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Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 4 of 5)
18 hours ago | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Tom Noonan as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter (Michael Mann, 1986, USA):
Noonan is absolutely incredible as a serial murderer in this underrated adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon. With all respect to the talented but miscast actors involved in Brett Ratner’s 2002 adaptation Red Dragon (USA), with the exception of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, the acting in this earlier, superior version of the book exists on a much higher level. Most notably, there’s nothing resembling a comparison between Noonan’s Francis Dollarhyde and Ralph Fiennes’ interpretation. This role is by far Noonan’s finest film work to date and should not be missed.
Other notable Tom Noonan performances: Phoenix (Danny Cannon, 1998, USA).
Christopher Walken as Brad Whitewood Sr.in At Close Range (James Foley, 1986, USA):
Having once described his role in this film as “the hillbilly Lucifer”, Walken is incredible as a rural crime boss bringing his son, »
- Terek Puckett
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
22 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Artist; Martha Marcy May Marlene; Carancho; Chronicle; Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
At a time when eye-straining, ear-bashing, hi-tech 3D movies are being drearily touted as the inevitable "future of cinema", Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist (2011, Entertainment, PG) reminds us that great movies – and great movie-making techniques – are timeless. An affectionate homage to the early days of cinema, this wonderful near-silent black-and-white beauty about a matinee idol threatened by the arrival of sound tips its cine-literate hat towards everything from the swashbuckling romps of Douglas Fairbanks to the pathos of Chaplin and the slapstick of Keaton. Narratively, the film intelligently acknowledges the die-hard templates of Singin' in the Rain and A Star is Born, while an hallucinogenic dream sequence in which our hero is haunted by the spectre of sound would not look out of place in a David Lynch movie. Hazanavicius's best picture Oscar-winner is no mere genre pastiche, »
- Mark Kermode
Vulture Finds the Bridge From the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Under the Bridge’
24 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Randy Newman may proclaim, "I Love L.A.," but Los Angeles is deeper, richer, and more vibrant than that shouty stream of Chamber of Commerce clichés. For an Angeleno like me, "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers comes closer to capturing the city's true vibe. It starts out sunny: "I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion / I walk through her hills 'cause she knows who I am / She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy / And I never worry ... " And then takes a dark — very L.A. — turn: " ... Now that is a lie."The 1992 single, off the album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was a turning point for the Chili Peppers. Their first mainstream hit, the song went platinum, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard "Hot 100." Coupled with a video directed by Gus Van Sant, »
- Mark Haskell Smith
Last Night on Late Night: Josh Brolin Flipped John Krasinski the Bird
23 May 2012 11:51 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Josh Brolin got back at John Krasinski for the group F-you from the cast of Promised Land, specifically Krasinski himself, Matt Damon, and Gus Van Sant. Besides, Brolin admits, he can't help it if their mutual publicist likes him better. Plus: Charlize Theron grabbed her boobs to squash all rumors of a future boob job; and Jim Gaffigan recited a pretend-Victorian letter to his dearest Gwendolyn — why else is there still hotel stationery? Watch our compilation to see what you missed. »
- Caroline Shin
Scoot McNairy Joins Twelve Years A Slave
22 May 2012 2:36 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Scoot McNairy starred alongside Brad Pitt in Andrew Dominik’s crime thriller Killing Them Softly, which premiered to strong reviews at the Cannes Film Festival. Variety reported today that McNairy re-teamed with Pitt for a role in British filmmaker Steve McQueen’s period drama Twelve Years a Slave, his adaptation of Solomon Northup's memoir recounting his kidnapping in 1841 and his 12-year captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation until 1853. McNairy joined the drama as a circus worker who helps kidnap Northrup. McNairy, best known for the indie sci-fi thriller Monsters, continued work on Gus Van Sant’s drama Promised Land and recently wrapped the Iran hostage drama Argo for Ben Affleck. »
'Killing Them Softly' Star Scoot McNairy & Ruth Negga Join Steve McQueen's 'Twelve Years A Slave'
22 May 2012 2:27 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Scoot McNairy is on a hell of a run at the moment. The star of "In Search Of A Midnight Kiss" finally turned heads in a big way with Gareth Edwards' 2010 low-budget spectacular "Monsters," and ever since then he's been the toast of the town: he met for roles in "Prometheus" and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," but ended up going down more grounded routes, with parts in Ben Affleck's "Argo"; in Gus Van Sant's "Promised Land" with Matt Damon; in Lynn Shelton's "Touchy Feely"; and in Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly," for which McNairy earned rave reviews at Cannes this morning (read ours right here).
