In honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman's final film, A Most Wanted Man, hitting theaters today, we are reprinting David Browne's cover story on the actor's final days from our February 27th issue.
Slouched in the front row of the labyrinth Theater Company's performance space in New York's West Village last May, Philip Seymour Hoffman was his typical focused, superdisciplined self. In the intimate 90-seat theater, Hoffman – always dressed in one or another of his seemingly interchangeable baggy pants and sweaters – was relentlessly pushing the cast and crew of the play he was directing,...
Slouched in the front row of the labyrinth Theater Company's performance space in New York's West Village last May, Philip Seymour Hoffman was his typical focused, superdisciplined self. In the intimate 90-seat theater, Hoffman – always dressed in one or another of his seemingly interchangeable baggy pants and sweaters – was relentlessly pushing the cast and crew of the play he was directing,...
- 7/25/2014
- Rollingstone.com
You can have your Paul Thomas Andersons and Terrence Malicks, your Richard Linklaters and Friedberg/Seltzers. For my money the most consistently fantastic and exciting director working today is David Fincher. Even perceived “bottom tier” Fincher thrillers (Panic Room, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) are better than a large percentage of other suspense films out there, and it’s his work that I most look forward to every couple years. His latest is once again an adaptation of an immensely popular novel, but unlike Stieg Larsson’s Nordic thriller Gillian Flynn‘s book lacks a distinct visual style that plays so well into Fincher’s wheelhouse. The film, scripted by Flynn herself, is a mystery set in suburban America that follows a man’s (Ben Affleck) attempt to find his missing wife (Rosamund Pike) and convince the world that he’s not somehow responsible. Check out the first trailer for Gone Girl below. First...
- 4/14/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
On a recent plane flight I watched as a couple sitting in front of me debated which film to watch on their iPad. All the usual new releases were there with a couple of older titles. The couple was in their 40s or 50s so nothing too surprising, though I was a little shocked to see Paul Thomas Anderon's Hard Eight (aka Sidney). I saw the poster art and had to do a double take. It was rather cool to see what I consider to be a rather obscure title, especially when it comes to owning a digital copy, on someone's device. They ultimately decided to watch American Hustle... so it goes. However, that's just a small bit of nothing to help introduce the following Anderson commentary from Hard Eight where he talks of first seeing Philip Seymour Hoffman in Scent of a Woman and ultimately casting him as "Young Craps Player" in Hard Eight,...
- 4/14/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Word of a new horror anthology film has come our way called The Fear Project, and we have your first look at the trailer for this coming in 2015 fright fest! Read on for that and more details. Go on! You know you wouldn't be here if you had something else to do!
The Fear Project will feature four tales of terror from directors Alex Deck, Owen Mulligan of DeadFi, Dion Cavallaro and Paul Thomas of Freeze Frame Films (The Eidolon State), Douglas A. Plomitallo of ScaredStiffTV, and Kenny Collins of Enter Viral Media.
The Fear Project is a Canadian/American/Australian found footage horror anthology in the vein of V/H/S. It aims to take the idea started by the geniuses behind that film and turn it on its head, presenting gripping psychological horror tales which have a strong contrast to the gory, often overtly violent tones of V/H/S.
The Fear Project will feature four tales of terror from directors Alex Deck, Owen Mulligan of DeadFi, Dion Cavallaro and Paul Thomas of Freeze Frame Films (The Eidolon State), Douglas A. Plomitallo of ScaredStiffTV, and Kenny Collins of Enter Viral Media.
The Fear Project is a Canadian/American/Australian found footage horror anthology in the vein of V/H/S. It aims to take the idea started by the geniuses behind that film and turn it on its head, presenting gripping psychological horror tales which have a strong contrast to the gory, often overtly violent tones of V/H/S.
- 4/10/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The Freeze Frame Films team just put out another poster and video teaser for the short film The Eidolon State, which focuses on the haunting sensation that is Slender Man. Check 'em out, and look for more on this one soon!
