'Women Talking': Frances McDormand To Star In Drama For Director Sarah Polley
Two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand is set to star in Women Talking, the latest film from Stories We Tell director Sarah Polley.
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'Little Women' Remake In The Works At Sony; Sarah Polley To Script
A Little Women remake is in the works at Sony. Sarah Polley (Away From Her) is writing the script and Amy Pascal is producing.
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Sarah Polley To Direct John Green's 'Looking For Alaska'
Sarah Polley will write and direct Looking for Alaska, based on the debut novel by The Fault in Our Stars author John Green.
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/Film Interview: Sarah Polley Explains Secrets Of Her Brilliant Documentary 'Stories We Tell'
When I first saw Stories We Tell I was stunned. When I saw it again, I knew that reaction was warranted. And when I talked to the film's director, everything was further illuminated. That director is Sarah Polley, who is probably best known for roles in films like Go and Dawn of the Dead. Polley…
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'Stories We Tell' Trailer: Sarah Polley's Documentary Makes You Question Everything
The calendar might only say "March," but I doubt I'll see many movies this year better than Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell. Since I saw it at Sundance (read my review here) I haven't been able to stop thinking about it, or accurately convey to people - without spoilers - just why it's so great.…
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'Stories We Tell' Review: Sarah Polley's Family Documentary Is Absolutely Incredible [Sundance 2013]
Sarah Polley's documentary Stories We Tell is absolutely brilliant. I don't use that word lightly, but I'll say it again: brilliant. The actress-turned-director trains the camera on herself in a movie exploring not only her own family, but how people tell stories. She focuses on the truths embedded in them and different points of view.…
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'Stories We Tell' Trailer - Sarah Polley's First Documentary Debuts At Venice
Just two films into her directorial career, Sarah Polley's demonstrated an affinity for intimate, bittersweet dramas whether they be about senior citizens battling Alzheimer's or pretty young things staving off boredom. However, it's her third effort that looks to be her most personal yet. Polley is moving into documentary with Stories We Tell, and the…
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Seth Rogen Goes Dramatic To Great Effect In 'Take This Waltz' [Tribeca Review]
If you'd told me that Seth Rogen would be the pleasant surprise of a quiet indie relationship drama starring Michelle Williams, I'm not sure I'd have believed you. This is her territory, after all, if it is anyone's. (See also: Blue Valentine.) But even as the rest of Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz lurches between moments…
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'Take This Waltz' Trailer - Michelle Williams' Life Has A Gap In It
After making her directorial debut in 2006 with Away From Her, about an elderly couple battling dementia, Sarah Polley's returning once again to the topic of marital strife. In her sophomore effort Take This Waltz, the characters in question are much younger and dealing with a whole different set of problems, but based on the…
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'Take This Waltz' Trailer: Michelle Williams And Idiotic, Marvelous, Ridiculous Longing
Sarah Polley's latest directorial effort, Take This Waltz, stars Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen as a couple struggling with fidelity and the complexities of dealing with love and sex as Williams' character is tempted by a strong, sudden attraction to another guy (Luke Kirby). The film premiered at TIFF last year, and gained notice for…
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Sarah Polley To Adapt Margaret Atwood's 19th Century Murder Tale 'Alias Grace'
Although Sarah Polley has only written and directed two feature films to date, she's already gained a reputation as a promising young filmmaker. Her first film, Away From Her, received glowing reviews when it hit theaters in 2006 and earned Polley an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, and her second, Take This Waltz, has…
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'Take This Waltz' Clips: Seth Rogen And Michelle Williams Wrestle With Infidelity In Sarah Polley's Second Directorial Effort
Multi-hyphenate Sarah Polley first gained attention as a director at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival, where she premiered her first feature, Away From Her. Subtle and bittersweet, the film demonstrated an assuredness not often seen in such young, relatively inexperienced filmmakers, and Polley was rewarded with several nods and wins when awards season came. This…
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First Toronto Festival Announcements Include New Work From George Clooney, David Cronenberg And Francis Ford Coppola
If you're more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer's glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of films that will play the fest in September. This is a batch of about 50 titles, which makes up only a…
