Writer-director-producer Michael Schroeder’s documentary "The Man In the Chair" has been quietly making the festival rounds this past year, building momentum among the press. "Man" allows a harsh look into the life of Flash Madden (Christopher Plummer), the last surviving member of the "Citizen Kane" production crew. Cameron Kincaid (Michael Angarano) is a rebellious teenager who is constantly ... more >
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Facing Proust: Alicja Bachleda
Sometimes, the briefest answers can reveal much about a person. Each week, someone answers SCREEN COMMENT's Proust questionaire. Mexican-born Polish actor Alicja Bachleda was recently seen in Marko Kreutzpaintner's Trade (2007) and previously appeared in Andrzej Wajda's Pan Tadeusz and Lionel Baier's Comme Des Voleurs: What’s your current state of mind Curious. What’s your biggest quality? ... more >
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RUN FAT BOY RUN SLATED FOR MARCH RELEASE
(BY ALI NADERZAD) Let’s not kid ourselves: the premise of David Schwimmer's directorial debut Run, Fat Boy, Run, is a shallow one (sorry Monty Python). A clumsy dope by the name of Dennis (Simon Pegg) stands up his fiancee Libby (Thandie Newton) just before their wedding. It takes five years to realize that she is the one. Except that by then, Libby has hooked up with Whit (played by Hank ... more >
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY TO BEGIN ON MAMMOTH, STARS MICHELLE WILLIAMS AND GAEL BERNAL
Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams have been cast in Lukas Moodysson's first english-language feature Mammoth, it was announced today by producer Lars Jönsson of Memfis Film. Nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, Michelle’s credits to date include Thomas McCarthy’s The Station Agent, Wim Wenders’ Land of Plenty and more recently Todd Haynes’ ... more >
OPENING THIS WEEK: BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, and Rosemary Harris. Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all – itself. Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke) into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a ... more >
BANG BANG BANG! TROPA DE ELITE
(BY ALI NADERZAD) This October in Brazil a new feature film called Tropa de Elite stirred some so-called controversy for its realistic depiction of police brutality and corruption. Tropa, loosely based on real persons, portrays a team of Brazilian SWAT officers (known as BOPE) as they raid neighborhoods and terrorize young armed militias on drug outpost duty. Their mission: to sanitize the worst ... more >
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