Chicago – Cindy Morgan: So the first time you saw ‘Caddyshack’ did you ever imagine that one day you’d be wrangling my boobs for a photo?
Joe Arce: Constantly
Cindy: (Laughing) Okay, Cowboy. Welcome to Fantasy Island! Wrangle away!
Joe: Are you sure?
Cindy: Christ!, do I have to buy you dinner first? Yup, get that double sided tape ready and give me the full ‘Jayne Mansfield’ table shot treatment!
Joe: God,I love my job
Cindy: Consider yourself tipped.
Cindy Morgan
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
During that first shoot I remember sharing the story of seeing “Tron” for the first time at a suburban drive in with my college girlfriend. That girlfriend got huffy as the movie progressed, till she literally tapped me on the shoulder saying, “You know you’d get a lot luckier with the hot blond here in...
Joe Arce: Constantly
Cindy: (Laughing) Okay, Cowboy. Welcome to Fantasy Island! Wrangle away!
Joe: Are you sure?
Cindy: Christ!, do I have to buy you dinner first? Yup, get that double sided tape ready and give me the full ‘Jayne Mansfield’ table shot treatment!
Joe: God,I love my job
Cindy: Consider yourself tipped.
Cindy Morgan
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
During that first shoot I remember sharing the story of seeing “Tron” for the first time at a suburban drive in with my college girlfriend. That girlfriend got huffy as the movie progressed, till she literally tapped me on the shoulder saying, “You know you’d get a lot luckier with the hot blond here in...
- 1/30/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Land That Time Forgot: Vroda Mines Eroding Memories in Speculative Debut
Thomas Wolfe meant You Can’t Go Home Again metaphorically, but such might literally be the case for the denizens of a depleted Ukrainian countryside community in Maryna Vroda’s feature debut, Stepne. The project is a long-gestating one, as Vroda has been painstakingly working on the film for over a decade, announced shortly after she won the Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for her short film Cross. Navigating a template which taps into neorealism as much as it does a docudrama, Vroda’s narrative saunters into more of a chronicling exercise of a disappearing culture than linear storytelling.…...
Thomas Wolfe meant You Can’t Go Home Again metaphorically, but such might literally be the case for the denizens of a depleted Ukrainian countryside community in Maryna Vroda’s feature debut, Stepne. The project is a long-gestating one, as Vroda has been painstakingly working on the film for over a decade, announced shortly after she won the Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for her short film Cross. Navigating a template which taps into neorealism as much as it does a docudrama, Vroda’s narrative saunters into more of a chronicling exercise of a disappearing culture than linear storytelling.…...
- 8/11/2023
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
We live in a golden age of narcissism, fueled by social media and the belief that everything we think, utter, eat, create or gaze upon should be of interest to others. In this sense, Netflix’s reality TV snack Longest Third Date is perfect for these times. It’s a chronicle of a compulsive self-chronicler who journeyed to Costa Rica in March 2020 on, yes, a third date, with a woman he liked but barely knew. And there they remained, quarantined in paradise by Covid for what turned out to be months.
- 4/18/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
This post contains major spoilers for "Infinity Pool."
In Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises," war veteran Jake Barnes, who has suffered an injury leaving him unable to have sex, tells a friend who's sleeping with his beloved, "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." In Thomas Wolfe's 1940 novel "You Can't Go Home Again," protagonist George Webber, a novelist, returns to his hometown after writing about it in a successful book. The novel's contents have outraged his old neighbors and family, appalled by what had secretly laid within George's psyche.
In Brandon Cronenberg's latest film, "Infinity Pool," writer James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård) learns about being caught between these two literary extremes in the most disturbing, humiliating, and embarrassing way possible. Now three films into his directing career, "Infinity Pool" further cements Cronenberg's auteurist signature style, his tropes, themes, and aesthetic.
In Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises," war veteran Jake Barnes, who has suffered an injury leaving him unable to have sex, tells a friend who's sleeping with his beloved, "You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." In Thomas Wolfe's 1940 novel "You Can't Go Home Again," protagonist George Webber, a novelist, returns to his hometown after writing about it in a successful book. The novel's contents have outraged his old neighbors and family, appalled by what had secretly laid within George's psyche.
In Brandon Cronenberg's latest film, "Infinity Pool," writer James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård) learns about being caught between these two literary extremes in the most disturbing, humiliating, and embarrassing way possible. Now three films into his directing career, "Infinity Pool" further cements Cronenberg's auteurist signature style, his tropes, themes, and aesthetic.
- 1/27/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
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Andrew Prine, the charming character actor who proved quite comfortable in the saddle in Bandolero!, Chisum, Wide Country and dozens of other Westerns on television and the big screen, has died. He was 86.
He died Monday in Paris of natural causes while on vacation with his wife, actress-producer Heather Lowe, she told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was the sweetest prince,” she said.
Prine also played the brother of Helen Keller (Patty Duke in an Oscar-winning turn) in The Miracle Worker (1962) and portrayed a lawman in Texarkana, Arkansas, who hunts a hooded serial killer alongside Ben Johnson in the cult classic The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976).
Later in his career, he stood out as Confederate Gen. Richard B. Garnett in the sprawling Gettysburg (1993).
In 1962-63, the lanky Prine got a taste of fame when he starred as the younger brother of Earl Holliman — their...
Andrew Prine, the charming character actor who proved quite comfortable in the saddle in Bandolero!, Chisum, Wide Country and dozens of other Westerns on television and the big screen, has died. He was 86.
He died Monday in Paris of natural causes while on vacation with his wife, actress-producer Heather Lowe, she told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was the sweetest prince,” she said.
Prine also played the brother of Helen Keller (Patty Duke in an Oscar-winning turn) in The Miracle Worker (1962) and portrayed a lawman in Texarkana, Arkansas, who hunts a hooded serial killer alongside Ben Johnson in the cult classic The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976).
