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Fifty years after winning his Academy Award for Robert Altman's masterpieceNashville, Keith Carradine is still very much in the acting game. His new star-studded crime thriller, Laws of Man, is now available on digital and demand, while his earlier work is still being spotlighted to this day. Exhibit A is Choose Me (1984), which is soon entering the Criterion Collection. MovieWeb recently caught up with Carradine following the release of Laws of Man, where he also weighed in on the continued impact of Choose Me from writer-director Alan Rudolph.

"We were delighted to hear that, and Alan and I both went in and spoke on camera, you know, for the extras and stuff. That was really fun. And I'm happy to to know that Criterion has adopted us and people will have another chance to revisit that," Carradine told us.

The longtime performer also revealed more about the history of...

One of our favorite times of the month is when the Criterion Collection drops their releases for the months ahead and the batch its announced for March certainly doesn’t disappoint. Ranging from dark rom-coms to monster movies, Criterion is adding some proper deep cuts, as well as 4K restorations of two films that are already part of the collection.

The first film given the Criterion treatment is Alan Rudolph’s “Choose Me,” starring Keith Carradine and Lesley Ann Warren. Set in Los Angeles during the 1980s, the film follows a number of lovers violently weaving in and out of each other’s live, mostly crossing paths at a dive bar. A protégé of Robert Altman, Rudolph’s films, such as “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle” and “Breakfast of Champions,” often carry a balance of absurdity and bite. Next up is the 1989 addition to the Godzilla cannon, “Godzilla vs. Biollante” from Kazuki Omori.

Matthew Broderick's talent extends beyond his iconic role as Ferris Bueller, as demonstrated by his Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor and Best Actor in a Musical. Broderick's versatile acting skills are showcased in films like The Lion King, Election, and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, where he excels in both comedic and dramatic roles. As well as the commercial success of Inspector Gadget and Addicted to Love, Broderick's performances in these films are commendable, highlighting his comedic flair and acting acumen.

Matthew Broderick is often remembered as Ferris Bueller, and for good reason, but there are 10 films from the 1990s proves that there is more to his legacy than the legendary character of Ferris Bueller. Broderick has proven time and time again that he is a talented actor with a broader range than people might expect. Notably, Broderick won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor...

A couple months after spotlighting the world’s greatest actress, the Criterion Channel have taken a logical next step towards America’s greatest actress. May (or: next week) will bring an eleven-film celebration of Jennifer Jason Leigh, highlights including Verhoeven’s Flesh + Blood, Miami Blues, Alan Rudolph’s Mrs. Parker, her directorial debut The Anniversary Party, and Synecdoche, New York, and a special introduction from Leigh. Another actor’s showcase localizes directorial collaborations: Jimmy Stewart’s time with Anthony Mann, an eight-title series boasting the likes of Winchester ’73 and The Man from Laramie. Two more: a survey of ’80s Asian-American cinema (Chan Is Missing being the best-known) and 14 movies by Seijun Suzuki.

That would be enough for one month (or two), but No Bears and Cette maison will have their streaming premieres, while Criterion Editions offers the Infernal Affairs trilogy (plus its packed set), Days of Heaven, and the aforementioned Chan Is Missing.

Leave it to the queen of spicy candles to light up the room with a vulgar joke! Gwyneth Paltrow joined Hailey Bieber for her YouTube series, "Who's in My Bathroom?," and made a joke that involved the Rhode skincare founder's father, Stephen Baldwin. Much to the surprise of Hailey, Gwyneth recalled starring the 1994 film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle alongside the 56-year-old actor. The Marvel actress had nothing but nice things to say about Hailey's dad. "I think I was, like, 20 years old, so it was a really long time ago," Gwyneth said. "But he was great. He was so nice. It was awesome." In response to hearing kind things...

For more than a year, Jennifer Beals has been dying to talk with anyone outside her family about her role on the new “Star Wars” series “The Book of Boba Fett.”

“I wanted to tell everybody and I couldn’t tell anyone,” she says to Variety in her first interview about the show.

Fans have known next to nothing about the Disney Plus series — which is executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and frequent episode director Robert Rodriguez — ever since it was announced with a surprise post-credits scene at the end of the Season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian.” In the scene, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) saunter into the late Jabba the Hutt’s compound, where Boba kills Bib Fortuna (Matthew Wood) and takes over Jabba’s criminal organization.

Since then, however, Lucasfilm has shrouded the show with its customary veil of secrecy, including who...

Next month’s Criterion Channel selection is here, and as 2021 winds down further cements their status as our single greatest streaming service. Off the top I took note of their eight-film Jia Zhangke retro as well as the streaming premieres of Center Stage and Malni. And, yes, Margaret has been on HBO Max for a while, but we can hope Criterion Channel’s addition—as part of the 63(!)-film “New York Stories”—opens doors to a more deserving home-video treatment.

Aki Kaurismäki’s Finland Trilogy, Bruno Dumont’s Joan of Arc duology, and Criterion’s editions of Irma Vep and Flowers of Shanghai also mark major inclusions—just a few years ago the thought of Hou’s masterpiece streaming in HD was absurd.