"You tend to see a lot of found footage films about The Slender Man, most of them based off the popular video game Slender: The Eight Pages," says Freeze Frame Films (Dion Cavallaro, Cain Harrip and Paul Thomas).
"Along with this, most Slender Man films tend to use people in morph suits or morph masks, which we feel is not a correct portrayal of The Slender Man. Our film has been treated with a different approach. We are working on something that uses films such as The Conjuring or Sinister as a guide - detailed stories with beautiful cinematography and a true sense of horror. Along with this, our...
"You tend to see a lot of found footage films about The Slender Man, most of them based off the popular video game Slender: The Eight Pages," says Freeze Frame Films (Dion Cavallaro, Cain Harrip and Paul Thomas).
"Along with this, most Slender Man films tend to use people in morph suits or morph masks, which we feel is not a correct portrayal of The Slender Man. Our film has been treated with a different approach. We are working on something that uses films such as The Conjuring or Sinister as a guide - detailed stories with beautiful cinematography and a true sense of horror. Along with this, our...
- 4/9/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Slender Man has become an Internet sensation and even had a recent episode of "Supernatural" based upon his exploits, but now the Freeze Frame Films team is looking to take his haunting mythos to another level with the short film The Eidolon State.
"You tend to see a lot of found footage films about The Slender Man, most of them based off the popular video game Slender: The Eight Pages," say the fine folks over at Freeze Frame, who include Dion Cavallaro and Paul Thomas.
"Along with this, most Slender Man films tend to use people in morph suits or morph masks, which we feel is not a correct portrayal of The Slender Man. Our film has been treated with a different approach. We are working on something that uses films such as The Conjuring or Sinister as a guide - detailed stories with beautiful cinematography and a true sense of horror.
"You tend to see a lot of found footage films about The Slender Man, most of them based off the popular video game Slender: The Eight Pages," say the fine folks over at Freeze Frame, who include Dion Cavallaro and Paul Thomas.
"Along with this, most Slender Man films tend to use people in morph suits or morph masks, which we feel is not a correct portrayal of The Slender Man. Our film has been treated with a different approach. We are working on something that uses films such as The Conjuring or Sinister as a guide - detailed stories with beautiful cinematography and a true sense of horror.
- 3/26/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Blow The Bloody Doors Off | Al Pacino Season | We Love Wes! | Takeover Film Festival, Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Blow The Bloody Doors Off, London
His was the bespectacled face of swinging London to be sure, but Michael Caine's movies also inspired some of the era's greatest scores. This event, hosted by Phill Jupitus, replays highlights from four of those classic soundtracks, live, for the first time in history: Sonny Rollins's Alfie, John Barry's The Ipcress File, Quincy Jones's The Italian Job and, getting special attention, Roy Budd's Get Carter. The band includes members of Polar Bear, Madness and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and movie clips on screen will complete the nostalgia trip.
Barbican Hall, EC2, Thu
Al Pacino Season, London
To his critics, Pacino is basically Pacino whatever role he's playing, despite all that "method" stuff. But even if you admit that, most actors would...
Blow The Bloody Doors Off, London
His was the bespectacled face of swinging London to be sure, but Michael Caine's movies also inspired some of the era's greatest scores. This event, hosted by Phill Jupitus, replays highlights from four of those classic soundtracks, live, for the first time in history: Sonny Rollins's Alfie, John Barry's The Ipcress File, Quincy Jones's The Italian Job and, getting special attention, Roy Budd's Get Carter. The band includes members of Polar Bear, Madness and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and movie clips on screen will complete the nostalgia trip.
Barbican Hall, EC2, Thu
Al Pacino Season, London
To his critics, Pacino is basically Pacino whatever role he's playing, despite all that "method" stuff. But even if you admit that, most actors would...
- 2/1/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
While their scandalous love affair and subsequent marriage eclipsed the five collaborative films they made together, this month Criterion brings Roberto Rossellini’s Ingrid Bergman headlining Voyage trilogy to the collection, comprised of their first three ventures, Stromboli (1950), Europe ’51 (1952) and Journey To Italy (1954). None of these titles would be deemed a commercial success, even while several notable critics and filmmakers would champion them, such as Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer.
