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‘The Idea of You’ Author Says She Was ‘Not Involved at All’ with Film Adaptation: ‘The Book Is the Book, and the Movie Is the Movie’
[Editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for “The Idea of You.”]Giancarlo Esposito Shows Spike Lee 'La Dolce Vita' in New Fiat Commercial Don’t you hate it when Hollywood changes the ending to your favorite book when adapting it into a film? The process is sacrilege to some readers, but it can often lead to films improving upon their source material. The latest bestseller to see its ending changed is “The Idea of You” — and a recent piece by IndieWire’s Erin Strecker endorses the changes screenwriters Michael Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt made in adapting Robinne Lee’s 2017 novel. However, it turns...
Giancarlo Esposito Shows Spike Lee ‘La Dolce Vita’ in New Fiat Commercial
Mookie and Buggin’-Out back together again. We love to see it. Filmmaker, artist, tastemaker, and thespian Spike Lee has reunited with “School Daze” and “Do The Right Thing” brethren Giancarlo Esposito in a recent spot for Fiat’s new all-electric Fiat 500e. The commercial is entitled “Italy in America” and sees Esposito, whose father hails from Naples, introducing Lee to “la dolce vita”. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter marking the reunion, Lee and Esposito reflected on their friendship and collaborations, their shared appreciation for Italian culture, and various film projects on approach.Colman Domingo and Andrew Haigh to Be...
‘The Fall Guy’ Box Office Disappointment Hurts More Than Opening Weekend
With ”The Fall Guy” (Universal), summer 2024 box office didn’t kick off; it just sort of happened. It opened to $28.5 million, a 52 percent drop from last year with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.” Hopefully, that will be the last precipitous weekend drop (aside from the inevitable “Barbie”/”Oppenheimer” July weekend of $310 million). John Carpenter Calls 'Dead Ringers' an 'Actually Very Funny' Film This $76 million domestic weekend is bad, but “The Fall Guy” shortfall is worse. Estimates were broad, but worst-case scenarios predicted $30 million. The Ryan Gosling action rom-com had all the earmarks of audience appeal. Whatever...
Dua Lipa Says She Bumped Into Parents ‘at the Club’ in ‘SNL’ Monologue: ‘They Love to Party’
Dua Lipa knows how to bring the party. And apparently it runs in the genes. While making her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut last night, the award-winning pop star acknowledged how she’d made her television debut in the same building eight years ago and gave a special shoutout to her parents — who were in the audience cheering her on — telling a story about an unlikely run-in she had with her folks one night.Shonda Rhimes Says 'Barbie' 'Didn't Need to Be' a 'Feminist Manifesto' “As you can see,” she said, “they’re kind of cool. They love to party. One night,...
Bernard Hill, British Actor Featured in ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of The Rings,’ Dead at 79
“Arise, arise, riders of Rohan! Spears shall be shaken! Shields shall be splintered! A sword-day…a red day…ere the sun rises!”Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock Reflect on Making 'Speed' for 30th Anniversary: 'Lighting Doesn't Strike Like That Twice' So begins The Battle of Pelennor Fields, a centerpiece in Peter Jackson’s Best Picture-winning adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”. It’s a visually triumphant scene, with thousands of fighters on horseback and the horns of Howard Shore’s score lifting the sequence off the screen, but it’s Bernard Hill and his character King Theóden’s rousing speech to...
‘Furiosa’ Composer Tom Holkenberg aka JunkieXL Teases Score with First Single, ‘Dementus Is Gaining’
We can already feel our theater seats shaking. This past Friday, “Furiosa” composer Tom Holkenberg (aka Junkie XL) dropped a taste of his upcoming score for the film with the single, “Dementus Is Gaining”. The propulsive electronica track features a familiar trance-like beat that incorporates the sound of revving engines, but also has a noticeably more haunting quality than that of the score for “Mad Max: Fury Road”, implying a prequel that may have more of an emotional bite than its predecessor.'Tarot' Review: Spine-Snapping Melodrama Does Haunted Party Games Proud “My collaboration with the incredible George Miller began over a decade...