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Photos: Blake Lively & Chloe Moretz In 'Hick', Jason Segel In 'Jeff Who Lives At Home', Rachel Weisz & Tom Hiddleston In 'The Deep Blue Sea', Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen & Sarah Silverman In 'Take This Waltz'
The Toronto International Film Festival has just announced the first fifty or so films from its 2011 line-up today, including new works by Alexander Payne, the Duplass Brothers, Sarah Polley, and Madonna, and many, many others. In the process, TIFF also released a crop of brand-new photos from several films from the schedule. Hit the…
Read MoreSarah Silverman To Appear Nude In Sarah Polley's 'Take This Waltz'
Let's skip the formalities, shall we? Sarah Silverman is co-starring in Sarah Polley's film Take This Waltz, and for the first time in her career, she will be appearing naked. As in: full-frontal nudity. The context of this scene is unknown, but her first line in the film is, "I look in the mirror, and…
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Internet Movie Trailer: Splice
Vincenzo Natali's Splice hits theaters later this week, and Warner Bros has released one last movie trailer to promote the film -- an internet exclusive trailer. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump, and please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Synopsis: SPLICE In theatres on June 4 (Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle…
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Casting Notes: Sarah Silverman In Take This Waltz; Greg Kinnear And Katie Holmes In The Kennedys; Richard Gere And Topher Grace In The Double
Sarah Polley is putting together a film she'll direct as a follow-up to the sad and terrific Away From Her, and she's just landed Sarah Silverman to appear alongside Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams. Take This Waltz is about "a young woman (Williams) whose struggles with infidelity leads her to the realization that she may…
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Splice Trailer #2: More Flash Cuts, More Creature Glimpses
We've already seen one trailer (and a couple clips) from Vincenzo Natali's Sundance hit Splice, which Warner Bros. will release this summer. Now there is a second trailer that shows a little more of the story and amps up the tension as Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody create a new life form. Releasing a film…
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Splice Movie Trailer
Vincenzo Natali's Splice, starring Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody as researchers who create a not quite human life form, has seemed like an exiciting prospect from the get-go. The film did well at Sundance, garnering good reviews and an appreciative, if appropriately befuddled reaction from our own David Chen. Joel Silver, Dark Castle and Warner…
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Joel Silver And Dark Castle Buying Sundance Horror Hit Splice?
Most of the deals to come out of Sundance have been fairly small, from a monetary perspective. There's just not much cash in indies these days, so the glory days of massive buys at the fest seem to be gone for the time being. And now along comes this reported deal for Vincenzo Natali's film…
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Sarah Polley Will Direct Seth Rogen And Michelle Williams In Take This Waltz
I'm a big fan of Sarah Polley. In addition to her work developing and promoting film in Canada, she's long demonstrated an ability to choose smart, interesting roles, whether in small dramas or off-center genre stuff. On the occasion where she jumps into a bigger studio film, she adds considerable heft to it; witness the…
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First Clip And Buzz For Guillermo Del Toro-Produced Creature Feature Splice
I first saw photos from Splice in February of this year and was immediately ready to see it. Cube director Vincenzo Natali has brought Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody into a world of genetic creature development that seems to have a lot of potential. The initial stills (some of which come from the clip below)…
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Cool Kids Casting - Anton Yelchin In The Beaver, Sarah Polley In Queen Kristina
Okay, Sarah Polley and Anton Yelchin are only kids in the sense that, heck, I'm an old man but I'll stick by that 'cool' label. They've each just been cast in an interesting upcoming project - Yelchin in Jodie Foster's The Beaver, Polley in Mika Kaurismaki's Queen Kristina. The screenplay for The Beaver is absolutely…
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Mr. Nobody Trailer
The first trailer for Mr. Nobody is now online for the second time, courtesy of Quiet Earth. Earlier this week a version dubbed into French popped up in a few places, but despite being the latest from Belgian director Jaco van Dormael, Mr. Nobody is in fact an English language movie and this is our…
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Away From Her Movie Trailer
One of the talked about films at Toronto and Sundance this year was the directorial debut of actress Sarah Polley. I was unable to catch the film at the fest, but Lionsgate has just released the movie trailer for the film online. Watch it after the jump. [wmv width="320" height="260"]http://mcwindows.arcostream.com/media/arco/lionsgate/streams/windowsmedia/away_from_her/away_from_her_trailer1a_300.wmv[/wmv] The official synopsis: Married for…
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