Later in his career, he stood out as Confederate Gen. Richard B. Garnett in the sprawling Gettysburg (1993).
In 1962-63, the lanky Prine got a taste of fame when he starred as the younger brother of Earl Holliman — their...
- 11/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Although director Michael Grandage had a pretty good idea of Harry Styles’ star power when he first cast him in My Policeman — his sophomore feature and adapted from Bethan Roberts’ 2012 romance novel — it only really hit home once rumors of the musician’s involvement in the film became public.
“When it started to get out, sales of the book just went through the roof. It was abso- lutely berserk,” says the Brit, a celebrated and multi-award-win- ning theater director who marked his first turn as filmmaker with 2016’s Berlinale-bowing Genius. “This poor, lovely author who had just been ambling along mind- ing her own business suddenly became a best-selling writer literally overnight. And I thought, ‘Oh my God, I see, that’s the power of this boy.’”
A story of forbidden love in 1950s Britain when same-sex relationships were illegal, My Policeman, which...
Although director Michael Grandage had a pretty good idea of Harry Styles’ star power when he first cast him in My Policeman — his sophomore feature and adapted from Bethan Roberts’ 2012 romance novel — it only really hit home once rumors of the musician’s involvement in the film became public.
“When it started to get out, sales of the book just went through the roof. It was abso- lutely berserk,” says the Brit, a celebrated and multi-award-win- ning theater director who marked his first turn as filmmaker with 2016’s Berlinale-bowing Genius. “This poor, lovely author who had just been ambling along mind- ing her own business suddenly became a best-selling writer literally overnight. And I thought, ‘Oh my God, I see, that’s the power of this boy.’”
A story of forbidden love in 1950s Britain when same-sex relationships were illegal, My Policeman, which...
- 9/10/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oh, you weren’t tired of Harry Styles news? Well good thing because do we have a spitfire trailer headed your way! The trailer for another upcoming movie of Harry Styles’, My Policeman, has arrived and it hints at what may be Styles’ most promising performance so far.
The trailer shows the relationship between police officer Tom (Harry Styles) and teacher Marion. It seems ideal until museum curator Patrick enters the picture, triggering a gay relationship between him and Tom.
Also featured are older versions of the characters, played by Linus Roache, Gina McKee and Rupert Everett, respectively. Cat Power’s cover of “Sea of Love” is wonderfully utilized throughout the trailer.
My Policeman has been in development since 2020, with Lily James originally set to co-star with Harry Styles. Corrin took her place early last year.
The plot of My Policeman: “A tale of forbidden romance and changing social conventions,...
The trailer shows the relationship between police officer Tom (Harry Styles) and teacher Marion. It seems ideal until museum curator Patrick enters the picture, triggering a gay relationship between him and Tom.
Also featured are older versions of the characters, played by Linus Roache, Gina McKee and Rupert Everett, respectively. Cat Power’s cover of “Sea of Love” is wonderfully utilized throughout the trailer.
My Policeman has been in development since 2020, with Lily James originally set to co-star with Harry Styles. Corrin took her place early last year.
The plot of My Policeman: “A tale of forbidden romance and changing social conventions,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Any day now the renovated Chelsea Hotel will fully reopen, capping a drawn out process that has seen the grand edifice on the west side of Manhattan shrouded in netting and defaced by scaffolding for over a decade.
Repeated construction delays, legal wrangling between residents and the building owners, as well as a dispute with the city agency devoted to historic properties all contributed to the endless postponements. But the magic of a place that has been home to the artistic and idiosyncratic for over a century seemingly cannot be obscured by clouds of construction dust.
The new documentary Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel invites viewers inside the red brick palace to spend time with long-term residents who contribute to, and perhaps are, the essence of the Chelsea’s charm.
“It’s a film of encounters and the people we met, we love them,” explains Maya Duverdier, who co-directed...
Repeated construction delays, legal wrangling between residents and the building owners, as well as a dispute with the city agency devoted to historic properties all contributed to the endless postponements. But the magic of a place that has been home to the artistic and idiosyncratic for over a century seemingly cannot be obscured by clouds of construction dust.
The new documentary Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel invites viewers inside the red brick palace to spend time with long-term residents who contribute to, and perhaps are, the essence of the Chelsea’s charm.
“It’s a film of encounters and the people we met, we love them,” explains Maya Duverdier, who co-directed...
- 8/5/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A new video has been created for the 1992 Tom Petty deep cut “Drivin’ Down to Georgia,” which was released last year on the box set Wildflowers & All the Rest and appears on the new single disc collection Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions).
Directed by Alison Tavel, the video features archival footage shot by Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair and Martyn Atkins, who directed the 1999 Heartbreakers concert film High Grass Dogs, Live from the Fillmore. “More nostalgic for the South than anything else,” reads a press release, “the performance restates Thomas Wolfe’s...
Directed by Alison Tavel, the video features archival footage shot by Heartbreakers bassist Ron Blair and Martyn Atkins, who directed the 1999 Heartbreakers concert film High Grass Dogs, Live from the Fillmore. “More nostalgic for the South than anything else,” reads a press release, “the performance restates Thomas Wolfe’s...
- 5/6/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Weathering Heights: Khaou Searches for Solace in Stodgy Travelogue
The adage born from Thomas Wolfe’s sentiment notwithstanding, the act of revisiting one’s origins through a cultural identity from which one’s been estranged is another matter entirely. How does one ‘go home’ to a place one barely remembers? Stripped from nostalgia, the ruins of a life which could have been had it not been for a violent conflict are at the heart of Hong Khaou’s sophomore effort, Monsoon, a metaphorical title referring to a deluge as much as it signals nature’s cycle of rebirth.
The kernels of an interesting character portrait are present in Khaou’s latest, which follows a similarly mournful cultural juxtaposition of two humans united by chance under circumstances (albeit distantly) informed by traumatic experiences.…...
