After earning two Oscar nominations for period work—in Pride & Prejudice and The Imitation Game—Keira Knightley dons a corset once more for Colette, directed by Wash Westmoreland and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Westmoreland, and his late husband Richard Glatzer. Knightley plays Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a pillar of French literature whose husband greedily took credit for her own brilliant works in the early days of her career. And Colette tells a powerful story about female creativity as the film industry examines its own role in diminishing women’s voices.
What drew you to Colette? How did you get involved?
My agent sent me the script and I loved it. That was it, really. I knew a little bit of her writing, but I didn’t really know anything about her life, and definitely nothing about the first marriage. I was just sort of amazed that it was all true, and...
What drew you to Colette? How did you get involved?
My agent sent me the script and I loved it. That was it, really. I knew a little bit of her writing, but I didn’t really know anything about her life, and definitely nothing about the first marriage. I was just sort of amazed that it was all true, and...
- 12/6/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition, we take on Keira Knightley, who plays with gender identity in the title role of fall hit “Colette,” which is focused on the early career of the flamboyant French literary star.
Bottom Line: Ever since 2002, when Keira Knightley popped at age 17 in TV’s “Dr. Zhivago” and on-screen in Gurinder Chadha’s girl-power soccer movie “Bend it Like Beckham,” the actress has picked her projects well. Still only 33, the screen beauty has earned an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and is equally capable of carrying bodice-ripping dramas and athletic action roles. Perhaps her most charming performance was in Richard Curtis’ holiday comedy “Love Actually,” juggling expressions of affection from swains Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andrew Lincoln.
Although she grew up in London as the child of two actors,...
Bottom Line: Ever since 2002, when Keira Knightley popped at age 17 in TV’s “Dr. Zhivago” and on-screen in Gurinder Chadha’s girl-power soccer movie “Bend it Like Beckham,” the actress has picked her projects well. Still only 33, the screen beauty has earned an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and is equally capable of carrying bodice-ripping dramas and athletic action roles. Perhaps her most charming performance was in Richard Curtis’ holiday comedy “Love Actually,” juggling expressions of affection from swains Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andrew Lincoln.
Although she grew up in London as the child of two actors,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition, we take on Keira Knightley, who plays with gender identity in the title role of fall hit “Colette,” which is focused on the early career of the flamboyant French literary star.
Bottom Line: Ever since 2002, when Keira Knightley popped at age 17 in TV’s “Dr. Zhivago” and on-screen in Gurinder Chadha’s girl-power soccer movie “Bend it Like Beckham,” the actress has picked her projects well. Still only 33, the screen beauty has earned an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and is equally capable of carrying bodice-ripping dramas and athletic action roles. Perhaps her most charming performance was in Richard Curtis’ holiday comedy “Love Actually,” juggling expressions of affection from swains Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andrew Lincoln.
Although she grew up in London as the child of two actors,...
Bottom Line: Ever since 2002, when Keira Knightley popped at age 17 in TV’s “Dr. Zhivago” and on-screen in Gurinder Chadha’s girl-power soccer movie “Bend it Like Beckham,” the actress has picked her projects well. Still only 33, the screen beauty has earned an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and is equally capable of carrying bodice-ripping dramas and athletic action roles. Perhaps her most charming performance was in Richard Curtis’ holiday comedy “Love Actually,” juggling expressions of affection from swains Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andrew Lincoln.
Although she grew up in London as the child of two actors,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Philip Roth, who was made famous for his books such as American Pastoral, The Human Stain and Goodbye, Columbus, died on Tuesday, he was 85. Close friend and fellow writer Judith Thurman confirmed that the author had died while at a New York City Hospital due to congestive heart failure. “He was an incredibly generous […]
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- 5/23/2018
- by Tatyana Samonte Escano
- Uinterview
Robert Redford: 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Way We Were' tonight on Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month Robert Redford returns this evening with three more films: two Sydney Pollack-directed efforts, Out of Africa and The Way We Were, and Jack Clayton's film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby. (See TCM's Robert Redford film schedule below. See also: "On TCM: Robert Redford Movies.") 'The Great Gatsby': Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby Released by Paramount Pictures, the 1974 film version of The Great Gatsby had prestige oozing from just about every cinematic pore. The film was based on what some consider the greatest American novel ever written. Francis Ford Coppola, whose directing credits included the blockbuster The Godfather, and who, that same year, was responsible for both The Godfather Part II and The Conversation, penned the adaptation. Multiple Tony winner David Merrick (Becket,...
