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Jason Schwartzman on His Off-Kilter Characters and Dating Missteps
1 June 2012 12:30 PM, PDT | BuzzSugar | See recent BuzzSugar news »
Jason Schwartzman is a frequent face in Wes Anderson's films, having starred in Rushmore and The Darjeeling Limited, and the duo collaborated yet again on Wes's latest movie Moonrise Kingdom. The quirky young-love story enjoyed a Cannes Film Festival debut last month. We caught up with Jason during his stay in France to talk about what draws him to offbeat roles and whether he shares a love for the outdoors like many of the characters in Moonrise Kingdom. He also weighed in on his surreal Cannes experience and a dating experience that was a dealbreaker for him. Moonrise Kingdom is in select theaters now. »
- Lindsay Miller
Jason Schwartzman on His Off-Kilter Characters and Dating Missteps
1 June 2012 12:30 PM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Jason Schwartzman is a frequent face in Wes Anderson's films, having starred in Rushmore and The Darjeeling Limited, and the duo collaborated yet again on Wes's latest movie Moonrise Kingdom. The quirky young-love story enjoyed a Cannes Film Festival debut last month. We caught up with Jason during his stay in France to talk about what draws him to offbeat roles and whether he shares a love for the outdoors like many of the characters in Moonrise Kingdom. He also weighed in on his surreal Cannes experience and a dating experience that was a dealbreaker for him. Moonrise Kingdom is in select theaters now. »
- Lindsay Miller
The Amazing Race: Which Films Came Out Of Cannes As Potential Oscar Contenders?
1 June 2012 10:09 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Gosh, it feels like only yesterday we were talking about the 2011 Oscar season, with films like "The Artist," "Hugo," "The Descendants," "The Help" and "Moneyball" jostling for position in the chase for little gold statues. And that's because, well, it basically was yesterday: we're only a little over three months since Oscar season wrapped up. But time marches on, and with the arrival of the Cannes Film Festival, we've got some of the first indications of what might come into play in the awards season by the end of this year.
Last year, after all, saw the emergence of "The Artist" on the Croisette, a film that virtually no one was aware of before, but was swiftly picked up the Weinstein Brothers, became a crowd-pleaser, and went on to become an awards season juggernaut, winning Best Picture, Director and Actor. Palme d'Or winner "The Tree of Life" and Woody Allen »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Look: Wes Anderson Bingo
1 June 2012 6:51 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Wes Anderson bingo. That's all you really need to know about this one, which takes a standard bingo card and re-imagines it as a font of Wes Anderson ticks and references.
Everything from Anderson's go-to Futura typeface to dated audio equipment gets referenced on the card, with the director himself occupying the free space in the middle. Naturally, Bill Murray -- who has appeared in all but one of Anderson's films -- gets a space as well.
"As soon as we started working together, I would say something to him and he would respond with something that made me think, 'Not only does he understand what I'm saying, he seems to like it and has expanded on it,'" Anderson told HuffPost Entertainment about working with Murray. "In 'Rushmore,' there's a scene where he has a conversation with the teacher, and he's supposed to leave. We did a »
- Christopher Rosen
Edward Norton: 'Wes Anderson's Moonrise was years in the making'
31 May 2012 8:07 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Edward Norton has revealed that it took years for him to work with Moonrise Kingdom director Wes Anderson. The actor explained to reporters that the duo first started communicating following the release of Anderson's breakthrough film. "I'll take credit for initiating our friendship, because I wrote him a letter after I saw Rushmore. It was full of appreciation for that film," the actor quipped, reports Flicks and Bits. Norton further explained: "That [letter] sort of initiated a correspondence that we've kept up over the years - without actually seeing each other that much. It was one of those things, you hope and you wait and then something comes together. "When he did give me a ring and say, 'I've written something that I'd love you to look at a role in', I just said, 'I'm (more) »
- By Justin Harp
Film Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Delights with Clever Tale of Young Love
31 May 2012 7:38 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” is a true delight — a fun, clever, and, of course, whimsical tale about the days when love seemed worth running away from home over and getting a scout badge meant the world. Easily Anderson’s best film since “The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Moonrise” is arguably the most tonally consistent film he’s made to date, a thoroughly enjoyable endeavor that one would have to be pretty cynical to dismiss entirely. While Anderson’s distinct style will be off-putting to some, most who have fallen under his spell before are likely to do so again by the light of “Moonrise.”