The adage born from Thomas Wolfe’s sentiment notwithstanding, the act of revisiting one’s origins through a cultural identity from which one’s been estranged is another matter entirely. How does one ‘go home’ to a place one barely remembers? Stripped from nostalgia, the ruins of a life which could have been had it not been for a violent conflict are at the heart of Hong Khaou’s sophomore effort, Monsoon, a metaphorical title referring to a deluge as much as it signals nature’s cycle of rebirth.
The kernels of an interesting character portrait are present in Khaou’s latest, which follows a similarly mournful cultural juxtaposition of two humans united by chance under circumstances (albeit distantly) informed by traumatic experiences.…...
- 11/25/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Power of Goodbye: Wang Returns with Heartfelt Portrait of Grief
The famous 1940 novel by Thomas Wolfe gave us the poetic metaphor about the impossibility of going home again, which also doubles as a warning on the potential danger of wallowing in nostalgia. An expert in mining the subtleties of human bonds, Wayne Wang returns with a reflective indie effort, Coming Home Again, a small scale portrait of the emotional trauma experienced in a universally recognizable scenario of having to return to one’s origins to care for an ailing loved one.
Based on an essay by novelist Chang-rae Lee, originally published in the New Yorker in 1995, it’s an authentically primed odyssey which charts a young writer’s struggle with denial as he deals with the impending death of his mother from stomach cancer.…...
The famous 1940 novel by Thomas Wolfe gave us the poetic metaphor about the impossibility of going home again, which also doubles as a warning on the potential danger of wallowing in nostalgia. An expert in mining the subtleties of human bonds, Wayne Wang returns with a reflective indie effort, Coming Home Again, a small scale portrait of the emotional trauma experienced in a universally recognizable scenario of having to return to one’s origins to care for an ailing loved one.
Based on an essay by novelist Chang-rae Lee, originally published in the New Yorker in 1995, it’s an authentically primed odyssey which charts a young writer’s struggle with denial as he deals with the impending death of his mother from stomach cancer.…...
- 10/26/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Everyone talks about perfect summer songs, but hardly anyone discusses great winter ones — tunes that capture a certain cold, bleak, will-spring-ever-arrive? mood. Its title aside, Ben Watt’s “Summer Ghosts” is one of those songs, and beautifully so.
Triggered by something, seemingly a painting of his mother, the one-time half of English pop duo Everything But the Girl finds himself ruminating on his past — especially his parents with “their own shit, wrapped up in themselves, jazz on the shelves.” Whether it’s an actual trip or just one taking place in his mind,...
Triggered by something, seemingly a painting of his mother, the one-time half of English pop duo Everything But the Girl finds himself ruminating on his past — especially his parents with “their own shit, wrapped up in themselves, jazz on the shelves.” Whether it’s an actual trip or just one taking place in his mind,...
- 1/30/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Attention, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and baby Archie — don’t believe that Thomas Wolfe quote claiming that “you can’t go home again.” As far as the Palace is concerned (and that reportedly includes everyone from Prince William to the Queen to Harry’s papa Charles), the door is open. The big question is why? Meghan and Prince Harry reportedly were talking […]...
- 1/27/2020
- by Joanne Eglash
- Monsters and Critics
Synonyms Kino Lorber Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Nadav Lapid Screenwriter: Nadav Lapid, Haïm Lapid Cast: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevilotte Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 9/5/19 Opens: October 25, 2019 Thomas Wolfe said you Can’t Go Home Again, in fact that is the title of […]
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- 10/15/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
It's almost hard to believe an hour with so many happy endings wasn't the season finale!
Our review of Good Witch Season 5 Episode 9 delves into the magic of Middleton and how a 200-year-old comet can remind some that happiness doesn't have to be as fleeting as a shooting star.
There were several messages at play during "Comet."
One of them was that no matter how far away you go or for how long you're away, despite what Thomas Wolfe may tell you, you can go home again.
And if you're Nick, you can even take a bit of the new home you've come to love with you when you leave.
It's finally hitting home for both Grace and Nick that the lives they've always known are coming to an end.
Leaving home is difficult to imagine. There you have the warmth of a parent's love and their soothing voice and...
Our review of Good Witch Season 5 Episode 9 delves into the magic of Middleton and how a 200-year-old comet can remind some that happiness doesn't have to be as fleeting as a shooting star.
There were several messages at play during "Comet."
One of them was that no matter how far away you go or for how long you're away, despite what Thomas Wolfe may tell you, you can go home again.
And if you're Nick, you can even take a bit of the new home you've come to love with you when you leave.
It's finally hitting home for both Grace and Nick that the lives they've always known are coming to an end.
Leaving home is difficult to imagine. There you have the warmth of a parent's love and their soothing voice and...
- 8/12/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Vulture Watch
Was Thomas Wolfe wrong; can you go home again? Has the BH90210 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Fox? The television vulture is watching for the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of BH90210, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Fox comedy drama, BH90210 stars Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, and Tori Spelling. Instead of playing their old Beverly Hills, 90210 characters, the actors play highly fictionalized versions of themselves reuniting to reboot the original series. Revisiting the past creates more soapy drama than is present in the show-within-the-show. When first loves, old flames, friends, and enemies reunite and try to pick up...
Was Thomas Wolfe wrong; can you go home again? Has the BH90210 TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Fox? The television vulture is watching for the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of BH90210, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A Fox comedy drama, BH90210 stars Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, and Tori Spelling. Instead of playing their old Beverly Hills, 90210 characters, the actors play highly fictionalized versions of themselves reuniting to reboot the original series. Revisiting the past creates more soapy drama than is present in the show-within-the-show. When first loves, old flames, friends, and enemies reunite and try to pick up...
- 8/9/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Herman Wouk, the author of novels adapted to the big and small screen, including “The Caine Mutiny,” “Marjorie Morningstar,” “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance,” has died. He was 103.