As their marriage crumbled after three children (one of whom would go on to become famed actress and model Isabella Rossellini), Bergman would eventually overcome the notoriety that had banished her from Hollywood to win two more Academy Awards, while Rossellini would go on to make other acclaimed titles, though the failures of his work with Bergman made it difficult to secure funding. The specter of their scandal (they were both married to others at the time of their affair...
As their marriage crumbled after three children (one of whom would go on to become famed actress and model Isabella Rossellini), Bergman would eventually overcome the notoriety that had banished her from Hollywood to win two more Academy Awards, while Rossellini would go on to make other acclaimed titles, though the failures of his work with Bergman made it difficult to secure funding. The specter of their scandal (they were both married to others at the time of their affair...
- 9/24/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Sept. 24, 2013
Price: DVD $79.95, Blu-ray $79.95
Studio: Criterion
George Sanders and Ingrid Bergman's marriage falls apart in Roberto Rossellini's Journey to Italy.
In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca ) found herself so moved by the revolutionary Neorealist films of Roberto Rossellini (Open City) that she sent the director a letter, introducing herself and offering her talents. The resulting collaboration produced a series of films that are works of both sociopolitical concern and metaphysical melodrama, each starring Bergman as a woman experiencing physical dislocation and psychic torment in postwar Italy. It also famously led to a scandalous affair and eventual marriage between filmmaker and star, and the focus on their personal lives in the press unfortunately overshadowed the extraordinary films they made together.
Stromboli, Europe ’51, and Journey to Italy are intensely personal portraits that reveal the director at his most emotional and the...
Price: DVD $79.95, Blu-ray $79.95
Studio: Criterion
George Sanders and Ingrid Bergman's marriage falls apart in Roberto Rossellini's Journey to Italy.
In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca ) found herself so moved by the revolutionary Neorealist films of Roberto Rossellini (Open City) that she sent the director a letter, introducing herself and offering her talents. The resulting collaboration produced a series of films that are works of both sociopolitical concern and metaphysical melodrama, each starring Bergman as a woman experiencing physical dislocation and psychic torment in postwar Italy. It also famously led to a scandalous affair and eventual marriage between filmmaker and star, and the focus on their personal lives in the press unfortunately overshadowed the extraordinary films they made together.
Stromboli, Europe ’51, and Journey to Italy are intensely personal portraits that reveal the director at his most emotional and the...
- 6/24/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Cheering on the young man in their life, Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe were in attendance for their son Deacon’s football game on Saturday (May 18) in Brentwood.
Accompanied by her husband Jim Toth, the “Water for Elephants” actress kept cozy in jeans and a khaki jacket as she stood on the sidelines with her ex.
Earlier in the day, a report surfaced that the New Orleans native may be reuniting with her “Walk the Line” co-star Joaquin Phoenix for a new crime thriller directed by Paul Thomas.
“Inherent Vice” is based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon of the same name, and will also star Owen Wilson and Benicio Del Toro.
Accompanied by her husband Jim Toth, the “Water for Elephants” actress kept cozy in jeans and a khaki jacket as she stood on the sidelines with her ex.
Earlier in the day, a report surfaced that the New Orleans native may be reuniting with her “Walk the Line” co-star Joaquin Phoenix for a new crime thriller directed by Paul Thomas.
“Inherent Vice” is based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon of the same name, and will also star Owen Wilson and Benicio Del Toro.
- 5/19/2013
- GossipCenter
Los Angeles, May 18: Actors Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix will reportedly team up again for a crime thriller, to be directed by Paul Thomas.
The popular duo was last seen together in the 2005 movie "Walk The Line", for which Witherspoon even won a best actress Academy Award.
They are now set for a big screen reunion in upcoming movie "Inherent Vice", reports dailystar.co.uk.
The film is based on Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel of the same name, with Phoenix playing a pot-smoking private detective named Doc Sportello, working a missing persons case in 1970s Los Angeles.
