The structure of We’ll Never Have Paris is pretty true to life. It’s my story, when I was somewhat young and in the midst of a quarter-life crisis: I break up with the love of my life and then realize I’ve made a huge mistake and try to win her back. I don’t know what came first; the idea or the breakup. I got caught in sort of a spiral of neuroses. To say I lost some perspective is an understatement.
THE FADE IN INTERVIEW | JACK O’CONNELL
Gifted young actors from the U.K. have been coming to Hollywood since the silent era, but few have captured as much attention, or earned as much praise, as quickly as Jack O’Connell. Anyone who sees Unbroken (or any of his recent films, for that matter) will understand why. Based on the bestselling biography by Seabiscuit author …
PIECE OF “CAKE” | DIRECTOR DANIEL BARNZ SHARES A CINEMATIC SLICE
On my office wall is an index card with a quote from the great John Boorman: “If I don’t know what a film is about, I go on to make it.” I knew Cake was about navigating loss, but somehow I didn’t connect it to my own experiences of loss until embarrassingly late to the game.
“IMITATION” PRODUCERS NORA GROSSMAN & IDO OSTROWSKY CRACK THE CODE
Before we started working on The Imitation Game, we’d both been working in television for some time and found ourselves between jobs and slightly directionless. A mutual friend of ours suggested we meet in order to ward off the loneliness and desperation that can sometimes result from unintended unemployment. We’d meet at coffee houses —
IN “THEORY” | SCREENWRITER ANTHONY MCCARTEN & PRODUCER LISA BRUCE SPILL “EVERYTHING”
In 2004, long before we had even secured the rights to Jane Hawking’s book, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, Anthony was so captivated by Stephen and Jane’s story that he wrote a screenplay adaptation. It was a risk, but worth it, because he knew that even if he never got the rights, he …
THE FADE IN INTERVIEW | CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
For someone who says he never chose to be an actor — and still hasn’t decided officially — Chiwetel Ejiofor is bluffing his way through a remarkable career. Then again, he once said he has been acting as long as he has been sentient, so…
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Amell’s chiseled looks and knack for playing multiple characters have made The CW series Arrow a hit and resurrected a DC superhero once hopelessly buried in the archives behind Batman and Green Lantern. …
HIDE ‘N SEEK
Every film is an illusion, a brilliant phantasmagoria of sights flickering across a screen at twenty-four frames a second (forty-eight, if you’re Peter Jackson and want to annoy us). Most directors are content to dazzle …