And clearly, he impressed his co-star in that film, Brad Pitt. The megastar is gearing up to produce and play a supporting role in "Twelve Years A Slave," directed by "Shame" helmer Steve McQueen, and according to Variety, he's bringing along McNairy, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
‘Monsters’ & ‘Killing Them Softly’ Star Scoot McNairy Re-Teams With Brad Pitt For ‘Twelve Years a Slave’
22 May 2012 1:34 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Today brought the Cannes debut of Andrew Dominik‘s Killing Them Softly — read our very positive take here — and, with it, the arrival of a screen duo that is apparently not too keen on cutting their ties just yet. I’m speaking of Scoot McNairy (Monsters) and a somewhat higher-profile guy named Brad Pitt who, according to this Variety report, will reunite in another enormously anticipated adaptation: Steve McQueen‘s Twelve Years a Slave.
We previously learned that Pitt‘s role in McQueen‘s Shame follow-up is going to be a mere cameo, and that’s perhaps made more appropriate now — he is, after all, the lead to McNairy‘s supporting goon in Killing Them Softly, and from the sound of things, it looks like McNairy could turn the tables by holding a pivotal narrative role in 12 Years a Slave. He’s set to “play a shrewd circus worker who »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Cannes 2012: We Talk ‘On The Road’ with Producer Roman Coppola
22 May 2012 3:53 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
When I spoke to Roman Coppola last week, in addition to talking about Moonrise Kingdom and A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III he also spoke about his involvement with On The Road, the long delayed film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s seminal Beat novel.
With On the Road about to première at Cannes it seemed like the perfect opportunity to share some of what he had to say about its difficult journey to the screen.
“The quick version of that story is that my dad, his company American Zoetrope – that I’m very involved with – bought the rights to that book in 1979 so for thirty some odd years it’s been there with the intention to make a movie. It’s one of those famous projects that’s been famously difficult to get the right script, to get the right actors. And even in Kerouac’s day »
- Craig Skinner
Casting News: Dano, Black, Golightly
21 May 2012 8:01 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Paul Dano ("There Will Be Blood," "Little Miss Sunshine") has joined the cast of Steve McQueen's "Twelve Years A Slave" at New Regency. Based on Solomon Northup’s novel, the story follows a free black man who is drugged and dragged to Louisiana and sold into slavery.
Dano will play one of the slave owners who brutalize the lead character (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt also star. [Source: Deadline]
Lucas Black has joined the cast of both the Gus Van Sant-directed "Promised Land" at Focus Features, and the Brian Helgeland-directed "42" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
In 'Promised', Black plays a land owner who gets cheated and exploited when his land is leased. In '42', he plays shortstop Pee Wee Reese who befriended and stood by rookie Jackie Robinson from the moment joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. [Source: Deadline]
Gage Golightly is set to »
- Garth Franklin
Lucas Black Adds ‘Promised Land’ and ‘42’; Terrifying Set Photos From Jackie Robinson Biopic Surface
21 May 2012 11:25 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Before we get to the casting items at hand, just you go ahead and look at that freaking image. No, this isn’t from the set of a horror film about a carnival of half-sized amputees; it’s for the biopic of a sports legend. Over at The Birmingham News, we’ve been able to gander at the production of Brian Helgeland‘s 42, which features newcomer Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, while Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, a large supporting cast of notable character actors, and inflatable people are also making onscreen appearances.
Well, no, not really. The nightmare-inducing creatures are actually being utilized for post-production, a time in which they’ll be replaced by digital figures that should, with any luck, seamlessly integrate with actual humans in the crowd. Although that’s obviously the best course of action for 42, I sort of wish they’d stick with these »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Abbas Kiarostami Finds Inspiration Far From Home
21 May 2012 10:04 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Cannes, France — Abbas Kiarostami has found inspiration far from home.
The Iranian director's films are routinely banned in his home country, whose Islamist government has arrested or barred several younger filmmakers from working.
The 72-year-old auteur has responded by looking abroad for inspiration. His last feature, "Certified Copy," was shot in Italy, and his new Cannes Film Festival entry "Like Someone in Love" was made in Tokyo, in Japanese and with a Japanese cast.
