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Robert Pattinson's 'Cosmopolis': The Cannes Reviews Are In!
25 May 2012 8:42 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Critics are split on whether the 'Twilight' actor was the right casting choice.
By Fallon Prinzivalli
Robert Pattinson at Cannes Film Fest
Photo: Afp
After supporting his girlfriend Kristen Stewart as she debuted "On the Road," Robert Pattinson hit the Cannes Film Festival on Friday (May 25) to premiere his film "Cosmopolis." Directed by David Cronenberg, the film follows Eric Packer (Pattinson) in the not-too-distant future as he's chauffeured through Manhattan on his way to get a haircut. His entire world is falling apart — his marriage is failing, his financial status is slipping and even his very life is being threatened.
As reviews of the film pour in, it's apparent that critics agree the film has its odd moments, but they're split on whether Pattinson is the perfect choice for the lead role. Here's what the critics had to say about "Cosmopolis."
The Story
" 'Cosmopolis,' an adaptation of Don DeLillo »
Mad Men: Season five, episode 10 – Christmas Waltz
22 May 2012 2:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Roger and Joan are concurrently unattached, but how will this affect their relationship? Probably not in the family way …
Spoiler Alert: This blog is for those who are watching season five of Mad Men on Sky Atlantic. Don't read on if you haven't seen episode 10
Paul MacInnes' episode nine blog
"Mr Sterling, seeing as you're dressed for fishing … you'll have more success if you're quiet" – Joan Harris née Holloway
The dynamics of every family are different. And while, in my experience, there is an uncommon propensity for the dynamic to involve fathers sitting grumpily in armchairs trying to watch the snooker, you can't always predict it. Sometimes relations function in ways entirely opposed to those you might expect. In a generally disappointing episode, this week's Mad Men set up a glancing, contrasting series of sketches that showed familial relations in many different guises.
The first relationship I think of – oddly, »
- Paul MacInnes
This week's cultural highlights: The Raid and Bath festival jazz weekend
20 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Wah! Wah! Girls
British musical meets Bollywood in new love-against-the-odds show set in the East End of London with a cast of 14, almost all British Asians and a Polish handyman. Peacock,London, Thursday to 23 June.
Posh
Laura Wade has updated her Royal Court hit to point the spotlight once again on the Oxbridge dining clubs that spawned the posh boys currently in power. Duke of Yorks theatre, London, until 4 August.
John Simm stars in Harold Pinter's semi-autobiographical play about an adulterous love affair. The power of the piece is that it works backwards from its bitter end to the moment the affair first sparked. Crucible, Sheffield, until 9 June.
Film
The Raid (dir. »
John Simm: 'I am not comfortable being myself in front of a crowd'
19 May 2012 4:11 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The actor talks about the genius of Pinter, the joys of GarageBand and the consolations of middle age
Infidelity is a bracing subject on a weekday morning over coffee and pain au chocolat but John Simm has been thinking about it all week. He is about to open in Harold Pinter's Betrayal at Sheffield Crucible. Happily married to the actor Kate Magowan and with two young children, he recognises that this chamber piece exploring betrayal at every level is a cautionary tale: "It is a play that would take any thought of that [he does not need to be more precise] right out of your mind."
Simm is best known for his role in the BBC series Life on Mars and has starred in Human Traffic, Exile and State of Play as well as playing the Master – Doctor Who's worst enemy – and has been nominated for Bafta and Olivier awards. He is a lively-featured, laddish 41-year-old: engaged and engaging. »
- Kate Kellaway
This Week on Stage: Topher Grace and Jonathan Pryce open in Off Broadway shows
12 May 2012 5:30 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
More casualties on Broadway this week as the musicals Leap of Faith and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying both posted closing notices; the former is a reported $14 million flop, while the latter is a giant hit that simply ran out of steam after the departure of its original star, Daniel Radcliffe. (While Radcliffe’s replacement Nick Jonas initially drew smaller but steady crowds after arriving in January, the show has struggled at the box office in recent weeks.)
Looking forward, Tony-nominated musical hits Once and Nice Work If You Can Get It both set national tours — and »
- Thom Geier
South Downs / The Browning Version Theatre Review
9 May 2012 7:05 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
To celebrate the centenary of Terrence Rattigan’s birth his estate has commissioned playwright David Hare to write a new companion piece to accompany Rattigan’s one act masterpiece The Browning Version. Hare’s new play, South Downs, premiered with The Browning Version at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester to rave reviews and now makes its transfer to the west end.