“The Caine Mutiny,” a 1951 bestseller that won Wouk the Pulitzer Prize, was memorably adapted into the 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart, who played the paranoid, mentally unstable captain of a Navy minesweeper whose actions drive his subordinates to mutiny. That pic, directed by Edward Dmytryk and also starring Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray, drew seven Oscar nominations, including those for best picture and screenplay for Stanley Roberts.
Wouk relied upon his wartime experiences not only for “The Caine Mutiny,” but for his later novels “The Winds of War” (1971) and “War and Remembrance” (1978). These expansive works, which followed one character, Navy Commander Victor “Pug” Henry, through seemingly every important moment in WWII, were adapted into the highly successful ABC miniseries of the same name.
“The Caine Mutiny,” a 1951 bestseller that won Wouk the Pulitzer Prize, was memorably adapted into the 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart, who played the paranoid, mentally unstable captain of a Navy minesweeper whose actions drive his subordinates to mutiny. That pic, directed by Edward Dmytryk and also starring Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson and Fred MacMurray, drew seven Oscar nominations, including those for best picture and screenplay for Stanley Roberts.
Wouk relied upon his wartime experiences not only for “The Caine Mutiny,” but for his later novels “The Winds of War” (1971) and “War and Remembrance” (1978). These expansive works, which followed one character, Navy Commander Victor “Pug” Henry, through seemingly every important moment in WWII, were adapted into the highly successful ABC miniseries of the same name.
- 5/17/2019
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Indie folk group the Head and Heart will embark on an extensive North American tour this spring that will continue through the summer and fall. The trek covers the time before and after the band releases their upcoming album, Living Mirage, due out May 17th. It also includes an appearance at Woodstock 50, and the band Hippo Campus will support a handful of dates.
Tickets go on sale next Friday, March 29th, at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. The concert promoter is also running a fan presale that launches...
Tickets go on sale next Friday, March 29th, at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. The concert promoter is also running a fan presale that launches...
- 3/22/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, India also made its presence with films like Photograph, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon and the seven-part series Delhi Crime Story.
Photograph, written and directed by The Lunchbox helmer Ritesh Batra, had its world premiere at the festival.?
International publications have hailed the movie as a quiet and effective romance. The Hollywood Reporter called it ?a quiet charmer.?
The film has received positive reviews mostly, with The Hollywood Reporter's Caryn James writing, "No one should head into a Batra film expecting fireworks, but for anyone who appreciates his understated style, Photograph is a satisfying, unswoony romance." According to Fionnuala Hallugan of Screen Daily, "Photograph will find its following with hopeless romantics, whether that be on the big screen or small."
On the other hand, Variety called Photograph a ?nice? film and wrote, ?Six years after the international crossover success of The Lunchbox,...
Photograph, written and directed by The Lunchbox helmer Ritesh Batra, had its world premiere at the festival.?
International publications have hailed the movie as a quiet and effective romance. The Hollywood Reporter called it ?a quiet charmer.?
The film has received positive reviews mostly, with The Hollywood Reporter's Caryn James writing, "No one should head into a Batra film expecting fireworks, but for anyone who appreciates his understated style, Photograph is a satisfying, unswoony romance." According to Fionnuala Hallugan of Screen Daily, "Photograph will find its following with hopeless romantics, whether that be on the big screen or small."
On the other hand, Variety called Photograph a ?nice? film and wrote, ?Six years after the international crossover success of The Lunchbox,...
- 2/2/2019
- GlamSham
Six years after the international crossover success of “The Lunchbox,” along comes “Photograph” to prove, whatever Thomas Wolfe may think, that you can go home again. Writer-director Ritesh Batra’s first Indian film since his debut feature has the same quiet streak of wistful sentimentality that made “The Lunchbox” so globally beloved — and, for that matter, the same softly-softly humanity found in his two subsequent English-language efforts, “The Sense of an Ending” and “Our Souls at Night.” Whether roaming the streets of Mumbai or the plains of Colorado, Batra’s filmmaking has remained markedly consistent in tone and texture: You’d be hard pressed to find anyone making nicer films in world cinema right now.
That’s an easy quality to underrate, as is the modest but careful craftsmanship and muted but honest performance style that makes “Photograph” — a film itself about the rewards of patiently building on first impressions — a winsome diversion.
That’s an easy quality to underrate, as is the modest but careful craftsmanship and muted but honest performance style that makes “Photograph” — a film itself about the rewards of patiently building on first impressions — a winsome diversion.
- 1/28/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
To paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, you shouldn’t go to “Home Again.” Despite the powerhouse presence of Reese Witherspoon, this limp little midlife crisis comedy leaves out the comedy and the crisis, and it certainly never comes to life. Writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer — the daughter of filmmakers Nancy Meyers (who produced) and Charles Shyer — seems to be channeling her mother’s films “Something’s Gotta Give” and “It’s Complicated” with a portrait of a woman of a certain age torn between a younger lover and a disappointing husband. But an inescapable shroud of blandness covers everything in the movie: the characters,...
- 9/5/2017
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Jude Law, who’s always been hard to pin down, and his title role in HBO Emmy Contender “The Young Pope” is no exception.
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
- 6/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Jude Law, who’s always been hard to pin down, and his title role in HBO Emmy Contender “The Young Pope” is no exception.
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
- 6/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As the famous Thomas Wolfe novel claims, you can’t go home again, and that may especially be the case when your home has been transformed beyond recognition.
In the penetrating documentary Return to Forbach (Retour a Forbach), filmmaker Regis Sauder (Etre la) returns to his native town in the east of France, and what he finds is a place severely impacted by decades of unemployment and social blight, as well as rising trends in nationalism and religious communitarianism. It’s a troubling portrait of a contemporary Gaul wracked by fear and memories of better times, showcasing many of the issues that...
