NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
A retrospective of Denis Villeneuve’s work also brings the director’s programming choices, among them films by Godard, Resnais, Cassavetes, and Wong Kar-wai.
Roxy Cinema
Bob Fosse’s Star 80, The Piano Teacher, The Pillow Book, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and End of Night all play on 35mm.
Anthology Film Archives
As retrospective of Haitian cinema continues, films by Hollis Frampton and Ernie Gehr play Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Film Forum
“Sapph-o-rama” continues with films by Nicholas Ray, Jonathan Demme, Lizzie Borden, and more; a 4K restoration of Pandora’s Box has begun a run; a print of The Third Man continues, while the Harold Lloyd film Hot Water shows on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
A retrospective of snubbed performances brings films by Scorsese, Elaine May, Jonathan Demme, and Gus Van Sant...
Film at Lincoln Center
A retrospective of Denis Villeneuve’s work also brings the director’s programming choices, among them films by Godard, Resnais, Cassavetes, and Wong Kar-wai.
Roxy Cinema
Bob Fosse’s Star 80, The Piano Teacher, The Pillow Book, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and End of Night all play on 35mm.
Anthology Film Archives
As retrospective of Haitian cinema continues, films by Hollis Frampton and Ernie Gehr play Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Film Forum
“Sapph-o-rama” continues with films by Nicholas Ray, Jonathan Demme, Lizzie Borden, and more; a 4K restoration of Pandora’s Box has begun a run; a print of The Third Man continues, while the Harold Lloyd film Hot Water shows on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of the Moving Image
A retrospective of snubbed performances brings films by Scorsese, Elaine May, Jonathan Demme, and Gus Van Sant...
- 2/16/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara are opening up about the time her high school class watched one of his movies that featured some Nsfw moments.
The 52-year-old actor was joined by Clara, 28, for his interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.
“When I was a senior in high school I took a gender studies class,” Clara said. “My teacher came up to me near the end of the semester and was like, ‘Listen, there’s a movie that I usually teach, it’s part of the curriculum, your dad is in it. There is some nudity so I wanted to run it by you before we watched it in class.’”
Keep reading to find out more…
“And I said it was fine. I didn’t really think much of it. And so we watched the movie called The Pillow Book, which is a brilliant film. But watching that movie...
The 52-year-old actor was joined by Clara, 28, for his interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.
“When I was a senior in high school I took a gender studies class,” Clara said. “My teacher came up to me near the end of the semester and was like, ‘Listen, there’s a movie that I usually teach, it’s part of the curriculum, your dad is in it. There is some nudity so I wanted to run it by you before we watched it in class.’”
Keep reading to find out more…
“And I said it was fine. I didn’t really think much of it. And so we watched the movie called The Pillow Book, which is a brilliant film. But watching that movie...
- 2/9/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Helen Hunt are attached to star in Peter Greenaway’s drama “Lucca Mortis,” which has started filming in the Tuscan city of Lucca.
The new film by the 81-year-old iconoclastic British filmmaker and artist — known for arthouse hits such as “The Draughtsman’s Contract,” “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” and “The Pillow Book” — is the tale of a New York writer (Hoffman), who in in 2001, following the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, takes a sabbatical to visit Lucca in search of his distant Italian origins. “Lucca Mortis” creates a sort of parallelism between the Twin Towers and the towers of Lucca, according to the Tuscany Film Commission website. Other details, including Hunt’s role, are being kept under wraps.
Tuscany Film Commission head Stefania Ippoliti said cameras started rolling earlier this month in Lucca, which is known for its medieval walls and towers,...
The new film by the 81-year-old iconoclastic British filmmaker and artist — known for arthouse hits such as “The Draughtsman’s Contract,” “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover” and “The Pillow Book” — is the tale of a New York writer (Hoffman), who in in 2001, following the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, takes a sabbatical to visit Lucca in search of his distant Italian origins. “Lucca Mortis” creates a sort of parallelism between the Twin Towers and the towers of Lucca, according to the Tuscany Film Commission website. Other details, including Hunt’s role, are being kept under wraps.
Tuscany Film Commission head Stefania Ippoliti said cameras started rolling earlier this month in Lucca, which is known for its medieval walls and towers,...
- 12/11/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Tl;Dr:
Paul McCartney revealed an important actor who appeared in Help! inspired The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” Paul knew her well before writing The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” She compared the Fab Four to Greek demigods like Orpheus.
The Beatles‘ “Eleanor Rigby” was partly inspired by a star who appeared in the movie Help! In addition, Paul McCartney said she might have dated John Lennon. On the other hand, the star prefers to keep her personal life private.
A star of ‘Help!’ inspired the title of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’
During a 2021 interview with The New Yorker, Paul discussed the writing of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” He started taking piano lessons and played an early draft of the song for his teacher. At that time, the tune had the title “Ola Na Tungee.” The teacher wasn’t that impressed with the song, preferring to hear Paul play piano scales.
“When I...
Paul McCartney revealed an important actor who appeared in Help! inspired The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” Paul knew her well before writing The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” She compared the Fab Four to Greek demigods like Orpheus.
The Beatles‘ “Eleanor Rigby” was partly inspired by a star who appeared in the movie Help! In addition, Paul McCartney said she might have dated John Lennon. On the other hand, the star prefers to keep her personal life private.
A star of ‘Help!’ inspired the title of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’
During a 2021 interview with The New Yorker, Paul discussed the writing of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” He started taking piano lessons and played an early draft of the song for his teacher. At that time, the tune had the title “Ola Na Tungee.” The teacher wasn’t that impressed with the song, preferring to hear Paul play piano scales.
“When I...
- 8/29/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Right off the bat, Peter Greenaway wants to make clear that he’s never really taken himself seriously as a filmmaker — although like so many of the paradoxes that comprise Greenaway’s identity, it’s not wise to take such a claim too seriously.
“This is a terrible confession to speak to you,” he says via Skype from a tiny house on the Atlantic coast where he goes on weekends. “There’s always that sense of being removed from the activity, of taking a step back and trying to look at it with not a sarcastic or derivative attitude, but certainly a considerable irony.”
Such cheekiness is plenty apparent in Greenaway’s filmography, which spans 16 features, ranging from the Terry Gilliam-esque irreverence of “The Falls” (1980), a three-hour catalog of eccentric survivors of an imaginary cataclysm, to the obsessive brain-dump that is “The Tulse Luper Suitcases” (2003-04), a tricksy trio...
“This is a terrible confession to speak to you,” he says via Skype from a tiny house on the Atlantic coast where he goes on weekends. “There’s always that sense of being removed from the activity, of taking a step back and trying to look at it with not a sarcastic or derivative attitude, but certainly a considerable irony.”
Such cheekiness is plenty apparent in Greenaway’s filmography, which spans 16 features, ranging from the Terry Gilliam-esque irreverence of “The Falls” (1980), a three-hour catalog of eccentric survivors of an imaginary cataclysm, to the obsessive brain-dump that is “The Tulse Luper Suitcases” (2003-04), a tricksy trio...
- 5/14/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Wada Emi, the celebrated Japanese costume designer who won an Oscar for Kurosawa Akira’s “Ran” in 1985, has died.
Wada’s family told Japanese media that she died on Nov. 13, 2021, but did not disclose the cause or the place of her death.