"In the past few years for fairly obvious reasons, perhaps, I had to work outside Iran," Kiarostami told reporters in Cannes on Monday, saying this presented him with a challenge. "How could I convey to you what I had in my imagination without resorting to geography?"
Kiarostami built a global reputation with simple stories told with passion and conviction in Iran-set films like "Life and Nothing More" and "Through the Olive Trees. He said now setting »
- AP
Lucas Black Joins ‘Promised Land’ And ’42′
21 May 2012 9:30 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Lucas Black has joined the cast of the Gus Van Sant-directed Promised Land for Focus Features. He’ll also play a role in the Brian Helgeland-directed 42 for Warner Bros. In Promised Land, Black plays a land owner who gets cheated and exploited when his land is leased. In 42, Black plays shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who, from the moment Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the color barrier, embraced the rookie and stood by his side. ICM-repped Black was last seen with Robert Duvall in Seven Days In Utopia. »
- MIKE FLEMING
Dustin Lance Black Funnelled His Cash Into Virginia
17 May 2012 6:41 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Scriptwriter Dustin Lance Black funnelled his own cash into Virginia to pay for re-editing after the Jennifer Connelly movie bombed at its debut.
The Milk writer makes his directorial debut with the drama, which stars Connelly as Virginia, a mentally troubled woman who has an affair with a married sheriff, played by Ed Harris.
The film, originally titled What's Wrong With Virginia, premiered to largely negative reviews at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, prompting Black to head back into the editing room.
Now he admits he was forced to cough up his own money to complete the passion project to his liking.
He tells New York Magazine, "We never felt we had enough time in the editing room... We didn't even have time to watch it with an audience. We showed it to friends and family - which I'm now thinking is a terrible idea, because they're always going to say they love it and that's not very helpful. And although the audiences in Toronto were very supportive, just watching the film through their eyes, I felt like I was watching a film that didn't know if it was a drama or a comedy, until maybe about an hour in. For me, that was too late in the film.
"And for the critics, that was definitely too late in the film. And I got beaten up by critics, in some ways deservedly so. So I went to my producer... and I said, 'We have to cut this thing.' It was tough, because we had distribution offers, and people said, 'If you don't take them now, these will go away.' So it was a bit of a fight. I had to pony up some of the money for the re-edit."
But Black reveals he did have some help from celebrated filmmaker Gus Van Sant: "He told me a story about re-cutting a film (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) that didn't go well, and gave me some advice about what to watch out for." »
On The Rise 2012: 10 Directors Who Look To Be Bright Sparks Of The Future
15 May 2012 11:33 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Like it or not, filmmaking is undeniably a director's medium. It wasn't always like that, of course: it was only the coming of the auteur theory in the 1950s and 1960s that popularized the idea of the director as the person responsible for all that was great and terrible about a picture. And while anyone who's worked in film knows that it's a collaborative medium, there's still no better way of seeing where the form might be going in the next few years than by looking at the directors who've been making splashes of late.
So, hot on the heels of our On The Rise pieces focusing on actors, actresses and screenwriters, we've picked out ten directors who've arrived in a big way in the last year or so, and look set for even greater things in the near future. Any tips of your own? Let us know in the comments section below. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Top 20 Alternative Picks for Cannes 2012: Darezhan Omirbayev’s Student
15 May 2012 9:15 AM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Buzz: Really, anytime there’s a new Kazakh film it’s reason to pay attention; the country doesn’t produce that much, and when they do it tends to be pretty damn noteworthy. The last significant film from Kazakhstan (no, it wasn’t Borat) came four years ago in the form of Tulpan. A year earlier, Darezhan Omirbayev’s previous film Chouga placed on Cahier du cinema’s top ten of 2010 (it played in Un Certain Regard in 2007, but this is the year it finally got released in France). So it’s pretty easy to see why project is being unveiled with a relatively unprecedented level of momentum for the under-appreciated filmmaker.