In the penetrating documentary Return to Forbach (Retour a Forbach), filmmaker Regis Sauder (Etre la) returns to his native town in the east of France, and what he finds is a place severely impacted by decades of unemployment and social blight, as well as rising trends in nationalism and religious communitarianism. It’s a troubling portrait of a contemporary Gaul wracked by fear and memories of better times, showcasing many of the issues that...
- 3/30/2017
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Face front, true believers! Class is in session! Let’s call this “Doctor Strange 101”, an introduction to the newest member of the “Marvel movie-verse”, although, as you’ll soon learn, the sorcerer supreme is one of the oldest heroes. So, to get you up to speed before heading to the multiplex, we’re giving you a top ten list of facts about the “master of mystic arts”. First, a look at his lineage….
1. Doctor Strange Has Lots Of “Magic Hero” Predecessors Let’s go back over a 100 years, when magicians where a popular part of live entertainment. Many real-life stage performers like Houdini and Blackstone branched out into the printed page, starring in fictional exploits via booklets called “penny dreadfuls” which became the lurid pulp novels. In 1931 a radio show presented the adventures of the mysterious “Chandu the Magician” (one big fan was young Stan Lee). Edmund Lowe battled master...
1. Doctor Strange Has Lots Of “Magic Hero” Predecessors Let’s go back over a 100 years, when magicians where a popular part of live entertainment. Many real-life stage performers like Houdini and Blackstone branched out into the printed page, starring in fictional exploits via booklets called “penny dreadfuls” which became the lurid pulp novels. In 1931 a radio show presented the adventures of the mysterious “Chandu the Magician” (one big fan was young Stan Lee). Edmund Lowe battled master...
- 11/3/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
These reviews could fit in a tweet. Presented to assuage Nathaniel's guilt from not having properly reviewed them when they arrived, though he sometimes dropped hints of his feelings in other contexts.
In Theaters
Swiss Army Man (Daniels)
Story: A suicidal man (Paul Dano) finds companionship and a new zest for life when he meets a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe)
Review: Wobbly start, Self sabotaging end. But, Oh!, those imaginative mental heights in the middle.
Grade: Middle Hour: A- / The Rest: C+
Genius (Michael Grandage)
Story: An account of the long working relationship between famed editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and one of his literary finds Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Let us not mention the women (Nicole Kidman, The Lovely Laura Linney) lest we rage again at the terrible gender politics
Review: The work of an editor is shape & rhythm, so why is a film about a great one lumpy and lead-footed?...
In Theaters
Swiss Army Man (Daniels)
Story: A suicidal man (Paul Dano) finds companionship and a new zest for life when he meets a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe)
Review: Wobbly start, Self sabotaging end. But, Oh!, those imaginative mental heights in the middle.
Grade: Middle Hour: A- / The Rest: C+
Genius (Michael Grandage)
Story: An account of the long working relationship between famed editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and one of his literary finds Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Let us not mention the women (Nicole Kidman, The Lovely Laura Linney) lest we rage again at the terrible gender politics
Review: The work of an editor is shape & rhythm, so why is a film about a great one lumpy and lead-footed?...
- 7/22/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Thanks to a well-reviewed movie star, Bleecker Street took “Captain Fantastic” to a now-rare, once-common $20,000-plus limited per theater opening. With all well-oiled cylinders at work, Bleecker filled the demand for older-audience films after two failed recent attempts by others at corralling the younger market (“Swiss Army Man” and “The Neon Demon”).
Two New York-only docs, “Under the Sun” (Icarus) and Sundance opener “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” (Music Box) both attracted interest.
A wider Bollywood release, Salman Khan-starrer “Sultan” (Yash Raj), achieved something few specialized films have managed in recent months: a Top Ten placement despite playing at fewer than 300 theaters.
Meantime, The Orchard’s “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” expanded again to strong numbers close to last weekend’s. This word-of-mouth hit could play all summer and expand wider. There is still an audience out there: it’s just more selective.
Opening
“Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance,...
Two New York-only docs, “Under the Sun” (Icarus) and Sundance opener “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” (Music Box) both attracted interest.
A wider Bollywood release, Salman Khan-starrer “Sultan” (Yash Raj), achieved something few specialized films have managed in recent months: a Top Ten placement despite playing at fewer than 300 theaters.
Meantime, The Orchard’s “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” expanded again to strong numbers close to last weekend’s. This word-of-mouth hit could play all summer and expand wider. There is still an audience out there: it’s just more selective.
Opening
“Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street) – Metacritic: 70; Festivals include: Sundance,...
- 7/10/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
A Scott Berg with Michael Grandage, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Michael Grandage's Genius, starring Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, written by John Logan, based on Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, by A Scott Berg, has Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway, Guy Pearce as F Scott Fitzgerald and Vanessa Kirby as Zelda Fitzgerald to round out their literary world.
Max Perkins (Colin Firth) with Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law)
Scott Berg also wrote Kate Remembered, about Katharine Hepburn, who died on this date, June 29 in 2003. Cate Blanchett in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (written by Logan), a Gustave Flaubert, Thomas Wolfe, Hemingway connection and Fitzgerald's Garden of Allah were revisited in our conversation.
Thomas Wolfe's (Jude Law) problem is that he can't stop writing. Like a feverish Rainer Werner Fassbinder of the page, he burns himself out. And the people around him,...
Michael Grandage's Genius, starring Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, written by John Logan, based on Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, by A Scott Berg, has Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway, Guy Pearce as F Scott Fitzgerald and Vanessa Kirby as Zelda Fitzgerald to round out their literary world.
Max Perkins (Colin Firth) with Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law)
Scott Berg also wrote Kate Remembered, about Katharine Hepburn, who died on this date, June 29 in 2003. Cate Blanchett in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (written by Logan), a Gustave Flaubert, Thomas Wolfe, Hemingway connection and Fitzgerald's Garden of Allah were revisited in our conversation.
