Robert Duvall: Don't Mourn the Good Old Days of Hollywood
January, 07, 2011 12:40 pm | Comments On #Dustin Hoffman, film, Gene Hackman, Get Low, Horton Foote, Movies, Robert Duvall, True Grit
They may not make them like they used to, but Robert Duvall is still optimistic about the future of movies.
“There’s still room for all kinds of films. Going into the 21st century, this is such an in-medium that you’re getting all kinds of people to do it -- African Americans, Spanish -- it’s open to all,” Duvall told a capacity crowd at a showing Thursday night of his acclaimed new drama “Get Low,” part of TheWrap's ongoing Academy Screening Series.
Unlike other actors of his generation who mourn the passage of the decade when “Easy Riders” and “Raging Bulls” took over the studios, Duvall said he believes that film’s future is bright....
Read More'Way Back's' Peter Weir: I Wouldn't Go Into Film Today ... Maybe TV
January, 06, 2011 12:34 pm | Comments On #Anne Applebaum, Colin Farrell, company, Deal Central, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Joni Levin, Keith R. Clarke, Master and Commander, Movies, Newmarket Films, news, people, Peter Weir, Point Blank Prods., project, Saoirse Ronan, Stanislaw Rawicz, The Way Back"I'm not so sure I'd go into film today," says Peter Weir. "I might go into television, but I'm not sure about film. We're in the midst of a tremendous sea change in the last 10 years. It's really swung over to being a children's system of entertainment."
Weir was talking about his new survival drama, "The Way Back," following a showing of the film Wednesday night at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks. Hosted by TheWrap's Dominic Patten, it was part of the site's ongoing Academy Screening Series. (Photographs by Jonathan Alcorn.)
The six-time Oscar nominee was quick to point a finger at mainstream Hollywood. "Sometimes it's a long hard slog to get...
Read MoreKirsten Dunst: The Web of Murder in 'All Good Things' Still Not Untangled
December, 21, 2010 1:08 pm | Comments On #All Good Things, Andrew Jarecki, Awards, Kirsten Dunst, Movies, oscars, Ryan GoslingKirsten Dunst is still baffled about the disappearance – and possible murder -- of the character she plays in her new movie, “All Good Things.”
In Andrew Jarecki's new film, Dunst plays Katie Marx, a character based on Kathleen McCormack, the wife of New York real estate scion Robert Durst. McCormack disappeared in 1982. Many suspect she was murdered, though no body has ever been found.
The film strongly suggests that she was, and that the family was complicit in knowledge of the crime; Dunst seems to have come to that conclusion as well.
“Why wouldn’t they put more money or more investigators into finding his wife?” she wondered, about the Durst family’s strangely limited effort. “They really covered it up in a big way.”
She added, referring to Durst's later dismemberment of a...
Read More'Catfish's' Schulman: We Aren't Smart Enough to Make This Up
December, 17, 2010 3:56 pm | Comments On #Awards, Catfish, documentaries, Dominic Patten, Movies, Nev Schulman, oscars, TheWrap Screening Series“For me the experience was totally real,” says Nev Schulman, the subject of this year’s most enigmatic documentary, “Catfish.”
Schulman was responding to claims questioning the authenticity of “Catfish,” at a Q&A following a showing of the controversial documentary Thursday night at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks. Part of TheWrap’s ongoing Awards Screening series, the discussion was hosted by TheWrap's Dominic Patten. (Photograph by Jonathan Alcorn)
“Catfish” chronicles an intense on-line relationship between Schulman and a woman in rural Michigan named Megan. Over several months, as the relationship grew increasingly intimate, clues began to...
Director to Lesbians: 'Kids Are All Right' Not Irresponsible
December, 16, 2010 11:32 am | Comments On #Awards, Golden Globes, julianne moore, Lisa Cholodenko, Movies, Stuart Bloomberg, The Kids are All Right“Some people in the lesbian community think that it’s not a good thing to explore a lesbian that wants to have an affair with a man,” said Lisa Cholodenko about the blowback she’s received over her touching and often hilarious movie, “The Kids Are All Right.”
“It didn’t seem irresponsible or reckless or like I was damaging any community.”