South Downs and The Browning Version work very well together; Hare identifies key themes in Rattigan’s work and constructs his own narrative to reflect these. Both plays centre on a socially awkward and lonely lead and the meaning and implication of rules within a ridged schooling system.
Whilst both plays do share many common themes, it is also through their differences that the plays create a connection. Hare chooses to write about the boys at school, not the masters like Rattigan, and adds an interesting autobiographical element to South Downs. »
- Will Pond
Avengers Star Tom Hiddleston Writes Great Article Defending Superhero Films
21 April 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
I love the superhero films that are being made these days! And of course I love the superhero films of the past such as Superman, Batman among many others. These films actually served as our inspiration for starting GeekTyrant, in fact we launched the website at the same time as Jon Favreau's Iron Man.
There was a time when these comic book adaptations went through some disappointing phase with movies like Daredevil, Electra, Fantastic Four, X-Men: The Last Stand and a few others we like to tear apart. But for the most part, comic book movies are constantly evolving and getting better and better as time goes on. There's a place for these films in our lives, and they aren't going away anytime soon.
Marvel has gloriously cornered the market for these movies, and are epically adapting comics that at one point I honestly didn't think we would see so awesomely made. »
- Venkman
Anna Chancellor: My family values
20 April 2012 4:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The TV and stage actor talks about her family
My parents had four children quickly, divorced quickly – when I was two – and my mother remarried quickly. We were suddenly in a different environment with a different father. He had two children. We were all grappling to survive in a house in the country, where our lives were dominated by horses. My poor stepfather, Richard, was quite tidy. Our horses would gallop on to the lawn, and you'd see him with his hands behind his back stamping the earth back in. How he didn't go mad, I don't know.
My granny, Lady Perdita Hylton, had severe depression. I remember once walking in and seeing her distraught face, and she rushed out of another door. Because of granny's depression, my mother, Alice, had developed a certain armour. She found it hard to talk about anything vulnerable-making.
We would visit my father, John, »
Tom Hiddleston: Why I love superhero movies
20 April 2012 7:05 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From Superman to Batman, superhero films have much to teach us about faith and humanity – as well as being terrrific visual spectacle, writes Avengers Assemble star Tom Hiddleston
Earlier this year, beneath the wind-whipped tarpaulin of a catering tent in Gloucester, I was working on a film with the actor Malcolm Sinclair. Over scrambled eggs at an ungodly hour, he told me something I had not previously known: when Christopher Reeve was young, barely out of Juilliard, he was roundly mocked by his peers on Broadway for accepting the role of Superman. It was considered an ignoble thing for a classical actor to do.
I grew up watching Superman. As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on (my Lois Lane) from a playground bully (General Zod). Reeve, »
- Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart
Harry Potter Studio Tour Grand Opening Live Stream
31 March 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
We’ve been smashing out the Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter coverage for 6 months now and today, it all comes to a climax as the studio opens it’s doors for the grand opening. I’m lucky enough to be on the red carpet and I’ll do my best to get as many interviews as possible to then place on HeyUGuys later this evening.
If you’re not able to come along to the former Leavesden Studios site near Watford, fear not as the who red carpet even is going to be live streamed for your viewing pleasure and you can watch the stars arrive in the live stream below. Those expected to attend include:
Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonne Right, Evanna Lynch, Warwick Davis, David Thewlis, Helen McCrory, George Harris, Nick Moran, Natalia Tena, David Bradley, Producers David Heyman, David baron and Directors David Yates, »
- David Sztypuljak
SFIFF55 To Present Founder’s Directing Award To Kenneth Branagh
19 March 2012 10:55 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The San Francisco Film Societyannounced today that Kenneth Branagh will be the recipient of the Founder’s Directing Award at the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 19 – May 3). The Fda will be presented to Branagh at Film Society Awards Night, Thursday, April 26 at the historic Warfield Theatre.
The Film Society and its highly regarded Youth Education program will be the beneficiary of the fundraiser honoring Branagh. The soon-to-be-announced recipients of the Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting and the Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting will also be honored at the star-studded event. Susie and Pat McBaine and Katie and Todd Traina are chairs of this year’s Film Society Awards Night gala, and Melanie and Larry Blum are the honorary chairs.
