Friday, October 7 2011
One by One, We’re All Becoming Shades: An Interview with Anjelica Huston
In her newest film 50/50, the actress brings everything full circle, combining comedy and high drama with another far less-discussed area of her expertise: the ability to work a good old-fashioned bad wig and turn it into a powerful acting tool.
Wednesday, September 21 2011
Transformer, Singular: ‘Drive’ Sings the Body Electric
Va-va-va-vroooom: Cannes Best Director winner Nicolas Winding Refn talks Drive with PopMatters.
Thursday, August 25 2011
Believers Keep on Believin’: Vera Farmiga Envisions a Higher Ground
Oscar-nominated actress Vera Farmiga rips a page from the Ida Lupino playbook and directs herself to a funny, moving performance in one of the year's most surprising -- and unmissable -- debut features. Farmiga and co-star Dagmara Domincyzk talk with PopMatters about the experience...
Thursday, April 7 2011
The Terrible Beauty of ‘The Cove’
The Cove attacks the slaughtering of dolphins in Japan while reminding us just how impressive these creatures can be.
Tuesday, March 29 2011
‘Inside Job’ Is a Call to Arms
Treated almost like a crime story, Inside Job unveils a sordid world of the prosperous elite who take an almost unseemly pleasure in living lives of unscrupulous lavishness, with no regard to whom they harm.
Monday, March 28 2011
National Theatre Live Shocks ‘Frankenstein’ Back to Life
Why did you create me? The plaintive question adorning National Theatre Live posters may echo critics’ question about the need for yet another in a long line of Frankensteins. Previous Frankensteins and monsters have been entertaining but less socially relevant. The National Theatre’s production, as directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle, to use a cliché, is Alive!
Thursday, January 6 2011
Mean Streets: Take a Closer Look at Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Biutiful’
Alejandro González Iñárritu makes up for the lack of challenging cinematic adventures by looking at the microcosm of Barcelona's “dark side” through a magnifying glass in his latest film Biutiful. What he finds might shock you. PopMatters gets some insight into one of the year's most underrated films from director Iñárritu and star Javier Bardem.
Tuesday, November 16 2010
Jacki Weaver in ‘Animal Kingdom’ Video (PopMatters Exclusive)
For Your Consideration: Best Supporting Actress 2010: Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom.
Friday, July 30 2010
Barbequing with Legends: Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek on Cinema, Cinephilia and Good-Looking Shoes
On the eve of the release of Get Low, PopMatters talks with film legends Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall about food criticism (sort of), film critics (without mentioning any, ahem, names), and of course, cute shoes (and a few other things).