Cholodenko and her writing partner Stuart Bloomberg stopped by the ArcLight in Sherman Oaks for a Q&A Thursday, following a showing of her critically acclaimed movie. Part of TheWrap’s ongoing Academy Screening List, the site’s Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman hosted the discussion. (Photographs by Jonathan Alcorn)
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Read MoreWho Wouldn't Wanna Finance Halle Berry? 'Everyone, It Seems'
December, 14, 2010 4:40 pm | Comments On #Academy Awards, Barack Obama, Frankie and Alice, Halle Berry, Movies, oscarsWho wouldn’t want to finance Halle Berry?
“Everyone, it seems,” the actress said.
“There’ve been roles that I’ve really wanted to play and I’ve had to listen to producers say to me, ‘We don’t want to go black with the role because if we go black it changes the whole story because who would her parents be? Then we got to cast a black guy for the father. Then it becomes a black movie and then who’s going to see it?”
Berry was speaking at a special showing of her new film “Frankie and Alice” Monday night at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, part of TheWrap’s ongoing Academy Screening Series. TheWrap’s Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman led a post-movie Q&A with the actress. (All photographs by Jonathan Alcorn)
“Frankie” is the real-life...
Read MoreBardem in 'Biutiful': It's the Heartbeat of Life, Life, Life
December, 08, 2010 1:32 pm | Comments On #Academy Awards, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Biutiful, Javier Bardem, Movies, oscars, penelope cruz“I’m alive, don’t worry,” quipped Javier Bardem as he took the stage Tuesday night following a screening of his latest film, “Biutiful.” Audiences had just watched him perish from cancer as he lay by the side of his 10-year-old daughter -- by all accounts a gut-wrenching moment.
He wasn't exaggerating about the feeling of reality in the critically acclaimed film. Bardem recalled a scene between himself and Hanaa Bouchaib, who plays the daughter. She confronts him when it’s clear that he is very ill.
The sound man placed microphones inside their clothing so that when they hugged, their actual heartbeats were picked up. “I think that’s the heart of the movie,...
Read More'Rabbit Hole' Actors Embrace Grief and Loss
December, 07, 2010 12:32 pm | Comments On #Aaron Eckhart, Awards, John Cameron Mitchell, Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole, Sandra Oh, TheWrap Screening SeriesWe've all heard of movies where the cast and crew dealt with tough, grim subject matter by keeping the atmosphere on the set light and playful, or by blowing off steam at the end of the day.
"Rabbit Hole," John Cameron Mitchell's understated, quietly gripping drama about a couple (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) dealing with the death of their young son, was not one of those movies.
"I don’t think I went out to dinner once while I was making this movie," Eckhart told theWrap's Sharon Waxman during a Q&A that followed theWrap Screening Series presentation of "Rabbit Hole" at the Arclight Sherman Oaks on Monday.
"My kid is dead. Why do I...
Sorkin: Leaked IMs Show Facebook Founder Out for Revenge
December, 06, 2010 12:27 pm | Comments On #aaron sorkin, Academy Screening, Armie Hammer, Mark Zuckerberg, Movies, oscars, the social networkDespite protests from the Facebook co-founder, it’s becoming clear that the critically lauded “The Social Network” paints a pretty accurate portrait of Mark Zuckerberg.
Newly leaked IM’s from Zuckerberg’s hard drive seem to substantiate claims in the film that the Facebook founder stole the idea for his social networking site from the real-life Winklevoss twins.
Zuckerberg comes right out and says, “I’m going to f--- the Winklevosses,” screenwriter Aaron Sorkin told TheWrap’s Dominic Patten at a packed showing of film Sunday night at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, part of TheWrap’s ongoing Academy Screening Series. (Pictured: Sorkin, Patten, Hammer;...
Read MoreDirector Cianfrance: We'll Release 'Blue Valentine' With an NC-17
December, 03, 2010 11:47 am | Comments On #Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance, Michelle Williams, Movies, NC-17, r, rating, Ryan Gosling
The Motion Picture Association of America may have slapped “Blue Valentine” with an NC-17, but director Derek Cianfrance is damned if he’s going to cut his sexually frank drama to appease the ratings board.
“The assumption when you get an NC-17 rating is that you’ll change the movie to get an R,” Cianfrance told TheWrap's Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman following a Thursday night showing of “Blue Valentine.”
(Above, Cianfrance and Waxman; photograph by...
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