Watching The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967) is an experience that is uplifting and depressing at the same time. Uplifting because the film marries a stimulating aesthetic and a good story so effortlessly. It is a true crowd-pleaser, because it can be simply enjoyed as a comedy-drama or engaged with and understood in more complex ways [...]
Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood and Macha Grenon have boarded the indie drama “Barney’s Version” and will star alongside Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, and Minnie Driver. Variety reports that shooting will begin in Rome on Aug. 17 on the Richard J. Lewis-directed, Michael Konyves screenplay. The script is based on the novel by Mordecai Richler. Robert [...]
Dustin Hoffman will star opposite Paul Giamatti in the indie drama “Barney’s Version,” based on the final novel of Mordecai Richler’s, reports Variety. Robert Lantos and his Serendipity Point banner will produce. Michael Konyves’ adaptation of the seminal work will be directed by Richard J. Lewis with shooting set to begin Aug. 17 in Rome. [...]
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