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Anderson & Roman Coppola’s beautifully streamlined script wastes no time with set-up for what is essentially a very simple tale – two kids run away from home. Well, sorta. One runs away from the Khaki Scouts Camp at which he lives and actually has no home »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Wes Anderson: A Modern Day Fitzgerald
31 May 2012 2:34 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Something that differentiates cinema from almost any other form of art is its relative youth. A statement declaring a piece of art to be “The best ____ ever made” often serves purely as a figurative statement – after all, how could someone possibly have that frame of reference? Well, the interesting thing with films is, it’s not out of the realm of possibility for someone to have seen the vast majority of produced films in existence. That person can easily proclaim his or her favorite film is the best film of all time and have some validity.
What the average modern viewer can see today is truly remarkable; without much difficulty, the entire history of cinema can be witnessed. Films have, of course, developed significantly more quickly into modern pieces of complicated art or simple crowd pleasers than one would find if the history of writing stories was examined. Quite simply, »
- Tom Knoblauch
Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of Moonrise Kingdom In St. Louis
30 May 2012 7:44 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Moonrise Kingdom is the new movie directed by two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore).
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore . and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in every which way. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff, Captain Sharp. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader, Scout Master Ward. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl.s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. The cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Bob Balaban; and introduces Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as Sam and Suzy, the boy and girl.
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- Movie Geeks
6 Filmmaking Tips From Wes Anderson
30 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Oh, Wes Anderson. Some have already gotten to see his latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, and even more will see it as it opens wider this weekend. Without seeing his name on the title cards, it’s easy to spot as one of his projects. The auteur has developed a look and feel all his own – usually constructed by primary colors, detailed set design, Britpop, and Bill Murray. This Texan who often lives in France is idiosyncratic in his storytelling, but he’s also unafraid to put his personal demons onto the screen (in as twee a way as possible). From Bottle Rocket to Rushmore to Fantastic Mr. Fox, his work is usually ridiculously rich and infinitely quotable. So here is a bit of free film school (for fans and filmmakers alike) from the son of an advertiser and an archeologist. Plan Carefully and Plan to Throw Out Your Plans “I love the feeling of chaos that you »
- Cole Abaius
Tim Burton and Wes Anderson: same old story | Hadley Freeman
29 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
With Dark Shadows and Moonrise Kingdom, the directors' 'distinctive' styles are wearing a little thin
Last weekend, in defiance of the sunshine, I went to the movies. First, I saw a Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp with white makeup and blackened hair playing a misunderstood loner (pictured). He is befriended by a middle-aged mother and, despite his apparent asexuality, he is romantically pursued by one of her friends. He is, however, besotted with a doe-eyed young lady, but their love is doomed because she, unlike him, is mortal. The movie climaxes with outraged townsfolk storming his gothic castle, horrified when they learn of his true nature.
