Michael Almereyda’s seventh film at Sundance, Experimenter, is a film that asks more questions than answers them. As Almereyda (2001’s Hamlet, Trance) stated before the film began, Stanley Milgram, the film’s biopic subject, was “better at asking questions than answering them.” The film does exactly the same by asking questions, but on the surface. In the vein of films…
“I wish I had cancer.” How’s that for a salvo? If it throws you for a loop, it won’t take long before your mind begins to wonder, “What fresh hell could be more harrowing than that?” The answer, both in life and in Still Alice, is a slow and steady deterioration of the brain, the…
Masters of Hollywood – from directors to actors – anticipate awards season each and every year, hoping that their work throughout the past 12 months will gain them a coveted nomination. Whether you think of the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Awards, or the prestigious Oscars when you think of the most exciting night for…
For up-and-comer Valorie Curry, a career in acting wasn’t exactly a choice; it was something closer to a calling. “It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do,” says the twenty-eight-year-old California native, whose passion for the form was influenced most readily by a childhood spent in creative and collaborate spaces. In fact, it’s her mother who…
Callan McAuliffe, the 19-year-old Australian actor from such films as the 2013 hit The Great Gatsby, Rob Reiner’s Flipped, and sci-fi flick I Am Number Four, has mapped an unconventional road to success, and it started in a definitively unglamorous way: “I wanted to buy a dog and I didn’t have any pocket money.” This…
- "She moves so deliberately and she holds everything inside. I had to kind of gather all of that, all of myself, and bring it in," says Sheila Vand on her new role as "the girl" in Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. "I feel the reason why I became an actor was so that…
“Love usually leads to trouble." Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson have teamed up once again for the 2014 release of Inherent Vice, the latter’s directorial follow up to 2012’s The Master, a film loosely based on scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, whose works include:…
The story of Sissy Spacek is a story based on family. It is the story of a poor girl, from Texas, a shy girl, a homecoming queen. It is the story of a teenage brother who died of leukemia; of a grief-stricken sister who ran away to New York. It is the story of two…
"The world's best cardmen practice the moves until they do them right. Richard Turner practices the moves until he can't do them wrong." - Bruce T, Gambling Regulator, 2006. Texas resident Richard Turner was born in California on June 16th, 1954, which was quite fatefully dubbed “the year of the full deck.” Growing up in an…
Unbroken marks Angelina Jolie’s third time behind the camera. Much like her previous directorial experiences, her new project brings to light a socially relevant episode in history. An on-screen adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilence, and Redemption, the story follows the life of Olympic track athlete Louis…
Morgan Fisher: “Past Present, Present Past” Maureen Paley London November 24, 2014 – January 25, 2015 Morgan Fisher's first solo film exhibition will be held at Maureen Paley in London from November 24, 2014 - January 25, 2015. Regarding his exhibition Fisher says: “My father taught me photography in 1955, when I was twelve years old.…
Zoey Deutch’s destiny within the world of acting could be construed as preordained. The daughter of actress Lea Thompson (Back to The Future) and director Howard Deutch (Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful), one might say the nineteen-year-old was groomed for entertainment. Starring roles in films such as this year’s Vampire Academy have put…
“There is a stigma within the industry of [being] a model-turned-actress, that you’ve got to be pretty to become an actress.” Actress Sophie Kennedy Clark is both outspoken and grateful for her career, and isn’t one to shy away from taking on provocative roles—be it in film or in discussions about a woman’s place in…
Australian model-turned-actress Alyssa Sutherland has clear artistic goals: “I want to make people laugh, I want to make people cry, I want to provoke people, I want to make them think about something in a different way...” The Vogue cover girl started modeling at the age of 15, and had a massively successful international career,…
“Success isn’t by accident and, if it is, it won’t be long lasting.” With his expert portrayal of Cato in 2012’s The Hunger Games, it’s hard to believe that Canadian-born actor Alexander Ludwig would experience anything but long-lasting success. Even as a young boy, the actor was eager for work. “I stole my mom’s phone,…
Let the games begin! Katniss Everdeen, portrayed by Academy-Award Winner, Jennifer Lawrence, and our favorite “tributes” are back in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1, this year’s installment of the best-selling trilogy by Suzanne Collins. At the conclusion of 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, a distraught Katniss learns of the capture of her fellow contestant,…
"When child actors and young adults in the business don't have a strong support system and a strong foundation in their family, they lose their way most of the time." Sasha Pieterse, the recently-turned eighteen-year-old, has wisdom well beyond her years thanks in part to the fact that she has been in show business since…
Ethan Hawke @ 2014 Venice Film Festival Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi for The Untitled Magazine This has been a fantastic year for Ethan Hawke, especially with the success of Richard Linklater’s twelve year labour of love Boyhood. I met the actor, who made us fall in love with Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, at the 71st…
The Costume Institute: China: Through the Looking Glass The Metropolitan Museum of Art May 7th, 2015 –August 16th, 2015 Exhibition Locations: Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center Presented in the Museum’s Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center, the exhibition will explore how China has fueled the creative imagination for centuries, resulting in layers of…
“No one is ever out to repeat something that has been done before. You want to create anew and hope the audience is open to reception.” - Jessica Stroup Actress Jessica Stroup has been working in the industry since 2005 and has graced both television and film screens with her feisty presence. Many recognize the…
