Sean Baker Looking at the Dark Side of the Happiest Place on Earth with The Florida Project by Jay S. Jacobs Much like the characters in his films, indie director Sean Baker has spent most of his life toiling under the radar. In a writing/directing career that has spawned seven movies in 17 years (plus … Continue reading
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) Starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Bria Vinaite, Christopher Rivera, Mela Murder, Josie Olivo, Caleb Landry Jones, Macon Blair, Sandy Kane, Karren Karagulian, Carl Bradfield, Terry Allen Jones, Aiden Malik, Jason Blackwater, Jim R. Coleman, Kelly Fitzgerald, Sabina Friedman-Seitz and Gary B. Gross. Screenplay by Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch. … Continue reading
FINDING DORY (2016) Featuring the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Hayden Rolence, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Sloane Murray, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Brad Garrett, Austin Pendleton, Vicki Lewis and Stephen Root. Screenplay by Andrew … Continue reading
Wes Anderson The Director Gives Us a Guided Tour of The Grand Budapest Hotel by Brad Balfour On the surface, the narrative driving Wes Anderson’s eighth film is pretty simple. During the fictional glory days of The Grand Budapest Hotel (starting back in 1932), its exacting Concierge Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) fiercely maintains its … Continue reading
The Fault in Our Stars http://www.popentertainment.com/movie_revs/faultinourstars.htm It takes a sure hand and a lot of talent to create a story which is concurrently tragically poignant and at the same time smartly and snarkily distrustful of the basic elements of tragically poignant stories. John Green’s young adult novel The Fault In Our Stars is beloved not just because … Continue reading
MIRAL (2010) Starring Freida Pinto, Hiam Abbass, Yasmine Al Massri, Omar Metwally, Alexandra Siddig, Ruba Blal, Willem Dafoe and Vanessa Redgrave. Screenplay by Rula Jebreal. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. In just the broadest strokes, the background story to Miral sounds almost surreal – an acclaimed Jewish-American artist-turned-film-director hires … Continue reading
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (2009) Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson and Jarvis Cocker. Screenplay by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Directed by Wes Anderson. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 88 minutes. Rated PG. Wes Anderson, director of such quirky … Continue reading
PARIS, JE T’AIME (PARIS, I LOVE YOU) (2007) Starring Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Juliette Binoche, Catalina Sandina Moreno, Elijah Wood, Natalie Portman, Melchior Beslon, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Nick Nolte, Ludivine Sagnier, Miranda Richardson, Fanny Ardant, Bob Hoskins, Emily Mortimer, Rufus Sewell, Willem Dafoe, Marianne Faithfull, Barbet Schroeder, Xin Li, Paul Putner, Olga Kurylenko, Margo … Continue reading
SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, James Franco, Dylan Baker, Elizabeth Banks, Bryce Dallas Howard, Theresa Russell, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris, Mageina Tovah, Cliff Robertson, J.K. Simmons, Bill Nunn, Willem Dafoe, Elya Baskin and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Sam & Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. Directed by Sam … Continue reading
AMERICAN DREAMZ (2006) Starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Sam Golzari, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Yalda, Marcia Gay Harden, Seth Meyers, Bernard White, Adam Busch, John Cho, Judy Greer, Noureen DeWulf, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Carmen Electra. Screenplay by Paul Weitz. Directed by Paul Weitz. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 107 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
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