©Courtesy of Oscilloscope The best compliment I can give to the heartbreaking biopic directed by Ethan Hawke is that five seconds after the ending titles started I was already researching the short stories and novels published by Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964). From the Queens Public Library, I borrowed her first book Wise Blood by the way. …
©Eric Zachanowich/Searchlight Pictures Synopsis : Inspired by Chinn’s life experience from the early 2000s, follows a teenager (Nico Parker) living with her strong-willed mother (Laura Linney), who must take her brother to live at a specialized facility. There, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) amidst protests surrounding one of…
There are certain key events that people from a particular generation will remember. One of them for Americans who were alive in the early 2000s is the case of Terri Schiavo, who was in a vegetative state and whose husband’s request to remove her feeding tube attracted national controversy and attention. Her story played a…
@Courtesy of Universal Pictures. “Love Actually” has become an end-of-year holiday classic for a new generation of filmgoers, much as “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “White Christmas,” or “The Grinch Stole Christmas” became beloved chestnuts roasting on open fires for their parents and grandparents. Released in 2003, “Love Actually” was written and directed by Richard Curtis….
Authors write from a place of experience, or at the very least insert pieces of their own lives, consciously or unconsciously, into their work. That may be truer for some than others, and there can be greater depths uncovered years after a writer has lived and died within their writings. Ethan Hawke steps behind the…
Ireland, as I am fond of saying, is an isle with forty shades of green and eighty shades of grudge. No other people but my own seem to have so perfected the art of carrying resentment through the generations, which is one of the premises of The Miracle Club, Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s terribly beautiful film, to…
It’s hard to find a Hollywood power couple as endearing as Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. In an age where cell phone cameras can capture private moments with relative ease, the notion of celebrity has taken on a different meaning. Decades ago, Newman and Woodward were superstars, and their marriage was an unusually resilient one,…
THE LAST MOVIE STARS is an epic 6-part documentary from CNN Films and HBO Max that chronicles Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership. All 6-chapters of the documentary will debut on THURSDAY, JULY 21 on HBO Max. Director Ethan Hawke brings life and color to this definitive history of their dedication…
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