Jamie Lang Raindance Film Festival, Britain’s largest independent film festival, will return to cinemas this year, reimagined and restructured with a host of new partners and new films. Running Oct.
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Guy Lodge Film CriticFor any older men feeling left behind by a world of youth, social media and anti-patriarchal sentiment, “Best Sellers” offers a comforting message: You may yet be a younger person’s savior, provided they come to save you first.Harris Shaw, the ornery, outdated writer at the center of Lina Roessler’s gentle literary comedy, has been creatively blocked for 50 years since producing one vastly acclaimed novel.
Stymied by his own one-time success, he needs to be dragged into an
.Jamie Lang Raindance Film Festival, Britain’s largest independent film festival, will return to cinemas this year, reimagined and restructured with a host of new partners and new films. Running Oct.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” the camera, and star and producer Jessica Chastain, dare us to consider what’s underneath.The makeup is never explained or outwardly mocked by the filmmakers, but it is a focal point from the first frame as an unseen woman tries to wipe Tammy's face clean and start fresh only to realize that most of it is permanent. In Chastain’s portrayal of Tammy from her college years through her early 60s, the layers just gradually pile on.
HARDCOVER FICTION1. “A Slow Fire Burning” by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)2. “Billy Summers” by Stephen King ( Scribner)3.
HARDCOVER FICTION1. “A Slow Fire Burning” by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)2. “Billy Summers” by Stephen King ( Scribner)3.
1. “A Slow Fire Burning” by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)2.
died of a suspected heroin overdose Monday, dedicated himself to helping keep city kids safe from violence when the five-time Emmy nominee wasn’t acting on hit TV shows like “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire.” “Brooklyn is mourning one of its native sons,” the borough’s president and Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams tweeted shortly after news broke about the East Flatbush native’s passing. “Michael K.
HARDCOVER FICTION1. “The Madness of Crowds” by Louise Penny (Minotaur)2. “Billy Summers” by Stephen King ( Scribner)3.
1. “Bloodless” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing)2.
Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Some people’s lives are so extraordinary it would feel remiss not to memorialize their stories on the page.
Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.A #1 New York Times Bestseller, McConaughey’s memoir and self-proclaimed “approach book” is filled with raucous stories and one-of-a-kind bits of wisdom from the actor’s less-than-average life.
HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Bloodless” by Preston/Child (Grand Central Publishing)2. “Billy Summers” by Stephen King ( Scribner)3.
1. “Bloodless” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing)2. “Billy Summers″ by Stephen King (Scribner)3.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorHonored this year at the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival for his incredible volume of work over six decades, Michael Caine is remarkably down-to-earth as he reflects on lessons learned and how his plans to retire more than 20 years ago just never quite worked out.
Sir Michael Caine has admitted he spent eight years trying not to blink to perfect his acting technique.The legendary actor, 88, explained that a book titled Teach Yourself Film Acting featured the tip to “never blink” – leading him to spend eight years trying not to close his eyelids.Speaking to The Mirror, Caine said: “One thing that stuck in my mind was, ‘Don’t blink. You must never blink’.“For the next eight years, I walked around trying not to blink.