• 'Carol' Trailers: Cate Blanchett And Rooney Mara Fall In Love In '50s New York

    One of our most anticipated films for the fall, and almost certainly of of the most gorgeous, is Carol, from Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, I'm Not There, Mildred Pierce) with stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, who won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her work here. The film is an adaptation of The Price…

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  • Watch 'Great Directors' Documentary, With Richard Linklater, David Lynch, Catherine Breillat, And More

    The 2009 film Great Directors from doc filmmaker Angela Ismailos is a great introduction to the work, creative philosophies and personalities of ten directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film presents conversations and clips from the work of those filmmakers,…

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  • The Best Movies About Musicians You Probably Haven't Seen

    A little over a year ago I was in London. I went to the legendary jazz club Ronnie Scott's. At one point during a jam session a young Russian man in a thick coat and scarf (despite the warm weather) ran up on stage, blew his alto like it was nobody's business, then promptly disappeared…

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  • Todd Haynes And Julianne Moore Reteaming For 'Dope'?

    One of the best films of the past year was Todd Haynes' new version of Mildred Pierce for HBO. It's actually a mini-series, but what the hell: the boundaries between film and TV are dropping like the Berlin Wall, so let's call Mildred Pierce a movie. It's a great one that continues Haynes' unblemished run…

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  • HBO Trailers: 'Mildred Pierce' Starring Kate Winslet And Guy Pearce And 'The Sunset Limited' Starring Samuel L. Jackson And Tommy Lee Jones

    To kick off 2011, HBO is premiering two huge star-studded events. On February 12, they have The Sunset Limited starring Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones about two men brought together by extraordinary circumstances who debate the ins and outs of life. It's based on a play by Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old…

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  • Casting Notes: Guy Pearce And Evan Rachel Wood Work With Todd Haynes; Jamie Foxx And Ashton Kutcher Are Buddies; Hugh Laurie Romances Leighton Meester

    I'm excited about the upcoming version of Mildred Pierce to be directed by Todd Haynes. Already set to star Kate Winslet in the title role, the HBO mini-series has just added a couple more good names: Guy Pearce and Evan Rachel Wood. Sure, Wood's career has been spotty, but there's something that suggests she can…

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  • HBO Buys Into Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce Mini-Series Starring Kate Winslet

    This is really just confirmation of a story that broke last August: director Todd Haynes is adapting the classic James M. Cain novel Mildred Pierce into a television mini series starring Kate Winslet. That's the old news. The new stuff, which confirms speculation from last summer, is that HBO has bought into the project and…

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  • Kate Winslet Is Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce

    [Safe] and Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes is moving to television for his next project, a mini-series adaptation of James M. Cain's classic noir novel Mildred Pierce. He's given Kate Winslet the nod to take the title role, a woman struggling to survive the depression and protect her daughter amidst a complex set of…

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