Thomas Wolfe's (Jude Law) problem is that he can't stop writing. Like a feverish Rainer Werner Fassbinder of the page, he burns himself out. And the people around him,...
- 6/29/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The film Genius was not genius for me. It contained a wonderful cast and had enormous potential, but fell flat completely. I’m getting drowsy just thinking back on it. However, keep in mind that reviewing film is subjective. I did not enjoy Genius, which by no means infers that someone else might not enjoy it. So, in fairness, let me expound on what you can expect and you can make your own decision.
This story is concerned with the relationship between novelist Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) and editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth), noteworthy for his publishing the works of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film begins with Wolfe waiting to see if his manuscript will be accepted for publication by Scribner’s Sons Publishing. Thomas, an eccentric over-expressive writer, fully believes he will be rejected as he has been time and time again. To his surprise, Perkins...
This story is concerned with the relationship between novelist Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) and editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth), noteworthy for his publishing the works of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film begins with Wolfe waiting to see if his manuscript will be accepted for publication by Scribner’s Sons Publishing. Thomas, an eccentric over-expressive writer, fully believes he will be rejected as he has been time and time again. To his surprise, Perkins...
- 6/21/2016
- by Betsy Russo
- CinemaNerdz
It’s only June and it already feels like the dog days of summer. No breakouts. A slew of niche titles, including several documentaries. This week’s standout is Sundance doc hit “Tickled” (Magnolia), which is showing some potential.
This week’s range of titles is wide and diverse. Some boast high festival and/or review pedigrees, and many come from distributors who aren’t reporting numbers (we offer estimates; “Parched,” an Indian indie from Wolfe Releasing and “2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour” remained elusive).
Meantime, “Love & Friendship” (Roadside Attractions) and “The Lobster” (A24) continue to thrive ahead of other recent releases and “Maggie’s Plan” (Sony Pictures Classics) keeps going, along with doc standout “Weiner” (IFC).
Opening
“Tickled” (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 77; Festivals include: Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle 2016
$24,000 in 2 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $12,000
After its strong reaction contending at Sundance’s World Documentary competition, this expose of the...
This week’s range of titles is wide and diverse. Some boast high festival and/or review pedigrees, and many come from distributors who aren’t reporting numbers (we offer estimates; “Parched,” an Indian indie from Wolfe Releasing and “2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour” remained elusive).
Meantime, “Love & Friendship” (Roadside Attractions) and “The Lobster” (A24) continue to thrive ahead of other recent releases and “Maggie’s Plan” (Sony Pictures Classics) keeps going, along with doc standout “Weiner” (IFC).
Opening
“Tickled” (Magnolia) – Metacritic: 77; Festivals include: Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle 2016
$24,000 in 2 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $12,000
After its strong reaction contending at Sundance’s World Documentary competition, this expose of the...
- 6/19/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Sometimes words are just words. Other times a strong voice can bring written words to life. That is the goal of a writer after all. In Genius, Max Perkins (played by Colin Firth) is a man who helps bring these words to life, albeit, sometimes in a more condensed or cohesive form. He’s an editor for Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York in 1929. Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) is a boisterous struggling writer when Perkins barges into Perkins’ office with the hope to be the next classic writer published by the company, following in the footsteps of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, respectively. The ups and downs of this creative partnership push both of these men to their limits, as well as that of their wives (Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney).
When reading great works of literature, it’s easy to forget the blood, sweat, and tears that go into such an undertaking.
When reading great works of literature, it’s easy to forget the blood, sweat, and tears that go into such an undertaking.
- 6/17/2016
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Plot: The story of famed literary editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) and his relationship with the brilliant, tortured Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Review: For those not in the know, Maxwell Perkins was arguably the most important literary editor of the twentieth century, having discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald among others. Famous for his tact in helping authors realize their full potential, in... Read More...
- 6/15/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
While the focus of most in the New York stage community last week fell on the Tony Awards, Tony-winning director Michael Grandage spent his Gotham week promoting Genius and mobilizing his upcoming bigscreen version of the classic musical Guys and Dolls, which he’ll direct for Fox. Genius is a small gem of a film that stars Colin Firth as famed Scribner’s literary editor Maxwell Perkins. He develops an unusual father-son relationship with bombastic novelist Thomas Wolfe…...
- 6/13/2016
- Deadline
Nicole Kidman haunts Jude Law as he speaks on John Logan's script for Michael Grandage's Genius Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Laura Linney on Mrs Maxwell Perkins: 'She was kept outside of Manhattan, sort of away from the cultural hotbed of the city' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze In Genius, Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), who wears a hat at all times, even indoors while working in shirtsleeves or during dinner with his wife and five daughters, knows good writing when he sees it. Mrs Perkins (Laura Linney), a playwright herself, shoots her husband knowing glances. She is treated by Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) as though she were as meaningless as a speck of dirt, while his mistress and patron, the married Mrs Aline Bernstein (Nicole Kidman), knows their relationship is doomed. Scribner’s Sons editor Perkins previously worked with Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West) and F Scott Fitzgerald (Guy Pearce) who were haunted by different demons than the compulsive Wolfe and only briefly make an appearance here as does Zelda (Vanessa Kirby).
At the New York premiere, Laura Linney stated that A Scott Berg's Max Perkins: Editor of Genius and her grandmother helped shape her character...
Laura Linney on Mrs Maxwell Perkins: 'She was kept outside of Manhattan, sort of away from the cultural hotbed of the city' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze In Genius, Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), who wears a hat at all times, even indoors while working in shirtsleeves or during dinner with his wife and five daughters, knows good writing when he sees it. Mrs Perkins (Laura Linney), a playwright herself, shoots her husband knowing glances. She is treated by Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) as though she were as meaningless as a speck of dirt, while his mistress and patron, the married Mrs Aline Bernstein (Nicole Kidman), knows their relationship is doomed. Scribner’s Sons editor Perkins previously worked with Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West) and F Scott Fitzgerald (Guy Pearce) who were haunted by different demons than the compulsive Wolfe and only briefly make an appearance here as does Zelda (Vanessa Kirby).