Appreciated for her painstaking attention to detail – she hand-dyed the costumes for “Ran” – and for playing hard to get, Wada won numerous awards in addition to the Oscar and BAFTA. Other prizes included a Prime Time Emmy for her costumes in British TV show “Oedipus Rex” in 1993 and a Hong Kong Film Award for her designs on Zhang Yimou’s spectacular martial arts fantasy “Hero.”
Born Noguchi Emiko in 1937 to a wealthy family, Wada was surrounded from an early age by concert-level pianists, European artistic influence and Japanese literature.
At middle school she discovered that she liked the films of Jean Cocteau, but wanted to be a painter.
Wada’s family told Japanese media that she died on Nov. 13, 2021, but did not disclose the cause or the place of her death.
Appreciated for her painstaking attention to detail – she hand-dyed the costumes for “Ran” – and for playing hard to get, Wada won numerous awards in addition to the Oscar and BAFTA. Other prizes included a Prime Time Emmy for her costumes in British TV show “Oedipus Rex” in 1993 and a Hong Kong Film Award for her designs on Zhang Yimou’s spectacular martial arts fantasy “Hero.”
Born Noguchi Emiko in 1937 to a wealthy family, Wada was surrounded from an early age by concert-level pianists, European artistic influence and Japanese literature.
At middle school she discovered that she liked the films of Jean Cocteau, but wanted to be a painter.
- 11/22/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Acclaimed writer/director David Lowery joins Josh and Joe to discuss the films that inspired The Green Knight.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Green Knight (2021)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2022)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
The Old Man And The Gun (2018)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Pete’s Dragon (2016) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Ghost Story (1974)
Sword of the Valiant (1984)
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Masters of the Universe (1987) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Andrei Rublev (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards blurb
War And Peace (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Devils (1971)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Conjuring (2013)
Jubilee (1978)
Benedetta (2021)
Dune (1984)
Dune (2021)
Hard To Be A God (2013)
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Moby Dick (1956) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Green Knight (2021)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2022)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
The Old Man And The Gun (2018)
A Ghost Story (2017)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Pete’s Dragon (2016) – Glenn Erickson’s review
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Ghost Story (1974)
Sword of the Valiant (1984)
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Masters of the Universe (1987) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Andrei Rublev (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards blurb
War And Peace (1966) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Devils (1971)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Conjuring (2013)
Jubilee (1978)
Benedetta (2021)
Dune (1984)
Dune (2021)
Hard To Be A God (2013)
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
Moby Dick (1956) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary,...
- 8/31/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.
Today, we’ve got a great guest on to talk about a great Scotsman – Ewan McGregor! Conor and I are blessed to have the wonderful Fiona Underhill (of JumpCut Online) on to talk through the underrated actor’s incredibly diverse career. We focus on: The Pillow Book, A Life Less Ordinary, Down With Love, and Perfect Sense.
We dish on Ewan’s iconic looks, the full frontal nudity that punctuated his early films, the conflicted accent work, that James Joyce movie he did, and the long feud between him and Danny Boyle that happened because of The Beach.
Additional items include the animated film Robots (from the now-shuttered studio Blue Sky), an especially-effective short film called Desserts, and...
Today, we’ve got a great guest on to talk about a great Scotsman – Ewan McGregor! Conor and I are blessed to have the wonderful Fiona Underhill (of JumpCut Online) on to talk through the underrated actor’s incredibly diverse career. We focus on: The Pillow Book, A Life Less Ordinary, Down With Love, and Perfect Sense.
We dish on Ewan’s iconic looks, the full frontal nudity that punctuated his early films, the conflicted accent work, that James Joyce movie he did, and the long feud between him and Danny Boyle that happened because of The Beach.
Additional items include the animated film Robots (from the now-shuttered studio Blue Sky), an especially-effective short film called Desserts, and...
- 2/12/2021
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Netflix’s Away is going, well, away: The streamer has cancelled the Hilary Swank-starring space drama after just one season, our sister site Deadline reports.
The series, which premiered Sept. 4 and which counted Friday Night Lights boss Jason Katims among its executive producers, followed Commander Emma Green (played by Swank) and her international crew as they began a three-year trip to Mars in the near future. Emma’s four-person team consisted of Misha from Russia (Mark Ivanir, Homeland), Kwesi from Ghana/England (Ato Essandoh, Chicago Med), Lu from China (Vivian Wu, The Pillow Book) and Ram (Ray Panthaki, EastEnders). Back on the ground,...
The series, which premiered Sept. 4 and which counted Friday Night Lights boss Jason Katims among its executive producers, followed Commander Emma Green (played by Swank) and her international crew as they began a three-year trip to Mars in the near future. Emma’s four-person team consisted of Misha from Russia (Mark Ivanir, Homeland), Kwesi from Ghana/England (Ato Essandoh, Chicago Med), Lu from China (Vivian Wu, The Pillow Book) and Ram (Ray Panthaki, EastEnders). Back on the ground,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
If you’ve ever wondered, “How would Friday Night Lights‘ Coach and Mrs. Coach handle it if one of them were an astronaut on an extended mission to Mars?,” Netflix’s Away just might be the show for you.
The drama, which premiered Friday and which counts Fnl boss Jason Katims among its executive producers, follows Commander Emma Green (played by Oscar winner Hilary Swank) and her international crew as they begin a three-year trip to the red planet. The series is set in the near future, so this adventure is the first of its kind for NASA. Consequently, there...
The drama, which premiered Friday and which counts Fnl boss Jason Katims among its executive producers, follows Commander Emma Green (played by Oscar winner Hilary Swank) and her international crew as they begin a three-year trip to the red planet. The series is set in the near future, so this adventure is the first of its kind for NASA. Consequently, there...
- 9/4/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Within the discipline of deciphering or analyzing, we have to become fluent in speaking art’s language. Especially those willing to critically or creatively engage in a certain field of art, there is no denying that your knowledge in the specific language can often decide on the quality of your work, even though it may be a different matter with regards to its commercial success. However, the close connection of image and film is what defines the language of film specifically, an alliance which may be quite fruitful while also dangerous if we think of the misuse of the medium for ideological purposes. In an essay in the British newspaper, The Guardian filmmaker Peter Greenaway stated there is an “uneasy partnership of image and text in cinema” since “most images are slaves to text.
While many of his works have explored the link between image and text...
While many of his works have explored the link between image and text...
- 2/25/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Inspired by Sei Shōnagon’s first-century diary, Peter Greenaway’s The Pillow Book is an audio-visual tour de force, and a showcase for one of British cinema’s most singular talents.
Starring Vivian Wu (8½ Women), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting) and Ken Ogata (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters), the film is among Greenaway’s most daring and adventurous works.
Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray Special Features:
High Definition remaster
Original stereo audio
Selected scenes commentary with Peter Greenaway (2015)
The Book of the Editor (2020): new interview with editor Chris Wyatt
Rosa (1992): performance film by Anne Teresa De Keersmaker’s Rosas dance company, directed by Peter Greenaway and shot by Sacha Vierny, presented in a new restoration from the original negative
Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
Theatrical trailer
Original theatrical calligraphic subtitle presentation
New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell,...
Starring Vivian Wu (8½ Women), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting) and Ken Ogata (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters), the film is among Greenaway’s most daring and adventurous works.
