Tag: Harold and Maude
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The Late Bo Goldman Was One Of The Greatest Screenwriters Of All Time
When Bo Goldman, the two-time Academy Award screenwriter of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Harold and Maude,” passed away on July 25, 2023 at the age of 90, the world lost a master dramatist and a razor-sharp observer of human behavior. Hailed by his Hollywood peers as a “screenwriter’s screenwriter,” Goldman possessed an…
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Robin Wright to Direct Patricia Clarkson in Comic Love Story ‘Bingo’ (Exclusive)
Robin Wright will direct Patricia Clarkson in a new film, “Bingo,” which shares some DNA with the cult classic “Harold and Maude,” she told Variety Friday at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where both Wright and Clarkson are guests.The story is a “modernized, beautiful” take on May-December romance, said the actor, being honored this week…
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Zach Braff Wrote ‘Garden State’ Manic Pixie Dream Girl to Heal from Being a ‘Very Depressed Young Man’
Zach Braff is opening up about falling under the spell of the manic pixie dream girl male fantasy.The “Garden State” director has been criticized for perpetuating the trope most prominently in his 2004 directorial debut starring Natalie Portman. The manic pixie dream girl label refers to unconventional, one-dimensional female characters who ultimately ease the lead…
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‘The Boss Baby: Family Business’: DreamWorks Celebrates Childhood Imagination with Retro 2D Look
Ever since the Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” there’s been an uptick in experimenting with more graphic 2D animation styles, including Oscar winner “Soul,” and this season’s contenders “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” and “Luca.” You can add “The Boss Baby: Family Business” (opening theatrically and streaming on Peacock Independence weekend), as DreamWorks leans more…
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Lynn Stalmaster, Legendary Casting Director, Dies at 93
Lynn Stalmaster, the legendary casting director who worked on nearly 200 movies ranging from “West Side Story” to “Harold and Maude” to “Tootsie,” has died. He was 93.Stalmaster died Friday morning in Los Angeles, Casting Society of America executive Laura Adler confirmed.Stalmaster was a pioneer as an independent casting director who worked on a freelance…
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The Heiresses review – late love and secret passion
The relationship between two wealthy older women is threatened when one of them is jailed and the other begins an unexpected flirtationWe’ve all seen films about old people who experience a poignant and bittersweet late-life flowering. But not that many about a well-off, elderly lady in Paraguay whose love life starts to come into its…