Posts tagged Actors turned director
The Deb: TIFF '24's Muted Closing Gala was a Mean Girl-ish Musical That Should Be Heard
ReviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, TIFF '24, Teen movie musicals, Australian movie musicals, Actors turned director, Rebel Wilson, The Deb, Charlotte MacInnes, Natalie Abbott, Naomi Sequeira
Original-Cin Interview: 'Recovering Actor' Jonathan Frakes on Directing Star Trek: Discovery
InterviewJim SlotekActors turned director, Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Discovery, Episode 509, “Lagrange Point”, Sonequa Martin-Green, Eve Harlow, The Breen, Callum Keith Rennie
Insidious: The Red Door - Star/Director Patrick Wilson Shifts the Horror Franchise into Neutral
Original-Cin Q&A: Viggo Mortensen, talks up his very personal directorial debut, Falling, and the Cronenberg effect
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekViggo Mortensen, Actors turned director, Falling, Father and son reconciliation stories, Terry Chen, Gabby Velis, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross, David Cronenberg, Jane Campion, Matt Ross, Pete Farrelly
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Fisher Stevens on snagging a world-touring Justin Timberlake for the drama Palmer
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekFisher Stevens, Actors turned director, Palmer, Justin Timberlake, Ex-convict redemption stories, Ryder Allen, Juno Temple, Apple TV+, June Squibb, Leonardo DiCaprio, Before the Flood
Original-Cin Q&A: Highway 61's Valerie Buhagiar writes a new chapter of challenging films
InterviewJim SlotekValerie Buhagiar, It's Hard to be Human, Nina Gilmour, Virgin Mary, Bruce McDonald, Roadkill, Highway 61, The Passion of Rita Camilleri, One Day I Stood Still, The Anniversary, Actors turned director, Art films, Indie films
The Oath: Thanksgiving dinner devolves into anarchy in Trump's America
ReviewJim SlotekThe Oath, Ike Barinholtz, Actors turned director, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Magnussen, John Cho, Donald Trump, Fake news, Social discord, 21st Century fascism, Political arguments, Nora Dunn, Seth Rogen, Jay Duplass
A Star is Born and a skeptic is won over (if not 100% gaga)
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekA Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Actors turned director, Dorothy Parker, George Cukor, Moss Hart, Judy Garland, James Mason, Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, Artistic integrity, La Vie En Rose, The music industry, Curse of celebrity
A Quiet Place: The Heart-pound of Silence
ReviewJim SlotekHorror, Monsters, Silence, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, post-apocalypse, The Office, Sound, Actors turned director
Original-Cin Q&A: The Office's John Krasinski takes horror-directing plunge in A Quiet Place
By Bonnie Laufer
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