Indicator Limited Edition Blu-ray Special Features:
High Definition remaster
Original stereo audio
Selected scenes commentary with Peter Greenaway (2015)
The Book of the Editor (2020): new interview with editor Chris Wyatt
Rosa (1992): performance film by Anne Teresa De Keersmaker’s Rosas dance company, directed by Peter Greenaway and shot by Sacha Vierny, presented in a new restoration from the original negative
Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
Theatrical trailer
Original theatrical calligraphic subtitle presentation
New English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Adam Scovell,...
- 12/7/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The following remembrance was written by Deborah Davis, Mark Urman’s wife.
From Anatole Litvak’s “Anastasia,” the first movie he saw as a child at a picture palace in the Bronx, to Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” (his choice for this year’s Best Picture), Mark Urman was a man with a boundless passion for cinema. In the course of his nearly 50 years in film, Mark felt blessed to work with some of the greatest luminaries in the business, from Joseph Losey, David Lean, and Bernardo Bertolucci to Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, and Julian Schnabel.
He also delighted in encouraging talents as they emerged, including Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof, Christian Bale, Liv Tyler, Marc Forster, Natasha Richardson, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Cary Fukunaga, Lee Daniels, and Bill Condon.
Mark was born in the Bronx on November 24, 1952, the...
From Anatole Litvak’s “Anastasia,” the first movie he saw as a child at a picture palace in the Bronx, to Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” (his choice for this year’s Best Picture), Mark Urman was a man with a boundless passion for cinema. In the course of his nearly 50 years in film, Mark felt blessed to work with some of the greatest luminaries in the business, from Joseph Losey, David Lean, and Bernardo Bertolucci to Roman Polanski, Sydney Lumet, and Julian Schnabel.
He also delighted in encouraging talents as they emerged, including Ryan Gosling, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof, Christian Bale, Liv Tyler, Marc Forster, Natasha Richardson, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Kevin Smith, Cary Fukunaga, Lee Daniels, and Bill Condon.
Mark was born in the Bronx on November 24, 1952, the...
- 1/20/2019
- by Deborah Davis
- Indiewire
After the enormous success of the original, a return to the Zhisheng household was assured as this sequel returns to the cursed house for yet another impressive installment. Now helmed by rising Chinese genre director Joe Chien, this new opus arrives on DVD and digital from WellGo USA on December 4.
A hundred years after the mysterious murders of the entire Zhisheng household, cultural relic restorer Song Teng arrives at the scene to investigate the strange claims that the house is haunted. When his duties force his wife Doctor He Fei to spend their anniversary at the house alongside his assistant Lao Yin, she suddenly begins to experience strange images and phenomenon while in the house. The more she spends in the house, the more she finds herself manipulated by the spirits of the past, including Xie Meiying as their lives interconnect in a very dangerous method, forcing...
A hundred years after the mysterious murders of the entire Zhisheng household, cultural relic restorer Song Teng arrives at the scene to investigate the strange claims that the house is haunted. When his duties force his wife Doctor He Fei to spend their anniversary at the house alongside his assistant Lao Yin, she suddenly begins to experience strange images and phenomenon while in the house. The more she spends in the house, the more she finds herself manipulated by the spirits of the past, including Xie Meiying as their lives interconnect in a very dangerous method, forcing...
- 11/28/2018
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Chairman Mao, arguably the most influential Asian individual of the 20th century, famously said that “women hold up half the sky.” He was referring, of course, to China’s vast population and acknowledging the fact that the country needed its female labor force to grow its economy and become competitive with the rest of the industrial world.
And now, as women proactively raise their profile across the entertainment industry in many nations, all eyes are on the way female activists are sparking a cultural change in show business.
Along these lines, the Asian World Film Festival’s theme for 2018 is female empowerment and the role and growing professional influence of women in the film industry of the Asian continent. Roza Otunbayeva, former president of Kyrgyzstan, will attend. She is the first woman to become a nation’s president in Central Asia.
A woman — actress and producer Vivian Wu (pictured above...
And now, as women proactively raise their profile across the entertainment industry in many nations, all eyes are on the way female activists are sparking a cultural change in show business.
Along these lines, the Asian World Film Festival’s theme for 2018 is female empowerment and the role and growing professional influence of women in the film industry of the Asian continent. Roza Otunbayeva, former president of Kyrgyzstan, will attend. She is the first woman to become a nation’s president in Central Asia.
A woman — actress and producer Vivian Wu (pictured above...
- 10/24/2018
- by Peter Caranicas
- Variety Film + TV
Glinwood worked with Roman Polanski, Jeremy Thomas, Karel Reisz and Terry Jones.
UK industry veteran Terry Glinwood has died aged 82 following complications from surgery for a minor complaint.
Glinwood’s career spanned fifty years as a producer and sales executive during which time he worked closely with some of the European industry’s leading figures.
He entered the business in the 1960s as a production controller working on Roman Polanski films Repulsion and Cul-De-Sac.
In the 1970’s he would work closely with fellow-producers Ned Sherrin and Beryl Vertue and director Bob Kellett on a string of UK comedies including Up Pompeii and The Alf Garnett Saga as well with UK producer John Heyman and Grease and Saturday Night Fever producer Robert Stigwood.
In the same decade Glinwood struck up a fertile collaboration with Rpc boss Jeremy Thomas for whom he would work in a sales and financing capacity on Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Last Emperor and [link...
UK industry veteran Terry Glinwood has died aged 82 following complications from surgery for a minor complaint.
Glinwood’s career spanned fifty years as a producer and sales executive during which time he worked closely with some of the European industry’s leading figures.
He entered the business in the 1960s as a production controller working on Roman Polanski films Repulsion and Cul-De-Sac.
In the 1970’s he would work closely with fellow-producers Ned Sherrin and Beryl Vertue and director Bob Kellett on a string of UK comedies including Up Pompeii and The Alf Garnett Saga as well with UK producer John Heyman and Grease and Saturday Night Fever producer Robert Stigwood.
In the same decade Glinwood struck up a fertile collaboration with Rpc boss Jeremy Thomas for whom he would work in a sales and financing capacity on Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Last Emperor and [link...
- 3/9/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Though typical of Peter Greenaway’s predilection for depictions of provocative desires laid out over sometimes subversive subtexts, his 1996 title The Pillow Book feels demure in comparison to the ribald sexuality in more notorious works, such as The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and his most recent, Eisenstein in Guanajuato. Premiering in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, the sensual film was warmly received, especially in comparison to the features he made directly before and after (The Baby of Macon; 8 ½ Women, respectively). Based on, or rather inspired by, the love diary of Sei Shonagon, a court lady to Empress Consort Teishi, the text is a compilation of musings and records of trysts. Completed in the year 1002, it is considered to be the first novel, of course reconstituted by the enigmatic auteur for his innovative, hybridized purposes. Compared to several of Greenaway’s other titles,...
- 6/9/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Read More: Discover New Old Movies with Film Movement Classics The latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Peter Greenaway ("The Pillow Book") has found a home. "Eisenstein in Guanajuato," a lush, romantic foray into 1930s Mexico, has been picked up from Films Boutique for U.S. distribution by Strand Releasing. The film, which premiered at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, focuses on Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein and examines his 1931 trip to Guanajuato, Mexico. He departs to shoot the film "Que Viva Mexico," but upon arrival he meets, and subsequently falls for, his guide Palomino Canedo. "We are very happy to collaborate with Strand Releasing on the distribution of Eisenstein in Guanajuato. Strand Releasing is the perfect company to bring this strong, innovative and provocative film to the audience in the Us and to allow younger people to discover the work of Peter Greenaway as well," said Jean-Cristophe...