Others who will feature in the.
The popular duo was last seen together in the 2005 movie "Walk The Line", for which Witherspoon even won a best actress Academy Award.
They are now set for a big screen reunion in upcoming movie "Inherent Vice", reports dailystar.co.uk.
The film is based on Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel of the same name, with Phoenix playing a pot-smoking private detective named Doc Sportello, working a missing persons case in 1970s Los Angeles.
Others who will feature in the.
- 5/18/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
The Lancashire Film Critics are emerging with a reputation for awarding the best efforts of British filmmakers. Check out their interesting choices from the past 5 years. Best Film Les Misérables...
- 3/30/2013
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
Normally we'd share a deleted reel from a film with you and describe several of the scenes featured to explain what was cut or added. In the case of Paul Thomas Anderon's scientology epic The Master, we're going to let you discover those moments quietly on your own — the way PTA would want it. Anderson's film centers on a World War II vet (Joaquin Phoenix) who struggles to adjust to civilian life. He meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman) — a charismatic leader of a religious movement known as "The Cause." Dodd indoctrinates him and they travel to spread the word. The film came out on Blu-ray today, and a 20-minute trailer of scenes that were cut from the finished movie popped up online. One YouTube commenter took the words right out...
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- 3/4/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
What a difference a “W.S.” makes. From the sublimely gifted to the ridiculously not-so, Andersons Paul Thomas and Paul W.S. share little beyond twinned Seo credentials (fortuitous for W.S., less so for Thomas) and the memory of being picked on at the top of the school register. Having last delivered us the aptly masterful “The Master,” and “Resident Evil: Retribution” (retribution, presumably, for its unwitting audience) respectively, news of a forthcoming Anderson picture could spell delight or “dear God, no” for film fans. Regrettably, this story concerns the latter, lesser, Anderson. Paul W.S. Anderson has, in all fairness, to be congratulated on his upcoming release “Pompeii,” which will be neither derived from a video game, nor constitute a garbled, multi-part, colon-oriented title. Instead, the film is set in Pompeii, 79A.D., and tells the story of slave Milo (to be played by Kit Harington) who is in love with his.
- 2/26/2013
- by India Ross
- The Playlist
Argo continued its triumphant awards run at the Writers Guild of America Awards last night, scoring Best Adapted Screenplay for writer Chris Terrio. The gong is just one more indication that it’s a strong contender for a similar prize at next weekend’s Oscars.Another big prizewinner, Zero Dark Thirty’s Mark Boal, took home Best Original Screenplay for his work on the story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. And in a popular documentary win, Searching For Sugar Man’s Malik Bendejelloul snagged a trophy for his script.Over on the TV front, Breaking Bad won for Drama Series, while Louie took Comedy Series. New Series went to Girls and the separate episode awards went to Mad Men’s The Other Woman and Modern Family’s Virgin Territory.A list of the major awards is below.FilmORIGINAL SCREENPLAYZero Dark Thirty, written by Mark BoalFlight, written by John GatinsLooper,...
- 2/17/2013
- EmpireOnline
Actor and director will reunite on Los Angeles noir film based on novel by Thomas Pynchon
Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson are set to reunite on Inherent Vice, an adaptation of a noirish Los Angeles-set novel by American author Thomas Pynchon. The pair collaborated to rousing effect on The Master, Anderson's acclaimed tale of a cult leader and his muse. Phoenix is currently Oscar-nominated for his role in the film.
Published in 2009, Inherent Vice tells the tale of Larry "Doc" Sportello, a pot-smoking detective who is hired to investigate a kidnap plot. The plot plays out a in turbulent late-60s La inhabited by Manson family acolytes and "counter-subversive" agents at the Lapd. The New Yorker described the book as "a novel in which paranoia is less a political or metaphysical state than a by-product of smoking too much weed".
The film, written and directed by Anderson, will be produced by Annapurna Pictures,...
Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson are set to reunite on Inherent Vice, an adaptation of a noirish Los Angeles-set novel by American author Thomas Pynchon. The pair collaborated to rousing effect on The Master, Anderson's acclaimed tale of a cult leader and his muse. Phoenix is currently Oscar-nominated for his role in the film.
Published in 2009, Inherent Vice tells the tale of Larry "Doc" Sportello, a pot-smoking detective who is hired to investigate a kidnap plot. The plot plays out a in turbulent late-60s La inhabited by Manson family acolytes and "counter-subversive" agents at the Lapd. The New Yorker described the book as "a novel in which paranoia is less a political or metaphysical state than a by-product of smoking too much weed".
The film, written and directed by Anderson, will be produced by Annapurna Pictures,...
- 1/25/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
WGA Awards 2013: From The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Looper to Lincoln and The Master The WGA Awards 2013 nominations were announced earlier today. Expect the Academy Awards 2013 nominations in the writing categories to be — at least — somewhat different, for reasons explained below. But first, here are the WGA Awards 2013 nominees: [Photo: Emma Watson The Perks of Being a Wallflower.] Best Original Screenplay: John Gatins for Robert Zemeckis’ Flight; Rian Johnson for Looper, which he also directed; Paul Thomas [...]...
- 1/4/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
A strong year, this 2012. Every genre had its share of riches, and we were spoiled by new films from Andersons Wes and Paul Thomas, further mythmaking from Quentin Tarantino and an inquisition into our currency from David Cronenberg. We saw the continued evolution of the careers of Jacques Audiard, Rian Johnson, Craig Zobel and Ira Sachs, while William Friedkin was revitalized, and, as if by accident, two more great films tumbled out of Steven Soderbergh’s pocket. By the time Steven Spielberg cranked out his finest film in almost two decades, we were awash in riches. It was also a year about illusions, lies and deception – most of the best films of this year dealt with artifice, the understanding that it’s not about what we want so much as how we disguise it, the truth buttressed and justified by either elaborate hoax or cheap parlor trick. In a year...
- 12/28/2012
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
Paul Thomas Anderson's long-awaited cult movie has pleased the critics, but most of us will find it heavy going
Paul Thomas Anderson is the critics' director, or one of them – and as if to prove it, at the press show of his latest epic, The Master, there were agonised male groans when it was announced that, rather than watching 70mm film, we would have to make do with digital (insoluble technical problem, apparently). Not that many of us left our seats, even though some had already seen the film at Venice, or wherever. This is how much the critics love Anderson: most were ready and willing to submerge themselves in his film's murky depths again, digital or not.
Will the public want to see The Master twice? I doubt it. A few may not even be able to endure it once, all the way through. It is a long,...
Paul Thomas Anderson is the critics' director, or one of them – and as if to prove it, at the press show of his latest epic, The Master, there were agonised male groans when it was announced that, rather than watching 70mm film, we would have to make do with digital (insoluble technical problem, apparently). Not that many of us left our seats, even though some had already seen the film at Venice, or wherever. This is how much the critics love Anderson: most were ready and willing to submerge themselves in his film's murky depths again, digital or not.
Will the public want to see The Master twice? I doubt it. A few may not even be able to endure it once, all the way through. It is a long,...
- 11/4/2012
- by Rachel Cooke
- The Guardian - Film News
The Master confirms Paul Thomas Anderson as the only American film-maker of his generation who could be mistaken for a junior member of Hollywood's golden age
Hollywood's prestige season is upon us and, despite a parade of heavy hitters, including Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and the Wachowski-Tykwer adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, no potential Oscar winner is more ambitious – or more likely to provoke discussion regarding its meaning and intent – than Paul Thomas Anderson's sixth feature, The Master.
Anderson's subtly disorienting, deeply engrossing study of the symbiotic relationship between charismatic cult leader Lancaster Dodd, magnificently played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and his disturbed follower Freddie Quell, indelibly embodied by Joaquin Phoenix, is a panoramic chamber drama. Punctuated by persistent close-ups, it's an extended two-shot epic in its sweep.
