The reputation Lars von Trier's culled for himself in recent years has indeed been laid on thick, to the end that no more than a slight mention of world cinema’...
Although we've long thought of this as a Charlotte Gainsbourg-led picture, the true star of Nymphomaniac: Volume I -- and, if early looks should be any indication, still taking a big role in the second half -- is Stacy Martin, a French-English model with enough humility to make the center of Lars von Trier's lengthy, no-holds-barred sex odyssey her acting debut. The task seems almost insurmountable and the requirements might make one's head spin, but in the first two hours does she give the craft everything as emotions, the body, and an internal thespian psychology find themselves splayed across the screen....
It's been a good while since we've had Christian Slater inhabit a major role in a publicity-surrounded production, which can only make the impact of his work in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac all the more welcome. But, more than a turn with decent screen time, it's the sort of lasting, unique character work that defined his earlier appearances -- something he seemed fairly aware of in our conversation....
We sit down with the break-out star of Wes Anderson's latest to discuss how he came to the project, working with the director and ensemble, and much more....
A funny thing happened at some point in these past few years: Wes Anderson became embraced once more. While America’s tidiest teller of tragicomic stories had n...
If what follows seems minor, forgive this writer's continued interest in whatever may or may not be happening with Quentin Tarantino, a particular kind of f...
At one relatively indeterminate point in The Wolf of Wall Street's lengthy, fuzzy chronology -- 150 minutes? six years? -- a plane explodes, hurtling the burned...
“What I was looking for, with Bob, was a person who understood what it was like to be in someone’s shadow, you know? The first time I saw Casey was in the mo...
Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...
I figured we wouldn't hear of Quentin Tarantino's next picture for, say, another year, given his typical working patterns -- three years, as of late, unless...
