Tag: American Beauty
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Peter Gallagher: ‘One of the most toxic things in the world is success’
The actor on 40 years in show business, why he channelled Donald Trump in American Beauty – and having a face that makes directors sickThe director Robert Altman used to tell Peter Gallagher, the suave star of his 1992 movie The Player: “Gallagher, you’re so good-looking it makes me sick.” To hear Gallagher impersonating the…
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Amazon Studios Buys ‘Uncle Frank’ for $12 Million Out of Sundance (Exclusive)
Amazon Studios has bought “Uncle Frank,” an acclaimed drama about a closeted gay man forced to come out to his Southern family in the 1970s. The film debuted this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.UTA Independent Film Group brokered the deal, which insiders valued at $12 million, individuals close to the talks said. It was…
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‘Uncle Frank’: Film Review
One of the people who’s made long-form television drama arguably more interesting as a whole than its mainstream big-screen equivalent in recent years, Alan Ball has underlined his superior comfort with that format in the few theatrical features he’s made to date. His screenplay for “American Beauty,” which Sam Mendes directed, was brilliant but glib;…
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Steve McQueen, Olivia Newton-John, Sam Mendes And More Honored in Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s List
That’s Sir Steve, Sir Sam and Dame Olivia, if you please.Director Sam Mendes, whose World War I film “1917” is causing serious Oscar buzz, is being awarded a knighthood in the latest round of honors handed out by Queen Elizabeth II. Mendes is being recognized for “services to drama” in the annual New Year’s Honors…
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Sam Mendes, Steve McQueen among 2020 New Year honourees
Universal chairman Donna Langley, filmmaker Steven Knight also recognised.Sam Mendes, whose First World War thriller 1917 is gathering pace in awards season, is one of two Oscar-winning British filmmakers to receive a knighthood in the UK government’s 2020 New Year Honours list.Mendes (pictured at left) receives his honour for services to drama. He began his…
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Steve McQueen, Olivia Newton-John, Sam Mendes And More Honored in Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s List
That’s Sir Steve, Sir Sam and Dame Olivia, if you please.Director Sam Mendes, whose World War I film “1917” is causing serious Oscar buzz, is being awarded a knighthood in the latest round of honors handed out by Queen Elizabeth II. Mendes is being recognized for “services to drama” in the annual New Year’s Honors…
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‘1917’: Sam Mendes’ Anti-War Movie Is More Than a One-Shot Technical Feat
After directing back-to-back Bond films “Skyfall” and “Spectre,” Sam Mendes’ agent told him, “Get off your ass and write something yourself!” And so he did, recruiting Krysty Wilson-Cairns out of his “Penny Dreadful” writing room. First they adapted Gay Talese’s “The Voyeur’s Motel,” which fell apart over rights and truthfulness issues; a second aborted project…
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What’s Coming to Netflix in January 2020
What better way to celebrate the New Year than by settling into the couch with a Netflix marathon? Get nostalgic about the early ’00s with Hilary Duff in “A Cinderella Story,” or get inspired to cook with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in “Julie & Julia.” Both titles are headed to the streaming service early…
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Post-TIFF, the Best Actress Oscar Race Is Scarlett Johansson v. Renée Zellweger
The Toronto International Film Festival gives, and takes away. Toronto’s notoriously friendly audiences are not to be trusted entirely — with the exception of the People’s Choice Award, which has gone to such Best Picture winners as “Chariots of Fire,” “American Beauty,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “The King’s Speech,” “12 Years a Slave,” and “Green Book.”So when…
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‘Euphoria’ Actor Jacob Elordi Shuts Down Fan Theories About Rue’s Death
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Euphoria.”]Since the June premiere of HBO’s summer hit “Euphoria,” fans have theorized that Zendaya’s lead character Rue is dead and has been narrating the events of the series from the afterlife (think Kevin Spacey in “American Beauty”). “Euphoria” fans have pointed to Rue’s omniscient narration as proof…