After that, I decided some Wes Anderson was in order. This movie featured improbably eloquent children and focused on an especially precocious boy who is mocked by his peers and misunderstood by the adults, all of whom are emotionally damaged and less mature than the children. »
- Hadley Freeman
From 'Bottle Rocket' to 'Moonrise Kingdom': Ranking the Films of Wes Anderson
29 May 2012 9:07 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Prior to the release of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom I decided I would revisit his entire oeuvre and add Moonrise to the mix upon seeing it at this year's Cannes Film Festival where it served as the opening night feature (read my review here). Before sitting down to watch all of Anderson's films again for this piece, I'd seen Rushmore and The Darjeeling Limited only once each. I'd seen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou twice and The Royal Tenenbaums I had only seen about 15 minutes or so before I turned it off due to a lack of interest. However, I'm a huge fan of Anderson's debut feature Bottle Rocket and love The Fantastic Mr. Fox and have watched both multiple times. As a result it seems I'm an Anderson outlier, considering I always hear about how much everyone loves Rushmore and Tenenbaums and yet these were two of »
- Brad Brevet
Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom Has Record Setting Opening Weekend For Live-Action Film
29 May 2012 7:45 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Focus Features. Moonrise Kingdom, the critically applauded new movie from director Wes Anderson, opened this past weekend and posted the highest recorded per-theater average for a live-action movie released domestically. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
Surpassing the record set for a live-action (e.g., non-animated) feature in a regular theatrical run in December 2006 by Dreamgirls, with its $126,317 opening weekend average at 3 theaters, Moonrise Kingdom this past weekend averaged $130,752 at its 4 theaters for a total gross through yesterday (Sunday) of $523,006.00; the estimated 4-day weekend gross is $669,486.00, for a per-theater average of $167,371.00. Focus. Brokeback Mountain, released in December 2005, had held the record prior to Dreamgirls. The Dreamgirls record was broken by Moonrise Kingdom in advance of today.s Memorial Day holiday grosses and averages, and therefore reflects an exact 3-day-to-3-day comparison.
Moonrise Kingdom world-premiered earlier this month as the opening-night film of the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival. The »
- Michelle McCue
‘Moonrise Kingdom’ warm, lovely, and as Andersonian as it gets
27 May 2012 10:56 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Wes Anderson
Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
2012, USA
Not every film is accessible to every person. Sometimes this is because of ingrained gender values or extremities in the presentation, other times it’s just down to directorial style. Wes Anderson encapsulates that as much as any director. His deadpan, twee and quirky styling’s are very much in the beholder’s eye. For his many detractors this signals bad news as his new film, Moonrise Kingdom, is his most Andersonian effort since The Life Aquatic. Conversely, for fans of his work, this is fantastic news.
Taking place on the small island of New Penzance off the coast of New England in 1965, Moonrise Kingdom sees the effect that two runaways have on the small community, whether it’s the local police officer, Bruce Willis, head of the Khaki scouts and Americana icon Ed Norton, a »
- Rob Simpson
Moonrise Kingdom Review
26 May 2012 1:41 AM, PDT | www.themoviebit.com | See recent TheMovieBit news »
He has chronicled the dangers of school boy crushes in Rushmore, given us the dysfunctional family to end all dysfunctional families in The Royal Tennenbaums, and tackled Roald Dahl as only he knows how in Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now director Wes Anderson charts the course of young love in the 1960's with Moonrise Kingdom. Framed by a fantastic on screen narration by Bob Balaban, the movie follows Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward), two twelve year olds who believe only they understand each other. When Sam escapes from his boy scout troop (employing a trick or two from The Shawshank Redemption), the two run away together, even though their plans don't seem to extend to getting off the island they call home. It isn't long till the adults, including Suzy's parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand), the local sheriff (Bruce willis), and Sam's troop leader (Edward Norton), get involved, »
- noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ With Edward Norton, Bill Murray
25 May 2012 2:43 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of “Moonrise Kingdom” from Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola!
