Tag: The Right Stuff

  • Fly men to the moon: Ad Astra and the toxic masculinity of space films

    Fly men to the moon: Ad Astra and the toxic masculinity of space films

    Brad Pitt’s saga is the latest sci-fi film to fall back on stereotypes of heroic men and emotional womenBrad Pitt has not minced his words while talking about his new space epic Ad Astra, in which he plays a stoic, closed-off astronaut with daddy issues. “What we were really digging at … was this definition…

  • ‘The Lion King’: How Caleb Deschanel Shot a Virtual ‘Circle of Life’ With Jon Favreau

    ‘The Lion King’: How Caleb Deschanel Shot a Virtual ‘Circle of Life’ With Jon Favreau

    How did famed cinematographer Caleb Deschanel handle his first virtual shoot with Jon Favreau’s all-cg version of “The Lion King”? By leaning on the naturalism of “The Black Stallion” and “Far Away Home.” “I love nature and mythmaking,” said the six-time Oscar nominee, who has also dazzled with “The Right Stuff” and “The Natural.”It was…

  • Streaming: where to find the best space films

    Streaming: where to find the best space films

    From a 50s sci-fi curio to Hollywood blockbusters, there have been giant leaps in films that reach for the moonFirst Man is in cinemas now, in all its crashing, whooshing, non-flag-waving glory, reminding audiences afresh that the space race has served Hollywood remarkably well over the years. Even at its most scientifically credible, there’s an…

  • Did Tom Wolfe Really Write Chris Farley’s Last Movie ‘Almost Heroes’?

    Did Tom Wolfe Really Write Chris Farley’s Last Movie ‘Almost Heroes’?

    Film fans might have been puzzled scanning IMDb on Tuesday after the death of Tom Wolfe, the beloved author of nonfiction and fiction best-sellers like “The Right Stuff” and “The Bonfire of the Vanities” that were adapted into memorable Hollywood movies.The movie site listed Wolfe, who died Monday at age 87, as the co-screenwriter of…