Why the Safdies compared Adam Sandler to Rainer Werner Fassbinder
“He’s constantly searching for something that can inspire him.”
Author: Thomas Coll Archives: 09/2024
Lucius Blake: The overlooked actor who was one of Britain’s most prolific
Omitted from the history books.
AI, ethics and accelerationism: Beneath the beating heart of ‘Terminator Zero’
Buckle up, buy in, and enjoy the ride.
The actor who taught Michael Douglas the importance of discipline: “He was a workaholic”
“He was a workaholic.”
“The man’s a genius”: The hilarious first meeting of Sir Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone
“He’s a great actor.”
Paul Thomas Anderson on the director who showed his dream was “within reach”
“He didn’t over shazam it, but he put some spit on it too.”
The movie Paul Schrader thought was his “most original and unique”
“I never made another film like it.”
Why Jane Fonda didn’t learn a thing from her father: “I never could get him to talk about acting”
“I never could get him to talk about acting, ever.”
Abbas Kiarostami, ‘Through the Olive Trees’, and a failure to explore womanhood
“There are exceptional women characters, but then I don’t make movies about exceptions.”
“He might want to watch that”: The director Gary Oldman called “self-destructive”
“Great vision. Angry. Good.”