The first production to avail itself of the great clarity afforded by 65mm in the 16 years since Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet,...
Hollywood's prestige season is upon us and, despite a parade of heavy hitters, including Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and the Wachowski-Tykwer adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, no potential Oscar winner is more ambitious – or more likely to provoke discussion regarding its meaning and intent – than Paul Thomas Anderson's sixth feature, The Master.
Anderson's subtly disorienting, deeply engrossing study of the symbiotic relationship between charismatic cult leader Lancaster Dodd, magnificently played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and his disturbed follower Freddie Quell, indelibly embodied by Joaquin Phoenix, is a panoramic chamber drama. Punctuated by persistent close-ups, it's an extended two-shot epic in its sweep.
The first production to avail itself of the great clarity afforded by 65mm in the 16 years since Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet,...
- 11/3/2012
- by J Hoberman
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Thomas Anderson proves his uniqueness again, as Joaquin Phoenix's drifter bonds with Philip Seymour Hoffman's cult leader in a brilliant and sad dissection of postwar America
Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie The Master is brilliant, mysterious and unbearably sad, in approximately that narrative order. It is just that brilliance and formal distinction, together with a touch of hubris in the title, that could divide commentators. Anderson has within living memory knocked us for the biggest loop with his There Will Be Blood in 2007, and nothing makes critics more nervous than a director who makes two exceptional films in a row. Reviewers get a bit self-conscious about dishing out the top prize again, scared of looking like fanboys and pushovers. They feel the need to change the mood, to validate the uniqueness of their former praise. And I admit that after seeing The Master for the first...
Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie The Master is brilliant, mysterious and unbearably sad, in approximately that narrative order. It is just that brilliance and formal distinction, together with a touch of hubris in the title, that could divide commentators. Anderson has within living memory knocked us for the biggest loop with his There Will Be Blood in 2007, and nothing makes critics more nervous than a director who makes two exceptional films in a row. Reviewers get a bit self-conscious about dishing out the top prize again, scared of looking like fanboys and pushovers. They feel the need to change the mood, to validate the uniqueness of their former praise. And I admit that after seeing The Master for the first...
- 11/2/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The director talks about making this year's most controversial Oscar contender
The Master rolls in midway through the Venice film festival. It comes billed as thunderstorm, a controversy, its arrival trailed by rumbles of dissent. This, we are told, is the Scientology film, a veiled biopic of the demagogic L Ron Hubbard; the movie that freaked Tom Cruise. In the event it turns out to be all that and more. So much more, in fact, that the delegates stumbling out from the screening appear momentarily nonplussed.
Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master charts the fortunes of lowly Freddie Quell, a volatile drifter who falls under the spell of charismatic Lancaster Dodd. Shuffling through the postwar west, Dodd plies his trade in town halls and parlours, spinning tales of reincarnation and space aliens and cooking up a new religion as his "gift to homosapiens". What follows, though, is...
The Master rolls in midway through the Venice film festival. It comes billed as thunderstorm, a controversy, its arrival trailed by rumbles of dissent. This, we are told, is the Scientology film, a veiled biopic of the demagogic L Ron Hubbard; the movie that freaked Tom Cruise. In the event it turns out to be all that and more. So much more, in fact, that the delegates stumbling out from the screening appear momentarily nonplussed.
Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master charts the fortunes of lowly Freddie Quell, a volatile drifter who falls under the spell of charismatic Lancaster Dodd. Shuffling through the postwar west, Dodd plies his trade in town halls and parlours, spinning tales of reincarnation and space aliens and cooking up a new religion as his "gift to homosapiens". What follows, though, is...
- 10/25/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
“We always say I was more famous than she thought I was, and less famous than I thought I was.”
It’s not your usual husband-wife chat, but then this is Rob Thomas describing the state of play when he met Marisol Maldonado at the onset of his career, one album along the road of three Grammy Awards and an exalted position on the high plinth of American popular rock.