- 4/14/2015
- by David Canfield
- Indiewire
Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein In Guanajuato will have its world premiere in competition here in Berlin on Wednesday. The Pillow Book and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover helmer’s latest is set in 1931 and follows Battleship Potemkin director Sergei Eisenstein as he travels to Mexico to shoot Que Viva Mexico. Freshly rejected by Hollywood and under increasing pressure to return to Stalinist Russia, Eisenstein encounters a new culture and its dealings with death; he also discovers another revolution — and his own body. Elmer Bäck plays Eisenstein with Stelio Savante, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Rasmus Slätis and Jakob Öhrman also in the cast. Films Boutique is selling at the Efm. Check out the trailer above.
- 2/9/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Finally, Peter Greenaway's "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" sees the light of day this month at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Shot in Mexico, the avant-biopic follows Russian iconoclast Sergei Eisenstein's 10 sensually stirring days spent in the title city in 1931, a heady influence on his life and films. (Trailer below.) Though the British director of such brainy melds of art and film as "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989), "A Zed & Two Naughts" and "The Pillow Book"(1996) has lately been working on experimental art projects, Greenaway has put out a couple of features in recent years, including "Goltzius and the Pelican Company" (2012) with F. Murray Abraham. A Berlin competition entry, "Eisenstein"'s cast includes Finnish actor Elmer Back in the title role, Mexican actor Luis Alberti in the role of his guide (Palomino Canedo), South African actor Stelio Savante as Hunter S....
- 2/9/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
It's no secret that Ewan McGregor isn't afraid to bare all on the big screen. In fact, his penis has appeared in films such as Young Adam, Trainspotting, The Pillow Book and I Love You Philip Morris, to name a few. And if you've seen one of the aforementioned full-frontal scenes, then you're well aware that the 43-year-old is well-endowed—a fact which Colin Farrell had no trouble pointing out in a recent interview with Nylon magazine. "I don't think Ewan is as proud of his penis as most men who are as well hung would—or should—or could be," he joked of his Cassandra's Dream co-star. "I think that's the greatest demonstration of his innate...
- 1/28/2015
- E! Online
3D space disaster movie wins six awards at Royal Opera House, including best director and best British film
It was a contest between two wildly different films – a 3D space disaster movie and an unflinching portrayal of 19th-century American slavery – and on paper it was the former, Gravity, which emerged as the biggest winner at the 2014 Bafta ceremony.
It won six awards, including best director and best British film. But 12 Years a Slave unquestionably picked up the biggest prize, best film, with Chiwetel Ejiofor named as best actor.
In a year when no one film swept the board, American Hustle also came away with three prizes.
Alfonso Cuarón was named best director and said you would not know it from his accent but he considered himself a part of the British film industry. He has lived in London for 13 years and joked: "I make a very good case for curbing immigration.
It was a contest between two wildly different films – a 3D space disaster movie and an unflinching portrayal of 19th-century American slavery – and on paper it was the former, Gravity, which emerged as the biggest winner at the 2014 Bafta ceremony.
It won six awards, including best director and best British film. But 12 Years a Slave unquestionably picked up the biggest prize, best film, with Chiwetel Ejiofor named as best actor.
In a year when no one film swept the board, American Hustle also came away with three prizes.
Alfonso Cuarón was named best director and said you would not know it from his accent but he considered himself a part of the British film industry. He has lived in London for 13 years and joked: "I make a very good case for curbing immigration.
- 2/17/2014
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Long the standard-bearer of avant garde British cinema, Peter Greenaway -- director of such unhinged works as "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," "The Draughtsman's Contract" and "The Pillow Book" -- has never even been nominated for a BAFTA. (Nope, not even in the days before they tried to out-Oscar the Oscars.) As of Sunday, however, he'll have one, as he's been named the recipient of this year's Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema Award at the ceremony. Says Greenaway: "Everyone agrees that cinema is changing its characteristics very fast and to be awarded a BAFTA for trying to...
- 2/14/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
BAFTA has revealed that award-winning writer-director Peter Greenaway will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the upcoming British Academy Film Awards on February 16.Greenaway (“The Pillow Book,” “Drowning By Numbers,” "The Draughtsman's Contract"), who originally trained as a painter, is known for his exploration in film of eroticism and death, and for his ability to integrate Renaissance art into his work. His latest film, “Eisenstein in Guanajuato,” is slated for release later this year.Previous recipients of the award include Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jarman, Mary Selway, Ridley and Tony Scott, Working Title Films, Lewis Gilbert, John Hurt and the "Harry Potter" franchise. Meanwhile, Helen Mirren will be the recipient of the Fellowship at the February 16 ceremony.
- 2/13/2014
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
The first photos from the set of Peter Greenaway's new film "Eisenstein in Guanajuato" have surfaced. The film, which follows Russian iconoclast Sergei Eisenstein's ten days spent in the titular city, is currently filming in Mexico. Eisenstein's sensual experiences in Guanajuato in 1931 greatly influenced his life and his films. Check out the photos below. Though the British filmmaker behind such startlingly radical films as "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989) and "The Pillow Book"(1996) has mostly been working on experimental art projects, Peter Greenaway has put out a couple of features in recent years, including "Goltzius and the Pelican Company" (2012) with F. Murray Abraham. The "Eisenstein" cast includes Finnish actor Elmer Back in the title role, Mexican actor Luis Alberti in the role of his guide (Palomino Canedo), South African actor Stelio Savante as Hunter S. Kimbrough and Lisa Owen as Mary Craig Sinclair. A master visual stylist whose films.
- 2/4/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave to open festival; director Peter Greenaway to receive Visionary Award.Scroll down for full line-up
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
Steve McQueen’s historic drama 12 Years a Slave is to open the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 6-17) and is nominated in the Stockholm Xxiv Competition.
Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, the drama about free black man kidnapped from his family and sold into slavery in the 1850s debuted at Telluride and has received positive reactions throughout its festival tour of Toronto, New York and London among others.
It will be released in Sweden on Dec 20 by Ab Svensk Filmindustri.
Screenwriter John Ridley, who will be present during the festival, is nominated for the Aluminum Horse in the category Best Script.
McQueen’s Hunger won Best Directorial Debut at Stockholm in 2008.
Line-up
The 24th Siff includes more than 180 films from more than 50 countries.
As previously announced, the spotlight of this year’s festival is freedom but Chinese artist...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Nicolas Winding Refn follows up his Los Angeles pulp thriller Drive with an ultraviolent far eastern crime oddity
Like his mentor, the 57-year-old enfant terrible Lars von Trier, the 42-year-old Nicolas Winding Refn is equally fascinated by extreme violence and the austere, mystical Lutheranism of Carl Dreyer, the father figure of Danish cinema and still its greatest exponent. His new film as writer-director, Only God Forgives, exhibits both these elements but is set far from Denmark in a stylised, present-day Bangkok, almost entirely at night in underpopulated, garishly neon-lit streets and dark interiors, though there's one memorable, downbeat shot of the oppressive, smog-ridden city in the early morning.
