Although Meryl Streep has never known real obscurity in her lengthy and prestigious career, she is having something of resurgence. THR reports that the 61-year-old actress is currently in talks to play controversial British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in a biopic called “The Iron Lady.” This news comes in the wake of a stream of [...]
What do Peter Sellers’ character in Hal Ashby’s 1979 flick, “Being There” and Jason Reitman’s Oscar-bait movie, “Up in the Air” have in common? More than you might think. Also, can a middle-aged, sexually inactive divorcee be sexy? All that and more in this week’s edition of The Moving Arts FilmCast. Click below to listen [...]
Rich, middle-aged, white women sitting around a posh Santa Barbara pad drinking expensive wine and talking about their vaginas. If that doesn’t sound appealing then “It’s Complicated” probably isn’t the movie for you. Nancy Meyers (“What Women Want,” “The Holiday”) directs Meryl Streep as Jane, a lonely, aging, divorced bakery owner who habitually runs into [...]
Mr. Fox, although a kleptomaniac and an irresponsible sociopathological thrill-seeker, sure is charming and sometimes even quote-unquote fantastic. But what about the farmers? Boggis, Bunce and Bean are certainly “three of the meanest, nastiest, ugliest farmers around,” but does that really warrant us victimizing and sympathizing with Mr. Fox for troubles he brings upon himself? [...]
Lajos Koltai has been confirmed to direct “Spider Dance,” an indie period drama that takes place in 19th century Australia, according to THR. “Duchess” director, Saul Dibb, was originally reported to be helming “Dance,” the story of an American who arrives in a downtrodden sector of Sydney with an extensive entourage of actors and other [...]
On the surface, John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt”–adapted from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play–seems to explore, with a reluctance to definitively reveal, whether or not a Catholic priest molests a boy from his parish. The critics have already begun to weigh in, some of them panning the film on grounds that Shanley uses doubt as a [...]
Loco: London’s 1st Comedy Film Festival
Orlando: Does Sex Matter?
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The Power of Limits in The Five Obstructions
Surviving ‘Surviving Life’
‘The Other’ at The 2nd London Iranian Film Festival
‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
A Step Forward: New African Film in Paris
Adapting to The Skin I Live In: The Antidote to Horror
Chicken with Plums: Better on Paper