Limp Bizkit Frontman Fred Durst Is This Summer’s Most Unlikely Indie Film Star
Being an independent film fan is full of surprises, as each slate of festival releases brings a new wave of emerging filmmakers, breakout stars, and established actors playing against type in bold films. But it’s hard to imagine that even the biggest cultural omnivore could have predicted that 2024 would spark a renaissance in Fred Durst’s acting career. Ryan Gosling Says 'La La Land' Inspired Him to Pick Roles with His Children in Mind: 'We're Practicing Piano Every Day or We're Dancing or We're Singing' The Limp Bizkit frontman, who helped pioneer the nu metal genre throughout the ’90s by combining...
Ryan Gosling Says ‘La La Land’ Inspired Him to Pick Roles with His Children in Mind: ‘We’re Practicing Piano Every Day or We’re Dancing or We’re Singing’
Gone are the days of Ryan Gosling beating goons to a pulp in elevators in films like “Drive” or drinking a marriage into dissolution in “Blue Valentine”. At least for right now. In a recent Wall Street Journal Magazine interview, Gosling admitted that the softer, more fun roles he’s taken on lately are largely a result of looking out for his wife, Eva Mendes, and their children. The actor says that his decision to step back from more intense roles with came after preparing for his role in the Oscar-winning musical “La La Land”.John Carpenter Calls 'Dead Ringers' an 'Actually...
David Lynch’s Producer Confirms His Netflix Series ‘Unrecorded Night’ Was Unrelated to ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Cancelled When the Pandemic Hit’
David Lynch hasn’t taken on a feature film or TV project since releasing his groundbreaking “Twin Peaks: The Return” in 2017, but it hasn’t been for lack of trying. First, it was reported back in April that Netflix rejected his pitch for an animated film called “Snootworld.” And now his longtime producer Sabrina Sutherland has shed some light on “Unrecorded Night,” his planned Netflix series that was scrapped during the COVID-19 pandemic. John Carpenter Calls 'Dead Ringers' an 'Actually Very Funny' Film Loyal Lynch fans will recall that rumors began to circulate in 2020 that the auteur was planning to direct...
A24 Rolls Back Planned Streaming Release of Insurrection Documentary ‘The Sixth’ — Report
“Democracy needs a ground to stand on and that ground is the truth.”John Carpenter Calls 'Dead Ringers' an 'Actually Very Funny' Film These are the words of Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, featured in a trailer for the A24 documentary film “The Sixth,” a portrait of public service that features interviews with Raskin, a photographer, a Hill aide, and three police officers, all of whom, had their lives changed by the violent Capitol assault on January 6, 2021. The documentary hails from husband and wife team Sean Fine and Andrea Nix, who have received two Emmy Awards for their work with National...
‘The Boys’ Season 4 Trailer Teases Plenty of Blood, Guts, and Chickens
“I look back at my life…and all I see…are the messes I made.”A24 Rolls Back Planned Streaming Release of Insurrection Documentary 'The Sixth' -- Report And boy, did we love those messes. These words, uttered by leader of the eponymous ragtag group of vigilantes, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), begin the full trailer for the upcoming season 4 of Prime Video’s smash superhero satire “The Boys”. What follows is a rousing montage of teams getting back together, new supes joining the fray, new monsters revealing themselves, chickens flying out of chests, and bloody sheep being torn apart mid-air all juxtaposed against inspirational...
Kevin Spacey on New Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘I’ve Been Promiscuous, Flirty … Definitely Persistent’
Responding to new sexual assault allegations brought to light by U.K.’s Channel 4 in the documentary “Spacey Unmasked”, Kevin Spacey sat down for an interview on X, formerly Twitter, with controversial British journalist Dan Wooton. In the documentary, which airs next week and will stream on Max via an acquisition by ID Network, nine new victims come forward accusing Spacey of various forms of inappropriate behavior ranging from sexual harassment on set to masturbating in a movie theater during the storming of Normandy scene in “Saving Private Ryan”.'Quiet on Set' Survivors Say They Wouldn't Have Agreed to Docuseries If They...
Adam Driver Is on the Edge in First Clip of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’
A clip for one of the most anticipated films of Cannes has been unveiled this morning by writer/director Francis Ford Coppola. Opening with that famous American Zoetrope logo from the 1970s, the clip begins with Adam Driver’s character exiting a window at the top floor of a skyscraper and slowly inching towards the building’s sloped edge. As he bends to look down at the street below, then lifts a leg to step off, he loses his balance and yells, “Time stop!” The world freezes and Driver’s character is able to lean back and regain his footing before snapping time back...