Rob Thomas with his wife Marisol Maldonado
Today in London, Thomas is mock-angsting because his wife has texted him ‘good morning’ from the Us and then promptly disappeared. “Why do women do that?” he asks the room. His Matchbox Twenty bandmate Paul Doucette offers sagely, “Because they have things to do?”
It’s immediately clear that, between these two parts of the band, there is no hierarchy, an achievement in itself, because Thomas – he of the legendary Carlos Santa collaboration on Smooth – is equally famous,...
It’s not your usual husband-wife chat, but then this is Rob Thomas describing the state of play when he met Marisol Maldonado at the onset of his career, one album along the road of three Grammy Awards and an exalted position on the high plinth of American popular rock.
Rob Thomas with his wife Marisol Maldonado
Today in London, Thomas is mock-angsting because his wife has texted him ‘good morning’ from the Us and then promptly disappeared. “Why do women do that?” he asks the room. His Matchbox Twenty bandmate Paul Doucette offers sagely, “Because they have things to do?”
It’s immediately clear that, between these two parts of the band, there is no hierarchy, an achievement in itself, because Thomas – he of the legendary Carlos Santa collaboration on Smooth – is equally famous,...
- 10/4/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
This September wasn’t a bad way to get out of a summer slump. If any of you were disappointed by this past summer’s films, last month should have picked up your spirits. You were either in awe or disappointment over Paul Thomas Anderon‘s The Master, but whatever camp you fall into, at least you more than likely had thoughts about it. Rian Johnson‘s Looper completely lived up to the hype, wonky time travel logic and all. And we got Dredd 3D and End of Watch, two B-movies which exceeded expectations. Not a bad way to start a new season. There are plenty of offerings for every taste this October including one with a bug-eyed, jacked up, and horrifying Matthew Fox who apparently will be taken down by Tyler Perry. Keep reading for a glimpse at seven other movies you should run and skip to the theaters for. Sinister...
- 10/1/2012
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
If you haven't taken the time to see Paul Thomas Anderon's film The Master (especially in 70mm) you're missing out on what will surely be a huge awards contender when the time comes. Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman put in phenomenal performances that by themselves are worth a trip to the theater. But if you need more convincing, here's a stellar piece of footage that was shown as a sizzle reel at Cannes earlier this summer. The best thing about this footage though, is there's scenes that didn't make the final cut. That has me excited to see what deleted scenes there are on Blu-Ray/DVD. Watch! Here's the final Nsfw Cannes sizzle reel for PTA's The Master, originally found via HeyUGuys: A 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on, and a young drifter who...
- 9/28/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Oh, porn movie parodies, how we love thee. Here’s a new one, a non-horror, non-superhero XXX finally, called The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody.
Are you trying to seduce f*ck me, Mrs. Robinson?
Here’s the press release:
Paul Thomas Presents and Exile Distribution reveal the box art for The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody. Featuring Ben (Anthony Rosano) staring longingly at Mrs. Robinson’s leg (India Summer), the cover perfectly invokes the classic movie of seduction. The Graduate XXX is available on DVD September 30 and also stars Raven Alexis, Dale Dabone, Veronica Avluv, Kagney Lin Karter, Lexi Belle, Marie McCray, James Bartholet, Herschel Savage, Rod Fontana and Ron Jeremy.
For me, The Graduate is about a younger generation’s struggles to step out of the shadow of their parents and find their own path in life,” states Director Paul Thomas. “While beautiful and funny, the...
Are you trying to seduce f*ck me, Mrs. Robinson?
Here’s the press release:
Paul Thomas Presents and Exile Distribution reveal the box art for The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody. Featuring Ben (Anthony Rosano) staring longingly at Mrs. Robinson’s leg (India Summer), the cover perfectly invokes the classic movie of seduction. The Graduate XXX is available on DVD September 30 and also stars Raven Alexis, Dale Dabone, Veronica Avluv, Kagney Lin Karter, Lexi Belle, Marie McCray, James Bartholet, Herschel Savage, Rod Fontana and Ron Jeremy.