The film's central character is an American expatriate played by Ryan Gosling, who made a serious impression as a getaway driver in Refn's Los Angeles-set Drive. More recently he appeared as a sad fairground performer and criminal in Derek Cianfrance's A Place Beyond the Pines,...
Like his mentor, the 57-year-old enfant terrible Lars von Trier, the 42-year-old Nicolas Winding Refn is equally fascinated by extreme violence and the austere, mystical Lutheranism of Carl Dreyer, the father figure of Danish cinema and still its greatest exponent. His new film as writer-director, Only God Forgives, exhibits both these elements but is set far from Denmark in a stylised, present-day Bangkok, almost entirely at night in underpopulated, garishly neon-lit streets and dark interiors, though there's one memorable, downbeat shot of the oppressive, smog-ridden city in the early morning.
The film's central character is an American expatriate played by Ryan Gosling, who made a serious impression as a getaway driver in Refn's Los Angeles-set Drive. More recently he appeared as a sad fairground performer and criminal in Derek Cianfrance's A Place Beyond the Pines,...
- 8/3/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
"Spock, I do not know too much about these little Tribbles yet, but there is one thing that I have discovered. I like them … better than I like you." –Dr. McCoy, "Star Trek" (1967)
Greetings from the apocalypse! The trouble with Tribbles is not how cute they are but how much they multiply, or in the case of "Star Trek Into Darkness," the silly plot point for which they cameo. That's the only thing I'll spoil from that movie (besides that it stinks), but luckily there's some sweet alternatives this week that boldly go where no J.J. Abrams movie has gone before … coherence.
Friday, May 17
Pow! In Theaters
Oh boy. "Star Trek Into Dumbness" finally fulfills J.J. Abrams' five-year mission to run this franchise through a Cuisinart of stupidity. I would need a spoiler avalanche to make a proper case for how this sequel squanders classic characters and scenarios from...
Greetings from the apocalypse! The trouble with Tribbles is not how cute they are but how much they multiply, or in the case of "Star Trek Into Darkness," the silly plot point for which they cameo. That's the only thing I'll spoil from that movie (besides that it stinks), but luckily there's some sweet alternatives this week that boldly go where no J.J. Abrams movie has gone before … coherence.
Friday, May 17
Pow! In Theaters
Oh boy. "Star Trek Into Dumbness" finally fulfills J.J. Abrams' five-year mission to run this franchise through a Cuisinart of stupidity. I would need a spoiler avalanche to make a proper case for how this sequel squanders classic characters and scenarios from...
- 5/17/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Over the past 20 years Ewan McGregor has transformed from young rebel hero to suave leading man. Now he is starring in Juan Antonio Bayona's new film as the father of a family caught in the 2004 Thai tsunami
Six months ago, Ewan McGregor strolled incognito down the Croisette at the tail end of the Cannes film festival. He was dressed in bright white, with a beard, shades and a wide-brimmed hat pulled down to the eyebrows. In the hubbub of the Cote D'Azur's garishly dressed, he somehow melted into the crowd. Intent, or accident? "I wasn't in disguise," he says, taking slight umbrage at the suggestion. "I'd just been given a really nice hat. So I thought I'd wear it. I think if you put a cap and a pair of shades on in an airport, of course everyone's gonna look at you. But I'm not worried about it. I...
Six months ago, Ewan McGregor strolled incognito down the Croisette at the tail end of the Cannes film festival. He was dressed in bright white, with a beard, shades and a wide-brimmed hat pulled down to the eyebrows. In the hubbub of the Cote D'Azur's garishly dressed, he somehow melted into the crowd. Intent, or accident? "I wasn't in disguise," he says, taking slight umbrage at the suggestion. "I'd just been given a really nice hat. So I thought I'd wear it. I think if you put a cap and a pair of shades on in an airport, of course everyone's gonna look at you. But I'm not worried about it. I...
- 12/28/2012
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
Guys, today is the day Magic Mike comes out and changes our lives forever. Okay probably not, but we do get to see Channing Tatum strip on the big screen, and that still feels pretty important. Despite the way everyone woman (and, let’s be honest, man) is foaming at the mouth to see Alex Pettyfer and the gang take if off this weekend, it turns out Magic Mike is only the most recent in a long line of awkward, dramatic, sexy, humiliating moments in male movie nudity. From Jason Segel‘s weepy reveal in Saving Sarah Marshall to basically every movie Ewan McGregor has ever done, enjoy what we consider to be the top 10 moments in cinematic dude nakedness. Though…aren’t they all pretty excellent? Warning: There will be butts.
The Full Monty (1997): Did anyone else make their mom drive them to the theater twice in the...
The Full Monty (1997): Did anyone else make their mom drive them to the theater twice in the...
- 6/29/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Although racy nude sex scenes don't necessarily come to mind while thinking of Martin Short's career, the actor and comedian explained Thursday while guest-hosting "Live! With Kelly" (weekdays on ABC) how he handled the awkwardness of stripping down for a film role. Shooting a post-sex scene in the 1987 film "Cross My Heart," Short remembered panicking, and at the last minute, asking for a "little, whatever that word is ... sock."
Later in the show, Ewan McGregor came on to promote his new film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," and while returning from a commercial break, cameras caught the actors in the middle of a 'sock or no sock' debate. McGregor, who is no stranger to on-screen nudity, seemed baffled by the sock concept. "I've never worked with a sock," he said. Then, realizing they were live, he smiled and sheepishly asked, "Are we back on?"
After appearing nude in films like "Trainspotting,...
Later in the show, Ewan McGregor came on to promote his new film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," and while returning from a commercial break, cameras caught the actors in the middle of a 'sock or no sock' debate. McGregor, who is no stranger to on-screen nudity, seemed baffled by the sock concept. "I've never worked with a sock," he said. Then, realizing they were live, he smiled and sheepishly asked, "Are we back on?"
After appearing nude in films like "Trainspotting,...
- 3/8/2012
- by Alex Moaba
- Huffington Post
Although racy nude sex scenes don't necessarily come to mind while thinking of Martin Short's career, the actor and comedian explained Thursday while guest-hosting "Live! With Kelly" (weekdays on ABC) how he handled the awkwardness of stripping down for a film role. Shooting a post-sex scene in the 1987 film "Cross My Heart," Short remembered panicking, and at the last minute, asking for a "little, whatever that word is ... sock."
Later in the show, Ewan McGregor came on to promote his new film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," and while returning from a commercial break, cameras caught the actors in the middle of a 'sock or no sock' debate. McGregor, who is no stranger to on-screen nudity, seemed baffled by the sock concept. "I've never worked with a sock," he said. Then, realizing they were live, he smiled and sheepishly asked, "Are we back on?"
After appearing nude in films like "Trainspotting,...
Later in the show, Ewan McGregor came on to promote his new film "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," and while returning from a commercial break, cameras caught the actors in the middle of a 'sock or no sock' debate. McGregor, who is no stranger to on-screen nudity, seemed baffled by the sock concept. "I've never worked with a sock," he said. Then, realizing they were live, he smiled and sheepishly asked, "Are we back on?"
After appearing nude in films like "Trainspotting,...
- 3/8/2012
- by Alex Moaba
- Aol TV.
