After lavishing Kate Winslet with praise and noting how adorably “edible” his tiniest cast member is, director Todd Haynes got emotional.
“This is a movie… about a mother,” Haynes said while introducing his new miniseries, Mildred Pierce (to debut on HBO March 27) at the Ziegfeld Theatre, “and tonight isn’t quite the same for me Read More
Whatever Works
Running time 92 minutes
Written and directed by Woody Allen
Starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Henry Cavill
On the face of the Woody Allen canon, Whatever Works is a zit. I once wrote that Woody Allen on a bad day was better than everybody else Read More
As the Tribeca Film Festival opened last night with Whatever Works, Woody Allen‘s new film starring comedian Larry David, the procession of talent filing into the Zeigfeld Theatre seemed to collectively decide that the safest thing to do, considering the masses of screaming passersby, overeager reporters, and elbow-grabbing publicists, was to get inside as Read More
The Wrestler
Running time 109 minutes
Written by Robert D. Siegel
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Talk about comebacks. In The Wrestler, a post-Rocky look at a junked-out, has-been fighter who won’t leave the ring even though he’s long past his prime, Mickey Read More
If Hillary Clinton doesn’t make it this week, SNL‘s Amy Poehler will begin doing Ralph Nader impersonations instead. She’s already been practicing, you see. This sounds funny, like the movie Baby Mama! [NY Daily News]
Harrison Ford pierced his ear after a "semi-drunken" lunch with Ed Bradley and Jimmy Buffett. Oh, Read More
“Can you tell us what the fuck that movie was about?” asked a leggy blonde. She was at the afterparty for the premiere of Pretty Persuasion, a dark teen dramedy in the fine tradition of Heathers. “We walked in halfway through.”
Hmm, let’s see. There’s a sprinkling of underage sex, a generous dose of the Read More
When the current silly season is over, Arnold Schwarzenegger may win over the pectoral college, but Kevin Costner will get the popular vote. His wonderful new film Open Range is the kind of movie guaranteed to make just about everybody happy. If cowboy movies are passé, it’s because they all look and sound alike. But Read More