How the Hell Did They Do That? The Story Behind the 4 Biggest Stunts in ‘The Fall Guy’
To understand the love letter that is “The Fall Guy” — a passion project of former stunt performer turned A-list action director David Leitch (“John Wick,” “Atomic Blonde,” “Bullet Train”) — consider that Drew Pearce couldn’t write the script until Leitch identified the old-school stunts that would serve as its centerpieces.Ryan Gosling Says 'La La Land' Inspired Him to Pick Roles with His Children in Mind: 'We're Practicing Piano Every Day or We're Dancing or We're Singing' IndieWire talked to Leitch and stunt designer Chris O’Hara about four of those jaw-dropping action scenes: the record-breaking cannon roll on the beach, the 225-foot car...
‘Monsters at Work’ Brought Workplace Existentialism to Monstropolis for Season 2
At the end of the 2001 movie “Monsters, Inc.,” the titular company decides to cut ties with tradition and do away with human children’s screams as a power source in favor of laughter. It was a fun tag that put a nice bow on Sulley’s character growth after meeting the human Boo. What the movie doesn’t show is whether the larger world of Monstropolis will be open to such a drastic change to their traditions and culture. That is at the heart of Disney+’s “Monsters at Work,” which, in its second season, brought workplace existentialism and the environmental revolution to...
Pour Yourself a Tall Glass of ‘Tank Girl’: Bi-Coded Sci-Fi Bubbles Over with the Lori Petty of It All
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age. 'Tarot' Review: Spine-Snapping Melodrama Does Haunted Party Games Proud First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing. Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation. The Pitch: Justice for Lori Petty! One of cinema’s greatest action heroes is a fiercely feminist freedom fighter captured by an oppressive regime controlling the water supply of a post-apocalyptic landscape. Seeking revenge after her family was ripped from her, the heroine escapes...
Chris Pine Calls His $65,000 ‘Princess Diaries 2’ Salary ‘Absolutely Earth-Shattering’
Chris Pine felt like more than a million bucks after being cast in “Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” — he felt like $50 million, to be exact. Not that he made anywhere near that sum.Adam Driver Is on the Edge in First Clip of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' During an upcoming appearance on NBC News’ “Sunday Today with Willie Geist,” Pine recalled how joining the 2004 sequel film proved to be a pivotal point in his career. Pine played Prince Nicholas Devereaux who tries to woo Princess Mia (Anne Hathaway) in her ancestral home country of Genovia. “It was the...
‘Slow’ Review: Asexual Romantic Drama Struggles to Make a Convincing Pair
Asexuality is rare enough on screen that a film that does acknowledge its existence can build an entire storyline out of it. But the scant few depictions of it in popular media that do exist — mostly in progressive teen shows like Netflix’s “Sex Education” or “Heartbreak High” — generally present storylines about the orientation (or, depending on your view, lack thereof) in an instructive manner for general audiences. Their supporting asexual characters are typically young, confused teens, and their journeys to understand and accept their orientation are highlighted by arcs that pit them with love interests who struggle with...
‘The Fall Guy’ Is a Love-Letter to the Movie-Making Process, but ‘The Stunt Man’ Exposes the Tortured Psyches Behind It
“I knew daredevils — and I ain’t got nothing against ‘em — it’s just they’re all dead.”Ryan Gosling Says 'La La Land' Inspired Him to Pick Roles with His Children in Mind: 'We're Practicing Piano Every Day or We're Dancing or We're Singing' So says the titular character of “The Stunt Man” to his trainer the first time his desire for mortality is put into question. The theme of death is a constant one in this 1980 film. It’s what propels the main character, Vietnam-Vet Cameron, to go on the run — the state in which we meet him at the...
How Fiona Apple’s ‘Paper Bag’ Became the True Anthem of ‘The Idea of You’
Fiona Apple is the go-to songwriter for exorcising your romantic demons, ruing the ones you loved, the ones who didn’t love you back, the ones you pushed away amid yet another freefall of your own design. She’s also the go-to singer for three studio comedy auteurs: Michael Showalter, Judd Apatow, and Paul Feig.'Tarot' Review: Spine-Snapping Melodrama Does Haunted Party Games Proud Apple’s songs have featured in three of their films — Apple wrote the original song “Dull Tool” for Apatow’s “This Is 40,” capturing a decades-long marriage at its breaking point. Elsewhere, her epic ball of romantic resignation “Cosmonauts,” off the...
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