Peter Greenaway ("The Pillow Book," "The Baby of Macon") is planning to direct "Food for Love", a new film adaptation of German author Thomas Mann‘s "Death in Venice" says Screen Daily.
The book follows a revered author named Gustav who is staying in Venice and becomes obsessed handsome young teenager named Tadzio.
As a cholera epidemic engulfs the city, Gustav sacrifices his dignity and ultimately his life to this infatuation, despite the pair never talking or touching - only exchanging glances. Luchino Visconti adapted the book previously in 1971.
Filming will take place partly in Venice. Kees Kasander will produce and claims the tone is akin to Greenaway's most famous work "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover".
The book follows a revered author named Gustav who is staying in Venice and becomes obsessed handsome young teenager named Tadzio.
As a cholera epidemic engulfs the city, Gustav sacrifices his dignity and ultimately his life to this infatuation, despite the pair never talking or touching - only exchanging glances. Luchino Visconti adapted the book previously in 1971.
Filming will take place partly in Venice. Kees Kasander will produce and claims the tone is akin to Greenaway's most famous work "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover".
- 2/22/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
When AfterElton asked me if I'd be interested in doing a story on full-frontal male nudity in the movies, I said, “Interested? I've been researching it since I was 12!” What prompted the idea is of course the film Shame, which stars Michael Fassbender as a man addicted to sex. When the film debuted at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year it set off a shockwave because of its sexual explicitness, including a much-discussed full-frontal reveal by Fassbender. Add to that the recent flurry of attention that stills of Jonathan Groff's nude scene in Twelve Thirty hitting the Internet generated, and it seems like these days cinema penises are a trending topic.
Everyone from film critics to Freudian analysts to gender theorists has written about male nudity in film. And sorting through the pronouncements on the male gaze and Lacanian mirrors and power inequities between the sexes in Hollywood...
Everyone from film critics to Freudian analysts to gender theorists has written about male nudity in film. And sorting through the pronouncements on the male gaze and Lacanian mirrors and power inequities between the sexes in Hollywood...
- 12/5/2011
- by fakename
- The Backlot
Let's all be adults; this is not a puerile discussion of the male member. We're merely noting that throughout history, while paintings and sculptures have depicted the nude male body with regularity, film has a limited number of offerings (not counting the XXX variety, of course), whereas leading ladies (even Oscar-winning ones) drop cover again and again.
Michael Fassbender, however, has no qualms about showing what God gave him. In Steve McQueen's new drama "Shame," Fassbender plays a sex addict who's in the buff so often his body is naked nearly as often as its clothed. In honor of Fassbender's courage to reveal everything, we're celebrating the movies -- and actors -- who've dared to go full frontal.
9. 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas' (2011)
In the stoner duo's take on holiday flicks, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) pay tribute to the infamous tongue-on-the-flagpole scene in "A Christmas Story,...
Michael Fassbender, however, has no qualms about showing what God gave him. In Steve McQueen's new drama "Shame," Fassbender plays a sex addict who's in the buff so often his body is naked nearly as often as its clothed. In honor of Fassbender's courage to reveal everything, we're celebrating the movies -- and actors -- who've dared to go full frontal.
9. 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas' (2011)
In the stoner duo's take on holiday flicks, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) pay tribute to the infamous tongue-on-the-flagpole scene in "A Christmas Story,...
- 12/2/2011
- by Sandie Angulo Chen
- NextMovie
Cast Away!
Ewan McGregor, whose name undoubtedly means a great deal of different things to different people but who will always be Jerome in The Pillow Book to me, is taking the plunge into series TV. Good on you, Ew! He.ll play middle-child Chip in HBO.s adaptation of Jonathan Franzen.s The Corrections, co-written by Franzen and Noah .The Squid and the Whale. Baumbach. Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper have already been cast as the parents. This thing reeks of... More >>...
Ewan McGregor, whose name undoubtedly means a great deal of different things to different people but who will always be Jerome in The Pillow Book to me, is taking the plunge into series TV. Good on you, Ew! He.ll play middle-child Chip in HBO.s adaptation of Jonathan Franzen.s The Corrections, co-written by Franzen and Noah .The Squid and the Whale. Baumbach. Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper have already been cast as the parents. This thing reeks of... More >>...
- 11/23/2011
- by Seth Abramovitch
- TV.com
Ewan McGregor has opened up about his fear of his parents watching him appear naked on screen. The Haywire actor was shocked to learn that his mother and father organised a trip to see him in The Pillow Book back in 1996, which featured several full-frontal nude scenes and footage of him sleeping with "an old Japanese man". "I was worried about my dad seeing that film," he told Esquire. "I come from such a small, conservative, wee town in Scotland. When he phoned me and said, 'We're going to see the film tonight, son', I just immediately had an image of me having sex with that old Japanese man. "Then he said, 'We're taking the farmer and his wife and the dentist (more)...
- 10/16/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
London, Oct 10: Actor Ewan McGregor says he was left embarrassed after his father took his friends to watch his saucy movie 'The Pillow Book'.
The Scottish actor plays the lover of a Japanese model in the 1996 hit, and was initially worried about his family viewing the adult scenes, reports express.co.uk.
'I was worried about him seeing that film. I come from such a small, conservative wee (tiny) town in Scotland. My dad is a gym teacher,' McGregor told Esquire magazine.
'When he phoned me and said, 'We're going to see the film tonight son', I just immediately had an image of me having sex with that old Japanese.
The Scottish actor plays the lover of a Japanese model in the 1996 hit, and was initially worried about his family viewing the adult scenes, reports express.co.uk.
'I was worried about him seeing that film. I come from such a small, conservative wee (tiny) town in Scotland. My dad is a gym teacher,' McGregor told Esquire magazine.
'When he phoned me and said, 'We're going to see the film tonight son', I just immediately had an image of me having sex with that old Japanese.
- 10/9/2011
- by Arun Pantit
- RealBollywood.com
Ewan McGregor was left red-faced when his saucy movie The Pillow Book was released - because his father took a group of friends to a screening of the film.
The Scottish actor plays the lover of a Japanese model in the 1996 hit, and was initially worried about his family viewing the adult scenes.
But his nerves turned to despair when he discovered his dad had organised an outing to the cinema with his pals.
McGregor tells the U.K. edition of Esquire magazine, "I was worried about him seeing that film. I come from such a small, conservative wee (tiny) town in Scotland. My dad is a gym teacher.
"When he phoned me and said, 'We're going to see the film tonight son', I just immediately had an image of me having sex with that old Japanese man. Then he said, 'We're taking the farmer and his wife, and the dentist and his wife'.
"I thought, 'Oh my god, he's got a bus party together to see me go and shag a Japanese man'. The next day he sent me a fax to say it was a beautiful film and that he was glad to see I'd inherited one of his major attributes."...
The Scottish actor plays the lover of a Japanese model in the 1996 hit, and was initially worried about his family viewing the adult scenes.
But his nerves turned to despair when he discovered his dad had organised an outing to the cinema with his pals.
McGregor tells the U.K. edition of Esquire magazine, "I was worried about him seeing that film. I come from such a small, conservative wee (tiny) town in Scotland. My dad is a gym teacher.
"When he phoned me and said, 'We're going to see the film tonight son', I just immediately had an image of me having sex with that old Japanese man. Then he said, 'We're taking the farmer and his wife, and the dentist and his wife'.
