keys – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – March 10, 2012 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2012. All rights reserved. Continue reading
FRIENDS WITH KIDS (2012) Starring Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Chris O’Dowd, Edward Burns, Megan Fox, Lee Bryant, Kelly Bishop, Cotter Smith, Brian d’Arcy James, Derek Cecil, Ilana Levine, Owen Bento, Steven Weisz, Michael Dean, Rekha Luther, Mila McConaughey and Minka McConaughey. Screenplay by Jennifer Westfeldt. Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt. … Continue reading
YOUNG ADULT (2011) Starring Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe, Jill Eikenberry, Richard Bekins, Mary Beth Hurt, Kate Nowlin, Jenny Dare Paulin, Louisa Krause, Elizabeth Ward Land, Brian McElhaney, Hettienne Park, John Forest, Brady Smith, Emily Meade, Rightor Doyle and the voice of J.K. Simmons. Screenplay by Diablo Cody. Directed by … Continue reading
IMMORTALS (2011) Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Luke Evans, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, John Hurt, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, Joseph Morgan, Peter Stebbings, Robert Maillet, Steve Byers, Mark Margolis, Corey Sevier, Stephen McHattie, Alan Van Sprang, Greg Bryk and Danny Blanco Hall. Screenplay by Charley Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides. Directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar. Distributed … Continue reading
The Pretty Reckless – Hit Me Like A Man EP (Interscope) There is a long, not always storied, history of actors and actresses who fancy themselves singers. Sometimes it works out, more often it doesn’t. The lead singer of The Pretty Reckless is Taylor Momsen, a former model-turned-Gossip Girl star. But if you’re expecting some candy-ass bubble gum crap, … Continue reading