The Gist: Said to be “a modern retelling of Dostoyevsky’s epic novel Crime and Punishment set against the backdrop of contemporary Kazakhstan.” For those unfamiliar with the seminal novel or have yet to see »
- Blake Williams
Streaming for Your Pleasure: Comedians Gone Serious
15 May 2012 2:22 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Article by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Welcome to the latest installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure. In this series I look at films currently Streaming on Netflix that fit into a specific topic. This week I’m looking at comedic actors that attempt to reinvent themselves as serious actors. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but in the end you have to at least respect the attempt of someone trying new things. Listed are films that are successful enough to garner your attention for a watch or two. Feel free to list you thoughts, opinions, or ideas in the comment section below
Directed By: Rodrigo Cortes,
Written By: Chris Sparling
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jose’ Luis Garcia Perez, and Robert Paterson
Synopsis: While on a job in Iraq, civilian contractor Paul Conroy is attacked and kidnapped, then awakens to find himself buried alive in the middle of »
- Guest
Taylor Lautner: Tracers Parkour Thriller
14 May 2012 1:44 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Taylor Lautner to star in the action thriller Tracers, to be directed by Daniel Benmayor, and produced by Temple Hill Entertainment’s Mary Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, two of the producers of the five Twilight movies, all featuring Lautner: Twilight (2008), New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011), and the upcoming Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012). FilmNation Entertainment will peddle Tracers‘ international rights at the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday. As per Deadline.com, Tracers "buzz has begun spreading on the film and there is bidding among a number of territories international buyers." Whether that’s fact or just more buzz remains to be seen. Also as per Deadline, in the New York City-set Tracers Lautner will play Cam, a bike messenger who owes money (or something else?) to organized crime. Whether while fleeing the gangsters or just by being a klutz, Cam crashes his bike into "a sexy stranger." Seduction »
- Zac Gille
Production Beginning on Focus Features. Admission; Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen To Star
14 May 2012 1:43 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Production begins this week in New York and New Jersey on Focus Features. Admission, directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
The comedy/drama stars Screen Actors Guild Award winner Tina Fey (30 Rock), Paul Rudd (soon to be seen in This is 40), BAFTA Award nominee Michael Sheen (The Queen), Golden Globe Award nominee Gloria Reuben (ER), Wallace Shawn (of the upcoming A Late Quartet), and Academy Award nominee Lily Tomlin (Nashville). The screenplay is adapted by Karen Croner (One True Thing) and Mr. Weitz from Jean Hanff Korelitz.s 2009 novel of the same name.
Mr. Weitz, an Academy Award nominee as one of the screenwriters of About a Boy, most recently adapted and directed Being Flynn for Focus. He is producing Admission with Andrew Miano, his partner in the production company Depth of Field, and Kerry Kohansky-Roberts (Nick and Norah »
- Michelle McCue
Taylor Lautner to Star in ‘Tracers,’ That Bike-Messenger-Turned-Parkour-Enthusiast Film No One Asked For
14 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
You have to admire the dedication of Taylor Lautner‘s team – they are convinced that they can turn the leader of Twilight‘s Wolf Pack into an action powerhouse. While he won’t be our Stretch Armstrong, and despite last year’s news that he was joining up with Gus Van Sant for more brainy films, Lautner has signed on for yet another seemingly stupid action flick (shades of Abduction). However, this one just might end up being, at the very least, wildly amusing. A press release from this morning reveals that Lautner will star in action thriller Tracers, which FilmNation will be selling to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be directed by Daniel Benmayor (whose resume includes just two films, neither of which I’ve ever heard of, Paintball and Bruc, the Manhunt) and produced by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey (who have also produced the Twilight films). The film unites »
- Kate Erbland
Taylor Lautner Re-Teaming with 'Twilight' Producers for 'Tracers'
14 May 2012 10:26 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
When in doubt, return to the original recipe.
Taylor Lautner didn't have a whole lot of success with his first post-"Twilight" lead - last year's critically-denounced thriller from Lionsgate, "Abduction" - so for his next stint in the action genre, he'll be joining arms with two old pals who he's shared some considerable success alongside in the past.
Deadline reports that Lautner has been cast in "Twilight" co-producers Mark Bowen and Wyck Godfrey's next action-thriller, "Tracers," which'll feature him in the lead as Cam, a Big Apple bike messenger who's indebted to a crime gang and runs into (literally) a girl who spends her time doing parkour around New York City.
International distributors are to be shopped out at Cannes later this month, and Bowen and Godfrey have praised the decision to cast Lautner for the lead. Bowen said, "We've had great successes making films for this audience »
- Amanda Bell
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