“Moonrise Kingdom,” which opens in Chicago on June 1, 2012, features an all-star cast including Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Jason Schwartzman, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman, Bob Balaban, L.J. Foley, Charlie Kilgore, Jake Ryan and Neal Huff from writer and director Wes Anderson and writer Roman Coppola.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Moonrise Kingdom | Review
25 May 2012 12:05 PM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »
Director: Wes Anderson Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola Starring: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban I've was introduced to the work of Wes Anderson by my older brother back in 1997 when he insisted that I watch Bottle Rocket. It was love at first viewing. A couple of years later I tagged along with my brother to the Austin stop of the 1999 Rushmore bus tour before screening the film at the long gone Arbor 7 theater with Anderson and Jason Schwartzman in attendance. A couple of years later there were multiple viewings of The Royal Tenenbaums at the now defunct Dobie Theater. Around the time of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou I have fond memories of a first (almost) date with what would later become my wife at the original (and now a distant memory) Colorado Street »
- Linc Leifeste
Make Your Own Mixtape: 17 Songs From Wes Anderson's Films That Are Not On The Official Soundtracks
25 May 2012 10:34 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Today sees the latest film from director Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom," hit theaters, and consistent with the music-obsessed filmmaker's work, it's as much a treat for the ears as it is for the eyes. 'Moonrise' boasts another soundtrack of unexpected cuts assembled with the great music supervisor Randall Poster, including Francoise Hardy, Hank Williams, and for the first time, a significant amount of classical music including Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein. And if that's not enough, there's also additional pieces by Alexandre Desplat and drum percussion by old musical cohort Mark Mothersbaugh.
But as is the case with most films, not everything's on the official soundtrack release, which is in stores now: the movie features three additional Hank Williams songs, and pieces by Mozart and Schubert that aren't included on the disc. Given that Anderson's films are so replete with music, the soundtracks have quite often left out key songs for licensing or other reasons, »
- The Playlist
Five Reasons You Need To See Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom'
25 May 2012 7:57 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
by Adam Murphy
When it comes to Wes Anderson, moviegoers fall neatly into two piles: those who love him, and those who’ve never heard of him. What’s that? His twee sensibilities are just a little too indie-quirky-cute for you? Well, “Moonrise Kingdom” may surprise even the most jaded viewers. Sure, it’s packed with Anderson’s trademark strand of oddball whimsy, but for the haters out there, you will find a well-acted and tightly written 90 minute movie with enough heart to melt the iceberg that resides in your frigid chest cavity.
For those of you who aren’t already picking up your Rushmore blazer from the dry cleaner to wear to the very first screening, here are five reasons to see “Moonrise Kingdom.”
Children with Wilderness Training
Granted, "Moonrise Kingdom" is set in the 1960s, but aren’t you sick and tired of these anemic wimps with their »
- MTV Movies Team
‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Finds the Sweet But Sad Beauty In Young Romance and Grown-Up Disappointment
25 May 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
It’s the summer of 1965, and a storm is heading towards New Penzance Island. The small dot of land is home to a few permanent residences, but it’s also a seasonal destination for a troop of Khaki Scouts who camp amidst the lush green forests and golden fields. Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton) awakes one morning to discover the troop’s least liked member, Sam (Jared Gilman), has gone missing. Elsewhere on the island the Bishop family realizes their daughter Suzy (Kara Hayward) has also disappeared. The two pre-teens fell for each other the year prior during a brief, chance meeting, and have now taken off on an adventure as young lovers are prone to do (in movies at least). Sam and Suzy soon have half the island searching for them, but being such a small, sparsely populated place that search party consists almost entirely of the Scout Master, the »
- Rob Hunter
Men in Black 3, Chernobyl Diaries, Moonrise Kingdom New In Theaters
25 May 2012 7:23 AM, PDT | movies.about.com | See recent About.com Hollywood Movies news »
Will Men in Black 3 be the film that finally knocks The Avengers out of first place at the box office? This latest Mib comedy finds series stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones joined by Josh Brolin who, it turns out, is excellent at playing a younger version of Jones. Also hitting theaters this weekend is the horror film, Chernobyl Diaries, from the guy behind the Paranormal Activity franchise. And in limited release, Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr Fox, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) is back with the twisted comedy Moonrise Kingdom about two kids who run away from home and the adults who are charged with trying to find them.
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