Love, Romance, and Fainting Spells on THE HOST with Max Irons and Jake Abel
After a while, stories about the hijinks on movie sets all begin to sound the same, but when Jake Abel (THE LOVELY BONES, PERCY JACKSON) mentioned that during the filming … Continue reading
Taking to the Road with Walter Salles and Jack Kerouac
Talking with Walter Salles was already one of the great pleasures I’ve had even before he used the word “polyphonic.” In our talk on December 8, 2012, he revealed himself … Continue reading
The Ups and Downs of Jim Sturgess in UPSIDE DOWN.
Jim Sturgess doesn’t limit himself to one form of creative expression. A musician and an actor, he successfully combined the two in ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, though us usually opts to … Continue reading
Fear and Revelation with director DEBBIE LUM and SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE
SEEKING ASIAN FEMALE is everything that a great documentary should be. Informative, straightforward, and challenging. In this case, deeply challenging. The phenomenon of Yellow Fever, non-Asian men who are exclusively … Continue reading
THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST — Director Mira Nair
Perhaps there is no one better suited to directing the film adaptation of Moshin Hamid’s novel than Mira Nair. She has credit as the director of THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST, but … Continue reading