- 1/21/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Robert Redford: 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Way We Were' tonight on Turner Classic Movies Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month Robert Redford returns this evening with three more films: two Sydney Pollack-directed efforts, Out of Africa and The Way We Were, and Jack Clayton's film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby. (See TCM's Robert Redford film schedule below. See also: "On TCM: Robert Redford Movies.") 'Out of Africa' Out of Africa (1985) is an unusual Robert Redford star vehicle in that the film's actual lead isn't Redford, but Meryl Streep -- at the time seen as sort of a Bette Davis-Alec Guinness mix: like Davis, Streep received a whole bunch of Academy Award nominations within the span of a few years: from 1978-1985, she was shortlisted for no less than six movies.* Like Guinness, Streep could transform...
- 1/21/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Werner Herzog’s latest documentary, Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, takes viewers to an exhibit of priceless art at the world’s most exclusive gallery. How exclusive? Back in June 2008, Judith Thurman wrote a piece about it in The New Yorker, but was never granted permission to see the artwork for herself. That’s because the gallery is the Chauvet cave of southern France, a setting nature preserved so perfectly that cave paintings from nearly 30,000 years ago have suffered little to no deterioration. Needless to say, the mere discovery of the cave dramatically increased the threat of damage ...
- 4/28/2011
- avclub.com
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams Directed by Werner Herzog 2010 – Canada, USA, Germany, France, UK - At this point in Werner Herzog’s career, in which documentaries have mostly taken prominence over fictional features (at least until last year’s bizarro double feature of Bad Lieutenant and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done), one can approach his films with a reasonably accurate set of expectations. Recent Herzog has focused principally on the director’s distinct worldview and wry humor in association with examinations of the stranger corners of existence. While Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Herzog’s excursion into ancient caves containing the earliest exambles of man’s artistic expression, certainly isn’t an exception, you might nevertheless strain to find another movie this year with a more ambitious intellectual end or a more unique subject, even if, in the company of heavyweights like Grizzly Man and Encounters at the End of the World,
- 4/27/2011
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Rating: 4.5/5
Writers: Werner Herzog, Judith Thurman (article)
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams is a new piece of filmmaking examining the recently discovered - and strictly preserved - Chauvet Cave in France, and is directed by Werner Herzog: a visionary renowned for his love of uncovering the unknown. Herzog, whose prior left-field works include Encounters At The End Of The World and Grizzly Man, personally approached the French culture minister, Frederic Mitterand, who authorized unprecedented (yet severely restricted access) to the rapturous Chauvet Cave, where Paleolithic drawings of a multitude of mammals have been left untouched for up to 32,000 years.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Cave Of Forgotten Dreams...
Writers: Werner Herzog, Judith Thurman (article)
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams is a new piece of filmmaking examining the recently discovered - and strictly preserved - Chauvet Cave in France, and is directed by Werner Herzog: a visionary renowned for his love of uncovering the unknown. Herzog, whose prior left-field works include Encounters At The End Of The World and Grizzly Man, personally approached the French culture minister, Frederic Mitterand, who authorized unprecedented (yet severely restricted access) to the rapturous Chauvet Cave, where Paleolithic drawings of a multitude of mammals have been left untouched for up to 32,000 years.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Cave Of Forgotten Dreams...
- 4/3/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- GordonandtheWhale
Celebrity Scandal! Natalie Portman, Christian Dior, and the Anti-Semetic fashion designer? [Mar. 2] Natalie Portman, winner of the Oscars 2011 award for Best Actress for her role in Black Swan, is also Jewish and is the face of Christian Dior's fragrance line, Miss Dior Cherie. She also refused to wear a Christian Dior evening gown to the red carpet ceremony where her maternity dress received an abundance of free press for the fashion designer Rodarte. Why? Because one of Christian Dior's lead fashion designers and creative director went on an anti-Semitic tirade that rivaled past hate speech spewed by actor Mel Gibson. Christian Dior designer John Galliano rocked the fashion world when he was fired by Christian Dior for engaging in a drunken anti-Semitic rant in Paris, claiming that he loved Hitler, of all people. It's not the first time Galliano has gotten carried away or gone over the top, but...