"I thought, 'Oh my god, he's got a bus party together to see me go and shag a Japanese man'. The next day he sent me a fax to say it was a beautiful film and that he was glad to see I'd inherited one of his major attributes."...
- 10/7/2011
- WENN
He's turned 40, moved his family to Los Angeles and spends his time tinkering with motorbikes. Midlife crisis? No fear
In the corner of his regular haunt, a bustling restaurant in the posh suburb of Brentwood, Los Angeles, Ewan McGregor takes a break from his shrimp salad to consider the apocalypse.
"I'm not remotely worried," he says. "For all of the hurtling towards climate change, there's also a lot more understanding of it than there was when we were kids. They don't call environmentalists tree huggers any more, so there's hope!"
Doomsday would be an odd fixation for McGregor. After all, life is rather good. He has five movies coming down the pipe, and promising ones, too. There's Bryan Singer's sword-swinging fantasy Jack the Giant Killer and The Impossible, in which he and Naomi Watts face the 2004 tsunami. He also plays a stuffy scientist who falls for Emily Blunt in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,...
In the corner of his regular haunt, a bustling restaurant in the posh suburb of Brentwood, Los Angeles, Ewan McGregor takes a break from his shrimp salad to consider the apocalypse.
"I'm not remotely worried," he says. "For all of the hurtling towards climate change, there's also a lot more understanding of it than there was when we were kids. They don't call environmentalists tree huggers any more, so there's hope!"
Doomsday would be an odd fixation for McGregor. After all, life is rather good. He has five movies coming down the pipe, and promising ones, too. There's Bryan Singer's sword-swinging fantasy Jack the Giant Killer and The Impossible, in which he and Naomi Watts face the 2004 tsunami. He also plays a stuffy scientist who falls for Emily Blunt in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,...
- 10/3/2011
- by Sanjiv Bhattacharya
- The Guardian - Film News
Washington, July 23: Actor Ewan McGregor feels comfortable playing gay or bisexual characters on screen because he likes to "explore" sexuality in his movies.
The 40-year-old actor has played gay or bisexual characters in many of his films, including 'Velvet Goldmine', 'The Pillow Book', and 'I Love You, Philip Morris.'
McGregor insists he doesn't want.
The 40-year-old actor has played gay or bisexual characters in many of his films, including 'Velvet Goldmine', 'The Pillow Book', and 'I Love You, Philip Morris.'
McGregor insists he doesn't want.
- 7/23/2011
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
Ewan McGregor likes to ''explore'' sexuality in his movies. The 40-year-old actor has played gay or bisexual characters in many of his films, including 'Velvet Goldmine', 'The Pillow Book', and 'I Love You, Philip Morris', and says he has few limits on the type of characters he is prepared to portray. He said: ''I've never been scared to explore sexuality in my work because I think it is very important. It's a big area of what makes us us, the desire to sleep with men or women, and I never wanted to have limits in any of my...
- 7/23/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
Tuesday Thursday Top Ten
With Ewan McGregor back in theaters with Beginners and with it being Moulin Rouge! week and all, how about a list of our top Ewan performances?
I have only the dimmest recollection of A Life Less Ordinary and I just didn't want to include that awful Star Wars prequel trilogy on principle (though Ewan survived it better than most of the actors) and it's possible I forgot something else... but here we go.
10 "Jerome" in The Pillow Book (1996)
I love Ewan's ballsy (ahem) taste in material... at least at that point in his career. His screen persona often reads sweet but he's quite a wild child in terms of the cinema.
09 "The Ghost" in The Ghost Writer (2010)
A tricky cipher part -- who is he really? we can't know -- that he pulled off well. It helps that the movie is so damn good: top ten list!
With Ewan McGregor back in theaters with Beginners and with it being Moulin Rouge! week and all, how about a list of our top Ewan performances?
I have only the dimmest recollection of A Life Less Ordinary and I just didn't want to include that awful Star Wars prequel trilogy on principle (though Ewan survived it better than most of the actors) and it's possible I forgot something else... but here we go.
10 "Jerome" in The Pillow Book (1996)
I love Ewan's ballsy (ahem) taste in material... at least at that point in his career. His screen persona often reads sweet but he's quite a wild child in terms of the cinema.
09 "The Ghost" in The Ghost Writer (2010)
A tricky cipher part -- who is he really? we can't know -- that he pulled off well. It helps that the movie is so damn good: top ten list!
- 6/3/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
It would be easy to call the Seattle Film Festival a "best of fest," a collection of the world's most impressive films culled from nearly every festival that happened since the 36th edition of the festival ended last June. In purely relative terms, Seattle doesn't boast a ton of world premieres amongst the 441 films they'll show during the next 25 days, though Siff definitely has more than most other festivals half their size. Instead, they bring the world to their doorstep with an unparalleled array of international and regional cinema that makes it a rare and precious event unto itself. Unfortunately, I have just a weekend in Pacific Northwest, where I'll be reporting from over the next week, but given the amount of films we've already seen at other festivals, we can certainly make some recommendations for the fest, which kicks off tonight with a premiere of the drama "The First...
- 5/20/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Ewan McGregor will be celebrating on Thursday - the great Scot turns 40 years old.
Born in Crieff, Scotland, drama school drop-out McGregor has been working steadily on the stage, in Hollywood and indie arthouse flicks ever since he wowed with his break-out role as a junkie in 1996's Trainspotting.
He's proved there's no part he can't tackle, portraying everything from a glam rock star to a priest and, of course, a Jedi Knight.
To salute Ewan on his special day, WENN has opened up the archives and dug up 10 facts about his life.
- Early on in his career, McGregor shared an apartment with another aspiring actor - Jude Law.
- He met his wife, French production designer Eve Mavrakis, after he was cast in an episode of the U.K. legal drama Kavanagh QC.
- In 2001, McGregor received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
- McGregor was nearly a superspy - he was approached to play James Bond in the 2006 blockbuster but turned down the job, which went to Daniel Craig.
- Before playing Obi-Wan Kenobi, McGregor was already a Star Wars fan - his uncle, actor/director Denis Lawson, played an X-wing pilot in all three original Star Wars movies.
- McGregor is Hollywood's go-to guy for full-frontal nudity - he's bared all in a number of his films, including Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, The Pillow Book, and Young Adam.
- He and Mavrakis have three daughters, including Clara Mathilde, Esther Rose and Jamiyan, who the couple adopted from Mongolia.
- He was the best man at Dougray Scott's 2000 wedding to casting director Sarah Trevis.
- A motorcycle enthusiast since his youth, McGregor and his pal Charley Boorman hit the road for four months in 2004 to travel from London to New York. The pair embarked on another international motorcycle marathon in 2007, biking from Scotland to South Africa, and they have plans for a third adventure later this year.
- He shares his birthday with stars including Christopher Walken, AC/DC rocker Angus Young and Rhea Perlman.
Born in Crieff, Scotland, drama school drop-out McGregor has been working steadily on the stage, in Hollywood and indie arthouse flicks ever since he wowed with his break-out role as a junkie in 1996's Trainspotting.
He's proved there's no part he can't tackle, portraying everything from a glam rock star to a priest and, of course, a Jedi Knight.
To salute Ewan on his special day, WENN has opened up the archives and dug up 10 facts about his life.