At the New York premiere, Laura Linney stated that A Scott Berg's Max Perkins: Editor of Genius and her grandmother helped shape her character...
- 6/12/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Genius Lionsgate/ Roadside Attractions Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: Michael Grandage Written by: John Logan, based on the book Max Perkins: Editor of Genius Cast: Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 6/1/16 Opens: June 10, 2016 After you see this film, if you do not go right to Amazon and spend fourteen bucks for Look Homeward Angel (Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel about a young man’s wanderlust and passion to leave his small town and tumultuous family life for a more intellectual experience), you either dozed off during part of “Genius” or have given over your reading [ Read More ]
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- 6/11/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
In this exclusive clip from upcoming biographical drama Genius, you can cut the tension with a butter knife. The dinnertime scene begins with Look Homeward, Angel author Thomas Wolfe, played by Jude Law, describing the major role costume designer Aline Bernstein (Nicole Kidman) has played in the production of his latest novel. Bernstein shakes off the praise, turning instead to Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), the famous editor of authors like Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Tom speaks of your contribution with such passion," Bernstein tells Perkins, reminding Wolfe that Perkins "is the genius who made all of your dreams come true.
- 6/9/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
In this exclusive clip from upcoming biographical drama Genius, you can cut the tension with a butter knife. The dinnertime scene begins with Look Homeward, Angel author Thomas Wolfe, played by Jude Law, describing the major role costume designer Aline Bernstein (Nicole Kidman) has played in the production of his latest novel. Bernstein shakes off the praise, turning instead to Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth), the famous editor of authors like Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Tom speaks of your contribution with such passion," Bernstein tells Perkins, reminding Wolfe that Perkins "is the genius who made all of your dreams come true.
- 6/9/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
Elvis Costello famously quipped, "writing about music is like dancing about architecture", and while I hardly agree with the overall sentiment -- if I did, I wouldn't exactly be doing this -- his point is well taken. Success in one artistic pursuit in no way guarantees success in any other. Accordingly, the criteria we use to adjudicate what constitutes a 'success' must by its very nature change depending on the medium. It's not rocket-science, and thankfully so. Because we're going to need to keep it mind while picking through the pieces and make sense of the mess that is Genius. The film is a well-intentioned mess, made by artists of the highest caliber, telling of the creative partnership between novelist Thomas Wolfe and his editor...
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- 6/9/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Michael Grandage presents Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Michael Grandage directed Nicole Kidman in Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51 last year at the Noël Coward Theatre, London, and told me he hopes to bring the production to Broadway in 2017. He also directed Jude Law in Hamlet at the Donmar Warehouse and on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Michael Grandage on Wolfe as Caliban: 'He is talking about internally' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze His directorial debut feature Genius begins with shoes that might make you think of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train. Screenplay by John Logan, based on A Scott Berg's book, the friendship and collaboration between Charles Scribner’s Sons editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) and his discovery, writer Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law), is explored.
Wolfe's problem is that he can't stop writing, like a feverish Rainer Werner Fassbinder of the page, he burns himself out.
Michael Grandage on Wolfe as Caliban: 'He is talking about internally' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze His directorial debut feature Genius begins with shoes that might make you think of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers On A Train. Screenplay by John Logan, based on A Scott Berg's book, the friendship and collaboration between Charles Scribner’s Sons editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) and his discovery, writer Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law), is explored.
Wolfe's problem is that he can't stop writing, like a feverish Rainer Werner Fassbinder of the page, he burns himself out.
- 6/9/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
All the elements inherent in many successful movies are present in the upcoming Colin Firth and Jude Law biographical film, Genius. Gifted actors (the aforementioned are joined by Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, among others), a seasoned screenwriter (John Logan, who wrote Gladiator and The Aviator, among others), and the trappings—from costumes to sets—of period movies. But, when it comes to the end product, the total for Genius is not greater than the sum of its parts. The film is loud on the surface but mostly flat underneath.
Jude Law plays the misunderstood early 20th Century American novelist Thomas Wolfe. In the opening scenes, he walks into the office of famed New York editor Max Perkins, already a successful publisher of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Perkins, played by a solid Colin Firth (one of the few outstanding lead performances in the film), becomes...
Jude Law plays the misunderstood early 20th Century American novelist Thomas Wolfe. In the opening scenes, he walks into the office of famed New York editor Max Perkins, already a successful publisher of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Perkins, played by a solid Colin Firth (one of the few outstanding lead performances in the film), becomes...
- 6/8/2016
- by J Don Birnam
- LRMonline.com
There is a point late on in “Genius,” the directorial debut of London theater director Michael Grandage, when literary cause celebre Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) talks to a friend about his doubts regarding his legacy. He has written two extraordinarily well-received bestsellers, the success of which has fattened his ego to the roughly the size […]
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- 6/7/2016
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
As far as creative-type biopics go, Genius is pretty harmless. John Logan’s screenplay (based on A. Scott Berg’s novelization) evokes the drawn-out, whimsical language of the late Thomas Wolfe’s vivacious energy, while Michael Grandage’s direction navigates a provocative, endearing time in American publication. Writers like Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway were charming socialites with their eloquent verbiage, but behind every best seller was a desk-chained editor, killing scribbled darlings without remorse.
This is certainly a story of passion – and a mind consumed by praise – but more importantly, Grandage pays homage to the lesser-known heroes (and often-thought villains) of authored content. Praise be to the oh-so-overlooked editors, as bastardized and under-appreciated as they might be!
Behind every man stands a good woman, and behind every writer stands a good editor. Max Perkins (Colin Firth) is one such wrangler of talent, and his latest muse – Thomas Wolfe...