For me, The Graduate is about a younger generation’s struggles to step out of the shadow of their parents and find their own path in life,” states Director Paul Thomas. “While beautiful and funny, the...
- 9/16/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
And here we go again. Just less than four years from that agonising night in Paris, England fans rose with the rest of the world in expectation of what could be at the Rugby World Cup 2011.
Beginning this time on the other side of the world in Auckland, New Zealand at Eden Park, the opening ceremony began proceedings with hundreds of dancers taking to the pitch in a spectacle of light and sound, complemented by the sparkle of thousands of cameras as those lucky enough to be in the stadium captured the moment.
Maori Warriors in traditional dress demonstrated the origins on the now infamous Haka war dance, punctuated by increasingly infuriating ad breaks and comments from the commentary team, seemingly determined not to let you watch the ceremony. As proceedings went on, a young boy jinked his way up the field with a glowing rugby ball, wearing the colours of Christchurch,...
Beginning this time on the other side of the world in Auckland, New Zealand at Eden Park, the opening ceremony began proceedings with hundreds of dancers taking to the pitch in a spectacle of light and sound, complemented by the sparkle of thousands of cameras as those lucky enough to be in the stadium captured the moment.
Maori Warriors in traditional dress demonstrated the origins on the now infamous Haka war dance, punctuated by increasingly infuriating ad breaks and comments from the commentary team, seemingly determined not to let you watch the ceremony. As proceedings went on, a young boy jinked his way up the field with a glowing rugby ball, wearing the colours of Christchurch,...
- 9/9/2011
- by Jeff Ball
- Obsessed with Film
Documentary examining the life and legacy of the controversial comic.
At the age of 32 Bill Hicks died from pancreatic cancer. This film, from British documentary filmmakers Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, aims to provide us with a deeper understanding of the intelligent and articulate comedian who had the ability to slip in the crudest of dick jokes between funny, thoughtful and honest musings on spirituality, philosophy, politics and whatever else sprung into his wonderful mind.
To those of us who are already converted to the Church of Bill, there will be plenty of familiar...
At the age of 32 Bill Hicks died from pancreatic cancer. This film, from British documentary filmmakers Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, aims to provide us with a deeper understanding of the intelligent and articulate comedian who had the ability to slip in the crudest of dick jokes between funny, thoughtful and honest musings on spirituality, philosophy, politics and whatever else sprung into his wonderful mind.
To those of us who are already converted to the Church of Bill, there will be plenty of familiar...
- 8/17/2011
- by Robert Munro
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Blu-ray | DVD
Directed by Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas
Starring Kevin Booth, John Farneti, Bill Hicks, Lynn Hicks, Mary Hicks
BBC Warner
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Welcome America, welcome to Bill Hicks. You may have heard of this guy. We have.
And by that I mean we, English.
Not to get on my high-horse about this, but I feel somewhat proud that Bill Hicks adopted the UK as his second home, a place where his comedy seems to fit. His popularity in 1991 was evident at the peak of his career whilst filming for the iconic stand-up tour Revelations at the Dominion Theatre in London. His cynical approach and opinion on current matters and affairs that informed his comedy, cloaked in a riding coat and hat, he grieved that the death of the American Dream became too uncompromising and conflicting for the U.S. He grieved to the English people,...
Blu-ray | DVD
Directed by Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas
Starring Kevin Booth, John Farneti, Bill Hicks, Lynn Hicks, Mary Hicks
BBC Warner
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Welcome America, welcome to Bill Hicks. You may have heard of this guy. We have.
And by that I mean we, English.
Not to get on my high-horse about this, but I feel somewhat proud that Bill Hicks adopted the UK as his second home, a place where his comedy seems to fit. His popularity in 1991 was evident at the peak of his career whilst filming for the iconic stand-up tour Revelations at the Dominion Theatre in London. His cynical approach and opinion on current matters and affairs that informed his comedy, cloaked in a riding coat and hat, he grieved that the death of the American Dream became too uncompromising and conflicting for the U.S. He grieved to the English people,...
- 8/9/2011
- by Manic Rage
- Geeks of Doom
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