When Indiewire edited the print magazine IFC Rant (yes, that really happened!), the publication ran images of Halle Berry, Michelle Rodriguez and Jennifer Jason Leigh shot by Robin Holland. But photographing starlets is not what brought Holland to the film world. Since she first shot Douglas Sirk several decades ago, Holland has traveled the world seeking out her favorite film directors. Though she started off wanting to be a poet, Holland told Indiewire, "Poetry wasn't cutting it. I was saving money to go to graduate school. I was writing a column for the Times." Her first experience as a professional photographer, Holland said, began when she "wanted to write about these nuns who had a whole building at Port Authority. They looked like me, my friends, jackets, asymmetrical haircuts. I want to do a photo story on them. My editor pulled me aside and said 'Robin, you're Jewish, nuns have...
- 10/12/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Chicago – Thursday, May 31st, marks the beginning of the CineYouth Festival, sponsored by the Chicago International Film Festival. And what better way to kick it off than with a Q&A featuring director Jonathan Levine, coming off of his 2011 hit film, “50/50.” The appearance will take place at the AMC River East 21 Theater in Chicago.
Levine began his career with a short film called “Shards” in 2004, and then broke out with his feature debut, “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” in 2006. He followed that up with “The Wackness” – starring Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck – two years later, which he directed from his own screenplay. It was a chance letter to the production team of “50/50” that got him that film, and the poignant comedy was a notable hit in 2011. Levine has just finished post-production for “Warm Bodies,” which is scheduled to be released next year.
Jonathan Levine (center) Directs Joseph Gordon-Levitt (left...
Levine began his career with a short film called “Shards” in 2004, and then broke out with his feature debut, “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” in 2006. He followed that up with “The Wackness” – starring Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck – two years later, which he directed from his own screenplay. It was a chance letter to the production team of “50/50” that got him that film, and the poignant comedy was a notable hit in 2011. Levine has just finished post-production for “Warm Bodies,” which is scheduled to be released next year.
Jonathan Levine (center) Directs Joseph Gordon-Levitt (left...
- 5/31/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci share more in common than critical accolades and impressive resumes. Both actors enjoyed professional breakthroughs somewhat later in life, after struggling through their 20s and early 30s. Each credits the Steven Bochco series "Murder One" as a major turning point in their careers. And both share similar perspectives on their craft and the business -- not to mention a wicked sense of humor.Clarkson and Tucci have teamed up before in projects Tucci has co-written and directed, beginning with the 2000 film "Joe Gould's Secret." In 2007, the pair played a married couple estranged by tragedy who repeatedly pretend to meet for the first time in "Blind Date," inspired by a film from the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh. This month, the duo will reteam as a far more lighthearted couple in "Easy A," a smart new comedy from director Will Gluck and writer Bert V. Royal.
- 9/9/2010
- backstage.com
Anyone that reads this site even on a semi-regular basis probably knows I absolutely love Federico Fellini's 8½ and that is one of the major reasons I am so looking forward to Rob Marshall's musical adaptation Nine. So, to learn Criterion is bringing the Fellini classic to Blu-ray with a brand new 52-minute documentary on Fellini's lost alternate ending for 8½ is almost too much for me to handle and is certainly too long to wait.
Along with the upcoming arrival of 8½, Criterion has also announced Blu-ray and DVD releases for Steven Soderbergh's Che and Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas. Details on these three titles are detailed below, but don't go yet there is a little more...
8½ (January 12, 2010) Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and Nyu film professor Antonio Monda Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini,...
Along with the upcoming arrival of 8½, Criterion has also announced Blu-ray and DVD releases for Steven Soderbergh's Che and Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas. Details on these three titles are detailed below, but don't go yet there is a little more...
8½ (January 12, 2010) Introduction by filmmaker Terry Gilliam Audio commentary featuring film critic and Fellini friend Gideon Bachmann and Nyu film professor Antonio Monda Fellini: A Director's Notebook, a 52-minute film by Federico Fellini,...
- 10/16/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Like a magnum of champagne, Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale christened the launch of the San Francisco Film Society’s French Cinema Now series early last month. Desplechin flew in from France to take part in the festivities and earlier in the afternoon we sat down in his suite at the Fairmont Hotel to discuss his latest. My thanks to Donald McMahon for his interpretive assistance.
Photo of Arnaud Desplechin courtesy of Robin Holland.
Photo of Arnaud Desplechin courtesy of Robin Holland.
- 11/11/2008
- by Michael Guillen
- Screen Anarchy
A French film festival in San Francisco has been long overdue and highly anticipated, as was proven in force by the capacity audience for the San Francisco Film Society’s French Cinema Now ("Fcn") opening night screening of Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un Conte de Noël) at San Francisco’s Clay Theater in the Upper Fillmore.
After acknowledging the festival’s sponsors, Graham Leggat—Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society ("Sffs")—then generously shouted out to loyal Sffs members Netta and Mike Fedor for celebrating their 30th anniversary at the opening night of Fcn. “What could be more romantic than an evening of French cinema?” Leggat beamed.
“Over the next five days,” Leggat continued, “you will see entries from all sorts of genres addressing all aspects of the human condition.” Encouraging Fcn’s opening night audience to come back during the course of the festival to...
After acknowledging the festival’s sponsors, Graham Leggat—Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society ("Sffs")—then generously shouted out to loyal Sffs members Netta and Mike Fedor for celebrating their 30th anniversary at the opening night of Fcn. “What could be more romantic than an evening of French cinema?” Leggat beamed.
“Over the next five days,” Leggat continued, “you will see entries from all sorts of genres addressing all aspects of the human condition.” Encouraging Fcn’s opening night audience to come back during the course of the festival to...
- 10/12/2008
- by Michael Guillen
- Screen Anarchy
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