- 3/2/2011
- by Helium
- Green Celebrity
Celebrity Scandal! Christian Dior designer John Galliano hate speech really just a rant against boss? [Mar. 2] Christian Dior designer John Galliano rocked the fashion world when he was fired by Christian Dior for engaging in a drunken anti-Semitic rant in Paris, claiming that he loved Hitler, of all people. It's not the first time Galliano has gotten carried away or gone over the top, but even his biggest fans are having a hard time with this latest slight. Christian Dior competes with Chanel as one of the two premier fashion houses in the world. The Hollywood Reporter reported comments about Galliano's drunken, anti-Semitic rant and firing: Judith Thurman, from the New Yorker: "Galliano seems to have disgraced himself (and perhaps ended his career) by delivering a drunken, anti-Semitic rant to several fellow patrons at a Paris restaurant . . . But Chanel liked Nazis, too." Giorgio Armani: "I'm very very sorry for him.
- 3/2/2011
- by Helium
- Green Celebrity
The trailer for Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” has hit, and the footage seems to be mostly men walking around hidden caves, staring at old drawings. When we saw it at the Toronto Film Festival a few months ago, we thought pretty much the same thing. Herzog first became interested in the Chauvet Cave, the place in France where the movie is filmed, after reading a New Yorker article by Judith Thurman, one of the producers of the film. He received special permission from the French government to film in the caves, and even with the pass,…...
- 1/14/2011
- The Playlist
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"Cave of Forgotten Dreams looks at the marvels inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, a setting nature preserved so perfectly that cave paintings from nearly 30,000 years ago have suffered little-to-no deteriorating effects," writes the Av Club's Scott Tobias. "Back in June 2008, Judith Thurman wrote a piece about it in the New Yorker, but she never actually saw the cave in person, due to restrictions that have limited all but a handful of scientists, archaeologists, and other researchers. But Herzog being Herzog, he gained a rare permit to bring his cameras into the Chauvet cave — four hours per day for one week — to document these extraordinary drawings from the Paleolithic era."...
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams looks at the marvels inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, a setting nature preserved so perfectly that cave paintings from nearly 30,000 years ago have suffered little-to-no deteriorating effects," writes the Av Club's Scott Tobias. "Back in June 2008, Judith Thurman wrote a piece about it in the New Yorker, but she never actually saw the cave in person, due to restrictions that have limited all but a handful of scientists, archaeologists, and other researchers. But Herzog being Herzog, he gained a rare permit to bring his cameras into the Chauvet cave — four hours per day for one week — to document these extraordinary drawings from the Paleolithic era."...
- 9/17/2010
- MUBI
Director Sydney Pollack 1934-2008.
Director Sydney Pollack passed two years ago today. I had the good fortune to meet and interview Sydney Pollack twice, both of which are included here: first in 1999 for his well-made but ill-fated romantic drama "Random Hearts," and again in 2006 for what would be his final film, "Sketches of Frank Gehry," a masterful documentary look at the eponymous architect's life, work and process. It was also in many respects a personal investigation for Pollack himself, which he spoke quite candidly about during our conversation.
This has been a tough year for those of us who were weaned on the films of the so-called "Easy Riders and Raging Bulls" who made the iconic films of the late 1960s and 1970s, with the loss of such figures as Pollack, Roy Scheider, and others of the era. Pollack was certainly among the lions of that pack, but was perhaps...
Director Sydney Pollack passed two years ago today. I had the good fortune to meet and interview Sydney Pollack twice, both of which are included here: first in 1999 for his well-made but ill-fated romantic drama "Random Hearts," and again in 2006 for what would be his final film, "Sketches of Frank Gehry," a masterful documentary look at the eponymous architect's life, work and process. It was also in many respects a personal investigation for Pollack himself, which he spoke quite candidly about during our conversation.
This has been a tough year for those of us who were weaned on the films of the so-called "Easy Riders and Raging Bulls" who made the iconic films of the late 1960s and 1970s, with the loss of such figures as Pollack, Roy Scheider, and others of the era. Pollack was certainly among the lions of that pack, but was perhaps...
- 5/26/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Jenna at Jezebel attended the first of a series of free screenings at New York’s The New School of movies focused on fashion, and in her writeup she quotes New Yorker writer Judith Thurman, who introduced Annie Hall: In 1978 in Nairobi, I got this bag. I got it because it was Annie Hall's bag. The rest of the piece is a fascinating look at how Diane Keaton’s clothing in that film continues to influence fashion to this day. But I’m more interested in the larger issue: that the things we see in the movies sometimes so overwhelm us with their coolness that we want to possess them ourselves. What item have you bought -- or wanted to buy -- because you saw it in a movie or on TV?...
- 4/8/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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