THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US * *
Starring Idris Elba, Kate Winslet and Beau Bridges. Screenplay by J. Mills Goodloe and Chris Weitz. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
Monthly Archives: October 2017
WDEL’S SATURDAY HOTSPOT: ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Had an absolute blast on WDEL’s Saturday HotSpot talking with host Frank Gregory about forty years of Saturday Night Fever. We discuss the film’s turbulent history, including the cast, the soundtrack, the fired director, madman screenwriter Norman Wexler and the phony magazine article that started it all. Listen to MP3s of the show after the jump. Continue reading
CALL HIM LUCKY: JOHN CARROLL LYNCH ON DIRECTING HARRY DEAN STANTON’S SWAN SONG
“Harry made it look so easy for sixty years. His work doesn’t seem like anything’s happening. He walks onscreen fully in life, three-dimensional with his own key light and his own shadow. He lived that way, and he played that way. That is an estimable thing. That is something to be inspired by and aspire to. I’m so happy we got this movie made.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/06/2017
BLADE RUNNER 2049
“A movie for people who miss the voice-over narration. It’s a talky, blocky launching pad for yet another cinematic universe, short on incident but long on sequel setups and what studio executives like to call world-building. What a frustrating act of diminishment this project is, transforming an enigmatic classic into a branded franchise property. It turns poetry into prose.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/05/2017
SPLICED PERSONALITY 