Captain Phillips follows the narrative of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film focuses on the Alabama’s…
Interview: Getaway’s Stunt Coordinator Charlie Picerni
Opening this Labor Day weekend is the thrilling and action packed film Getaway starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez. Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell Parker, the film revolves around a retired race-car driver,…
Allyson’s Movie Review: The Way, Way Back
The line between comedy and drama has never been so awkwardly pronounced in the abundantly sweet, but stilted The Way, Way Back. Writers and directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon have managed to obtain a group of wildly talented actors…
Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Interview: Filmmakers of Documentary Teenage
At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival I was lucky enough to speak with the creators of the documentary Teenage, director Matt Wolf, the groundbreaking punk author Jon Savage, and producer Jason Schwartzman. The film documents how the concept of the…
Top Ten Actresses Who Could Play Lady Macbeth
Macbeth has been cast! Michael Fassbender is signed on for a new retelling of the Shakespeare classic directed by Justin Kurzel, and now, if word of mouth can be relied on, Natalie Portman may be in talks to play the…
Tribeca Film Festival 2013 Award Winners
It was an exciting year at the annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Touting a film slate of interesting, diverse and innovative filmmakers, it was a fantastic time to be in the city. Yet, the festivities have run their…