“We are thrilled to honor Kenneth Branagh for his remarkable directorial achievements and multifaceted career at this year’s Festival,” said Melanie Blum, the San »
- Michelle McCue
Rice Lands Special Olivier Award
19 March 2012 5:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Famed lyricist Sir Tim Rice will be the toast of the upcoming Olivier Awards after he was unveiled as the recipient of the ceremony's top honour.
The songwriter made his name by teaming up with Andrew Lloyd Webber to co-write the music for shows including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita.
He later worked with Sir Elton John on Disney movie The Lion King, and now he's to be honoured with the Outstanding Contribution To Musical Theatre prize at this year's Olivier Awards.
Rice will receive the honour at the London ceremony on 15 April. Previous recipients of the award include Harold Pinter, Dame Judi Dench and Stephen Sondheim. »
Barney Rosset, 1922 - 2012
24 February 2012 7:41 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
From John Gall, art director for Vintage and Anchor Books, comes word that legendary publisher and film distributor Barney Rosset has passed away at the age of 89. Gall points us to a lively profile by Louisa Thomas that ran in Newsweek in late 2008: "Rosset's publishing house, Grove Press, was a tiny company operating out of the ground floor of Rosset's brownstone when it published an obscure play called Waiting for Godot in 1954. By the time Beckett had won the Nobel Prize in 1969, Grove had become a force that challenged and changed literature and American culture in deep and lasting ways. Its impact is still evident — from the Che Guevara posters adorning college dorms to the canonical status of the house's once controversial authors. Rosset is less well known — but late in his life he is achieving some wider recognition. Last month, a black-tie crowd gave Rosset a standing ovation »
This week's cultural highlights: Simple Minds and Bingo
20 February 2012 1:53 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now
• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments below
Opening this weekTheatre
Bingo
Patrick Stewart stars as the ageing Shakespeare in Edward Bond's play in which the playwright, now a rich landowner, is facing pressure from local Stratford people. Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922), until March 31.
An Appointment with the Wicker Man
National Theatre Scotland take on the cult 1970s movie with a play within a play about an amateur dramatic society on a remote Scottish island who are putting the play on stage. But when one of their actors falls ill, a replacement is called in from the mainland. His Majesties, Aberdeen (01224 641122), Tuesday to Saturday, then touring until 24 March.
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (dir. Stephen Daldry)
Oscar-nominated drama, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel. »
Kara Tointon: nice girl goes bad
30 January 2012 6:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The EastEnders and Strictly star takes on her toughest role yet – as an Ayckbourn villain in Absent Friends
Kara Tointon says most actors want people to like them. Sometimes, with this in mind, they talk themselves into believing that the unpleasant roles in which they have been cast are sympathetic. But Alan Ayckbourn's Evelyn, in his 1974 tragicomedy Absent Friends (about to be revived by Jeremy Herrin in the West End), is an irredeemably vile young woman. Her speciality is the lethal one-liner. "It is the timing and pitch that are the challenge," Tointon says. "This is the hardest part I have ever done." And what makes the casting intriguing is that "nasty" is not ordinarily in her repertoire – she is sweetness itself.
She is an Essex girl – born in Basildon, raised in Southend. Her claims to fame are wonderfully various. She was Dawn Swann in EastEnders (a four-year stint »
- Kate Kellaway
Were Demi Moore's Convulsions a Bad Reaction to Smoking Salvia? Doctor Weighs In…
27 January 2012 1:10 PM, PST | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
When Miley Cyrus smoked salvia back in 2010, she giggled and hallucinated seeing Liam Hemsworth. But if her Lol costar Demi Moore did smoke the same herbal substance, her reaction to it was far more serious: convulsions and a near loss of consciousness. So was the legal substance what caused Moore, 49, to be rushed to Sherman Oaks Hospital Monday night? Dr. David Baron—who has never treated the actress—told E! News…. It's quite possible. "Even though we are speculating, it is not unreasonable to believe [the substance Moore's friends say she was smoking in the 911 call] may have been salvia," Dr. Baron, former chief of staff at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, said. »
Were Demi Moore's Convulsions a Bad Reaction to Smoking Salvia? Doctor Weighs In…
27 January 2012 1:10 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
When Miley Cyrus smoked salvia back in 2010, she giggled and hallucinated seeing Liam Hemsworth. But if her Lol costar Demi Moore did smoke the same herbal substance, her reaction to it was far more serious: convulsions and a near loss of consciousness. So was the legal substance what caused Moore, 49, to be rushed to Sherman Oaks Hospital Monday night? Dr. David Baron—who has never treated the actress—told E! News…. It's quite possible. "Even though we are speculating, it is not unreasonable to believe [the substance Moore's friends say she was smoking in the 911 call] may have been salvia," Dr. Baron, former chief of staff at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, said. »
John Simm interview: 'I don't really do awards'
23 January 2012 1:48 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Mad Dogs actor on Sky's television drama, taking on challenging roles as an antihero, and the joys of being a dad
On a break from filming beneath the baking Balearic sunshine, John Simm sits on a white plastic patio chair and ponders "second album anxiety". Along with Philip Glenister, Max Beesley and Marc Warren, Simm is back in Majorca making the second series of Mad Dogs for Sky1.
