Blue Moon (Crai Nou) by Romanian director Alina Grigore won the Golden Shell at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival whose top awards were swept by female filmmakers and actors.
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NEW YORK -- In the nearly 10 years it took for Jessica Chastain to get made a film about the Christian televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, she studied many of the kinds of things you'd expect — the hours of television footage, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s 2000 documentary.
But one of the most revelatory sources was a largely forgotten WB reality show from 2002.By then, Messner had fallen from the heights of her televangelist fame after scandals brought down the multimillion-dollar ministry
.Blue Moon (Crai Nou) by Romanian director Alina Grigore won the Golden Shell at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival whose top awards were swept by female filmmakers and actors.
The televangelist biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is in theaters now and generating Oscar buzz for actress Jessica Chastain. Doing the press rounds to help promote her Toronto International Film Festival-premiering film, the actress recently spoke with host Josh Horowitz on his podcast Happy Sad Confused (listen below).
Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical, black-and-white drama Belfast claimed the TIFF People’s Choice Award on Saturday night, affirming its status as a major player to contend with in the 2022 Oscars race.
Tammy Faye Messner‘s daughter, Tammy Sue Bakker-Chapman, is opening up about how she feels about The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
“The Eyes Of Tammy Faye” has received rave reviews but Tammy Faye’s daughter still isn’t sure.
Make your own material. That seems to be the ethos of Jessica Chastain’s production company, Freckle Films that produced and made this year’s TIFF hit “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” in which she stars(and which is already starting to generate Oscar buzz for Chastain; read our review).
Jessica Chastain isn’t the only connection between “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and the upcoming Paramount+ “George and Tammy” limited series. Abe Sylvia, a co-executive producer on “The Affair” and “Dead to Me,” is the screenwriter.
William Earl As the 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival wraps up, its third annual Tribute Awards are set to take place on Sept.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHow do you make a movie about colorful televangelist and gay icon Tammy Faye Bakker without veering into caricature? That was the challenge for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” costume designer Mitchell Travers and star and producer Jessica Chastain, who were united in their vision for the look of the film. “We never wanted it to become a parody.
Jessica Chastain poses for a few pics ahead of her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in New York City on Wednesday afternoon (September 15).
TORONTO — Another title for the movie “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” could be “Behind the Mascara.”Throughout the enlightening biopic about husband-and-wife televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, which premiered Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, Tammy Faye’s makeup gets thicker and thicker as the years go by.After a while the coverup, rouge and mile-long eyelashes are no longer beauty enhancements, but a protective shield against the reality of her crumbling life.The garish
Jessica Chastain was feeling the beat on the red carpet at the premiere of her new movie, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, held at SVA Theater on Tuesday night (September 14) in New York City.
Jessica Chastain made a lot of headlines over the past few weeks after her intimate moment with Oscar Isaac at the Venice Film Festival went viral.
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.