This is certainly a story of passion – and a mind consumed by praise – but more importantly, Grandage pays homage to the lesser-known heroes (and often-thought villains) of authored content. Praise be to the oh-so-overlooked editors, as bastardized and under-appreciated as they might be!
Behind every man stands a good woman, and behind every writer stands a good editor. Max Perkins (Colin Firth) is one such wrangler of talent, and his latest muse – Thomas Wolfe...
- 6/6/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Check out the brand new poster for Genius.
From Academy Award-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Skyfall) and acclaimed, Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage in his feature film debut, comes Genius, a stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe.
Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions will release Genius in theaters June 10, 2016
Based on the biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius” by A. Scott Berg, Genius stars Colin Firth as Perkins, Jude Law as Wolfe, Nicole Kidman as Aline Bernstein, a costume designer sharing a tumultuous relationship with Wolfe, Laura Linney as Louise Perkins, Max’s wife and a talented playwright, Guy Pearce as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway.
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From Academy Award-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, Skyfall) and acclaimed, Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage in his feature film debut, comes Genius, a stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe.
Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions will release Genius in theaters June 10, 2016
Based on the biography “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius” by A. Scott Berg, Genius stars Colin Firth as Perkins, Jude Law as Wolfe, Nicole Kidman as Aline Bernstein, a costume designer sharing a tumultuous relationship with Wolfe, Laura Linney as Louise Perkins, Max’s wife and a talented playwright, Guy Pearce as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway.
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- 4/7/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Uncover the ‘Genius’ transformative bond between book editor Maxwell Perkins and novelist Thomas Wolfe in the new trailer for the upcoming biopic. The trailer was released by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, which will distribute the drama in theaters on June 10. The film, which features Colin Firth as Perkins and Law as Wolfe, marks the feature film directorial debut of Tony Award-winning helmer Michael Grandage. The screenplay for ‘Genius,’ which is based on the biography ‘Max Perkins: Editor of Genius’ by A. Scott Berg, was written by John Logan, who has also penned the scripts for such films as ‘Gladiator,’ ‘The Aviator’ and ‘Skyfall.’ ‘Genius’ follows the complex friendship and [ Read More ]
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- 3/20/2016
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
A movie about the work of a book editor seems on paper as promising as a movie about the drudgery of investigative reporting — until a Spotlight or an All The President’s Men comes along to challenge our preconceptions. Here’s the trailer from Genius, which stars Colin Firth as legendary literary editor Max Perkins and Jude Law as his most challenging author, Thomas Wolfe, with guest appearances by Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West) and F. Scott Fitzgerald (Guy Pearce), two…...
- 3/18/2016
- Deadline
A two-hour movie about a book editor might not be the most enticing subject matter for some filmgoers, but Genius isn’t just about any book editor. Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) was the editor that discovered literary Gods, such as F. Scott Fitzegerald (Guy Pearce), Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West), and Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage makes his feature directorial debut with Perkins’ […]
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- 3/17/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have released the first trailer for Michael Grandage‘s literary drama “Genius,” which stars Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney. “Genius” explores the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (Firth) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe (Law). Guy Pearce and Dominic West co-star as authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, respectively — both of whom were discovered by Perkins. Also Read: Alexander Skarsgard Joins Nicole Kidman in HBO's 'Big Little Lies' John Logan (“Gladiator”) wrote the script, which is based on the biography...
- 3/17/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
We’ve had a Capote biopic, we’ve had an Allen Ginsberg biopic. Heck, there’s even been a Charles Bukowski biopic. And while Thomas Wolfe might not be as well-known as other literary masterminds, that doesn’t mean his own tale of triumph isn’t worthy of a movie. The first trailer for Wolfe’s biopic Genius has now arrived, and it appears to be the first prestige movie of the year that’s aimed squarely at the awards season crowd.
Jude Law toplines the movie as Wolfe and Colin Firth joins him as editor Maxwell Perkins, the man responsible for discovering several well-known literary figures. It takes place in 1920s New York, and charts the relationship between the pair as Wolfe was in the midst of working on a lengthy tome. He churned out thousands of pages in his first draft, and it’s the scaling down of...
Jude Law toplines the movie as Wolfe and Colin Firth joins him as editor Maxwell Perkins, the man responsible for discovering several well-known literary figures. It takes place in 1920s New York, and charts the relationship between the pair as Wolfe was in the midst of working on a lengthy tome. He churned out thousands of pages in his first draft, and it’s the scaling down of...
- 3/17/2016
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
“They’re calling you a genius, god help you.” Here’s the first trailer for the Berlin competition pic that stars Jude Law as literary giant Thomas Wolfe and Colin Firth and book editor Maxwell Perkins, who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Genius follows the friendship and working relationship between the two men, which the film describes began thusly: “Every son of a bitch publisher in New York hates my book!” “Mr. Wolfe, we intend to publish your…...
- 3/17/2016
- Deadline
Premiering at Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year was Genius, a drama which focused on the working relationship between author Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law) and his editor, Max Perkins (Colin Firth). The screen debut of theater director Michael Grandage, John Logan‘s screenplay is adapted from A. Scott Berg‘s book Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, which also features such literary figures as Fitzgerald and Hemingway. Ahead of a summer release from Roadside Attractions, the first trailer has now arrived.
We said in our review, “Ultimately, Genius is more satisfying than many recent traditional biopics, and, oddly, by embracing caricature-like portrayals, the film is able to tap into its simple but humble pleasures. There’s no lengthy debate as to what defines genius nor conversation as to what that even means; there doesn’t have to be. Genius puts those words right up on screen and the case is made.
We said in our review, “Ultimately, Genius is more satisfying than many recent traditional biopics, and, oddly, by embracing caricature-like portrayals, the film is able to tap into its simple but humble pleasures. There’s no lengthy debate as to what defines genius nor conversation as to what that even means; there doesn’t have to be. Genius puts those words right up on screen and the case is made.
- 3/17/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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