The first – a darkly comic thriller about a lads' holiday blighted by dead bodies, drug barons and a gun-toting dwarf in a Tony Blair mask – was one of the channel's highest-rated and most acclaimed home-grown dramas. It earned a Bafta nomination in 2011 for best serial – but was, perhaps predictably, beaten to the prize by Channel 4's jury-pleasing Any Human Heart.
"Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures," says Simm, "but we were chuffed by »
- Gareth McLean
Blu-ray Review: ‘Straw Dogs’ Remake Fails to Equal Power of Original Film
5 January 2012 8:59 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The 2011 remake of Sam Peckinpah’s galvanizing 1971 classic is a film destined to appeal to no one. It’s not poorly made, and the writer/director Rod Lurie is gifted at crafting suspenseful morality tales (such as the under-appreciated “Nothing But the Truth”). But it’s difficult to understand why Lurie would bother putting his personal stamp on a picture that he considers repugnant.
By taking the moral high ground and cutting out the original film’s offensive content, Lurie has entirely lost the point of Peckinpah’s tale, and instead veered into severely hypocritical territory. If “Straw Dogs” isn’t about the animalistic nature of man, then what’s left to explore? It’s like draining the anti-Semitism out of “Triumph of the Will.” Lurie has essentially taken Peckinpah’s blueprint and morphed it into one of those maddening “Get the Hell Out Of There” idiot plots inhabited »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Laurence Olivier, Elizabeth Taylor, Charles Chaplin, Jennifer Saunders: BAFTA Fellowship Recipients
4 January 2012 12:43 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
BAFTA Fellowship: Few Women, Few Outside UK/Hollywood, Steven Spielberg Before Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder [Photo: Laurence Olivier] 1971 Alfred Hitchcock 1972 Freddie Young 1973 Grace Wyndham Goldie 1974 David Lean 1975 Jacques Cousteau 1976 Charles Chaplin, Laurence Olivier 1977 Denis Forman 1978 Fred Zinnemann 1979 Lew Grade, Huw Wheldon 1980 David Attenborough, John Huston 1981 Abel Gance, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1982 Andrzej Wajda 1983 Richard Attenborough 1984 Hugh Greene, Sam Spiegel 1985 Jeremy Isaacs 1986 Steven Spielberg 1987 Federico Fellini 1988 Ingmar Bergman 1989 Alec Guinness 1990 Paul Fox 1991 Louis Malle 1992 John Gielgud, David Plowright 1993 Sydney Samuelson, Colin Young 1994 Michael Grade 1995 Billy Wilder 1996 Jeanne Moreau, Ronald Neame, John Schlesinger, Maggie Smith 1997 Woody Allen, Steven Bochco, Julie Christie, Oswald Morris, Harold Pinter, David Rose 1998 Sean Connery, Bill Cotton 1999 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise, Elizabeth Taylor 2000 Michael Caine, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Bazalgette 2001 Albert Finney, John Thaw, Judi Dench 2002 Warren Beatty, Merchant Ivory Productions (James Ivory, Ismail Merchant) 2002 Andrew Davies, John Mills 2003 Saul Zaentz, David Jason 2004 John Boorman, Roger Graef 2005 John Barry, David Frost 2006 David Puttnam, »
- Andre Soares
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