- Early on in his career, McGregor shared an apartment with another aspiring actor - Jude Law.
- He met his wife, French production designer Eve Mavrakis, after he was cast in an episode of the U.K. legal drama Kavanagh QC.
- In 2001, McGregor received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
- McGregor was nearly a superspy - he was approached to play James Bond in the 2006 blockbuster but turned down the job, which went to Daniel Craig.
- Before playing Obi-Wan Kenobi, McGregor was already a Star Wars fan - his uncle, actor/director Denis Lawson, played an X-wing pilot in all three original Star Wars movies.
- McGregor is Hollywood's go-to guy for full-frontal nudity - he's bared all in a number of his films, including Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, The Pillow Book, and Young Adam.
- He and Mavrakis have three daughters, including Clara Mathilde, Esther Rose and Jamiyan, who the couple adopted from Mongolia.
- He was the best man at Dougray Scott's 2000 wedding to casting director Sarah Trevis.
- A motorcycle enthusiast since his youth, McGregor and his pal Charley Boorman hit the road for four months in 2004 to travel from London to New York. The pair embarked on another international motorcycle marathon in 2007, biking from Scotland to South Africa, and they have plans for a third adventure later this year.
- He shares his birthday with stars including Christopher Walken, AC/DC rocker Angus Young and Rhea Perlman.
- 3/31/2011
- WENN
Ewan McGregor, who turns 40 on March 31, has decided to keep his clothes on in all his future roles because he thinks he is getting too old to strip off on screen. He said, "I'm getting older and the actresses stay younger. I don't want to become Clint Eastwood, where his love interest is 50 years younger than him. You never want female co-stars to feel like you're taking advantage of the situation."
"Anyhow, sex scenes are terribly exposing and rarely of any use in learning about character. Directors are always pushing you in these really strange ways, saying, 'Let's just see where it goes.' I like it when the sex is more choreographed. It's somehow easier to do."
Ewan has agreed to full-frontal nudity in several movies, including "Trainspotting", "Velvet Goldmine" and "The Pillow Book", and insists he has never had a problem with baring all for the cameras.
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"Anyhow, sex scenes are terribly exposing and rarely of any use in learning about character. Directors are always pushing you in these really strange ways, saying, 'Let's just see where it goes.' I like it when the sex is more choreographed. It's somehow easier to do."
Ewan has agreed to full-frontal nudity in several movies, including "Trainspotting", "Velvet Goldmine" and "The Pillow Book", and insists he has never had a problem with baring all for the cameras.
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- 3/22/2011
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
As far as Ewan McGregor is concerned, the world has seen enough of his penis. To be fair, he's been awfully generous to date.
The Scottish actor, who has shown it all to both men and women in films such as "Trainspotting," "The Pillow Book," "Velvet Goldmine" and "Young Adam," spoke to the Express in England about nude scenes, and how, as he reaches the age of 40, he's been turned of by getting down with younger co-stars.
“I’m getting older and the actresses stay younger,” he told the paper. “I don’t want to become Clint Eastwood, where his love interests seem 50 years younger than him. You never want female co-stars to feel like you’re taking advantage of the situation. Anyhow, sex scenes are terribly exposing and rarely of any use in learning about character.”
Of course, he hasn't always been the elder statesman in the on-screen love scene.
The Scottish actor, who has shown it all to both men and women in films such as "Trainspotting," "The Pillow Book," "Velvet Goldmine" and "Young Adam," spoke to the Express in England about nude scenes, and how, as he reaches the age of 40, he's been turned of by getting down with younger co-stars.
“I’m getting older and the actresses stay younger,” he told the paper. “I don’t want to become Clint Eastwood, where his love interests seem 50 years younger than him. You never want female co-stars to feel like you’re taking advantage of the situation. Anyhow, sex scenes are terribly exposing and rarely of any use in learning about character.”
Of course, he hasn't always been the elder statesman in the on-screen love scene.
- 3/21/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Director Peter Greenaway ("The Pillow Book," "8 1/2 Women") is set to make his first romantic comedy with "4 Storms and 2 Babies" for Kasander Film and Film & Music Entertainment reports Variety.
The story centers on a woman who becomes pregnant after a night of three-way sex with two different men. Greenaway also penned the screenplay.
No casting has yet been revealed, but production will take place in Amsterdam once he wraps "Goltzius and the Pelican Company" which is prepping to shoot in Rotterdam and Croatia shortly.
The story centers on a woman who becomes pregnant after a night of three-way sex with two different men. Greenaway also penned the screenplay.
No casting has yet been revealed, but production will take place in Amsterdam once he wraps "Goltzius and the Pelican Company" which is prepping to shoot in Rotterdam and Croatia shortly.
- 2/15/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
...One: Musical Ewan
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Moulin Rouge! may have showcased his vocal abilities to best and most acclaimed effect so far, but back in 1993 when he was starting out Ewan forswore the Suez Crisis for girls and guitars in Dennis Potter’s musical-drama TV throwback Lipstick on Your Collar. The first time I saw him in anything he was shrugging off clerk work and leaping on his desk in gold Elvis get-up miming to ‘Don’t Be Cruel’. And of course four years later the karaoke resurfaced in A Life Less Ordinary, where Ewan’s spontaneous serenading of Cameron Diaz was the only thing that wasn’t lifeless and ordinary. Belting out the tunes came second to his lascivious Iggy Pop-meets-Kurt Cobain routines in Velvet Goldmine, but he gamely sang every song himself. He’s an under-praised cinematic crooner – it’s one of his most dependable attributes.
Come What May,...
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Moulin Rouge! may have showcased his vocal abilities to best and most acclaimed effect so far, but back in 1993 when he was starting out Ewan forswore the Suez Crisis for girls and guitars in Dennis Potter’s musical-drama TV throwback Lipstick on Your Collar. The first time I saw him in anything he was shrugging off clerk work and leaping on his desk in gold Elvis get-up miming to ‘Don’t Be Cruel’. And of course four years later the karaoke resurfaced in A Life Less Ordinary, where Ewan’s spontaneous serenading of Cameron Diaz was the only thing that wasn’t lifeless and ordinary. Belting out the tunes came second to his lascivious Iggy Pop-meets-Kurt Cobain routines in Velvet Goldmine, but he gamely sang every song himself. He’s an under-praised cinematic crooner – it’s one of his most dependable attributes.
Come What May,...
- 4/1/2010
- by Craig Bloomfield
- FilmExperience
Ewan McGregor covers Out magazine in conjunction with the overdue release of 'I Love You Phillip Morris,' slated for March, in which he and Jim Carrey play gay lovers. McGregor, who has never met a nudity vehicle he didn't like (his penis appears in 'Trainspotting,' 'The Pillow Book, 'Velvet Goldmine' and 'Young Adam,' to name a few), tells the magazine about what it feels like to expose himself and kiss Jonathan Rhys Meyers. On his first full-frontal exposure, during a Holocaust play in drama school: "I remember getting a kind of rush out of that first time, a slight feeling of power about it, you know?" On playing a bisexual character in 'The Pillow Book': "There's tons of sex in that film. We didn't even bother putting clothes on between scenes. I had quite a full-on sex scene with a 75-year-old.
- 2/16/2010
- by Katy Hall
- Huffington Post
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