I could implore you not to sleep on The Hottest August and Point Blank and Variety and In the Cut or, look, so many Ernst Lubitsch movies,...

Pair join star and executive producer Benedict Cumberbatch. The Crown’s Anna Madeley joins cast.

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving and The Crown’s Anna Madeley have signed on for the Benedict Cumberbatch-led mini-series.

The Showtime and Sky Atlantic co-production is based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. Patrick Melrose skewers the upper class as it tracks the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse to recovery.

Each of the five episodes is devoted to one of the five novels. The series will encompass the saga of Patrick Melrose’s life, from his abusive youth at the hands of his father, played by Weaving, and mother, played by Leigh, to his life as an outrageous playboy and struggles to defy the pain of his past.

The limited series will take place in wide-ranging locales and time periods such as the south of France...

After her break out role in the ’80s classic “Fast Times At Ridgemont High,” the enigmatic and darkly charming Jennifer Jason Leigh has charted a course in film unlike any other. This month, the Alamo Drafthouse honors her varied and galvanizing career in a much deserved retrospective, aptly titled “Jennifer Jason Leigh!”

The series, which began last night and continues into May, spans Leigh’s decades-long career, which includes David Cronenberg’s “eXistenZ,” Paul Verhoeven’s “Flesh + Blood,” and Joel and Ethan Coen’s “The Hudsucker Proxy.” One of her most recognizable films opened the series, Stephen King’s “Dolores Claiborne,” in which she went head to head opposite Kathy Bates in a bear of a role.

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Of particular note is the criminally under-appreciated “The Anniversary Party,” which she wrote, produced, and directed with her friend...

Rooney Mara ("Carol") and Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl") are the Oscar frontrunners for Best Supporting Actress, but the Golden Globes ruled both of them leading ladies, which leaves the Globes race for Best Film Supporting Actress wide open. Our Editors – those of us who cover awards year-round – are split four ways, but give the edge to Jennifer Jason Leigh ("The Hateful Eight"). -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions Three out of six of us – Chris Beachum, Marcus Dixon and Rob Licuria – say Leigh will win at the Golden Globes, giving her odds of 10/9. Leigh previously shared in a special award for Best Ensemble Cast for "Short Cuts" (1993), and earned a nomination for Best Film Drama Actress for "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" (1994). Three of Leigh's rivals have support from one editor each, a...'...

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that Academy Award® winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming feature The Hateful Eight, will premiere in 70mm on December 25, 2015exclusively for a 1-week roadshow opening that will be featured in glorious 70mm in 100 theaters nationwide. Following the 1-week engagement, the film will open with a theatrical digital release nationwide on December 31, 2015, while continuing to be shown in 70mm as well. The film premieres tonight in New York in 70mm at the Ziegfeld theater.

Starting today, moviegoers can purchase tickets for the 70mm roadshow showings at tickets.thehatefuleight.com. To mark the occasion, Quentin and TWC are commemorating the opening with the “12 Days of Hateful Eight Giveaways”, where each day a different Hateful Eight prize, memorabilia or once-in-a-lifetime experience will be given away to moviegoers who buy roadshow tickets in advance leading up to the Christmas day opening.

The exclusive roadshow engagement that...

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino's upcoming feature The Hateful Eight, will premiere in 70mm on December 25, 2015 exclusively for a 1-week roadshow opening that will be featured in glorious 70mm in 100 theaters nationwide. Following the 1-week engagement, the film will open with a theatrical digital release nationwide on December 31, 2015, while continuing to be shown in 70mm as well. The film premieres tonight in New York in 70mm at the Ziegfeld theater.

Starting today, moviegoers can purchase tickets for the 70mm roadshow showings at Tickets.TheHatefulEight.com. To mark the occasion, Quentin Tarantino and TWC are commemorating the opening with the "12 Days of Hateful Eight Giveaways", where each day a different Hateful Eight prize, memorabilia or once-in-a-lifetime experience will be given away to moviegoers who buy roadshow tickets in advance leading up to the Christmas day opening.

The exclusive roadshow engagement...

The Weinstein Company announced today that Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming feature The Hateful Eight, will premiere in 70mm on December 25, 2015 exclusively for a 1-week roadshow opening that will be featured in glorious 70mm in 100 theaters nationwide. Following the 1-week engagement, the film will open with a theatrical digital release nationwide on December 31, 2015, while continuing to be shown in 70mm as well. The film premieres tonight in New York in 70mm at the Ziegfeld theater.

Starting today, moviegoers can purchase tickets for the 70mm roadshow showings at tickets.thehatefuleight.com.

To mark the occasion, Quentin and TWC are commemorating the opening with the “12 Days of Hateful Eight Giveaways”, where each day a different Hateful Eight prize, memorabilia or once-in-a-lifetime experience will be given away to moviegoers who buy roadshow tickets in advance leading up to the Christmas day opening.

The exclusive roadshow engagement that The Hateful Eight...

The Weinstein Company announced today that Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino and the cast of his upcoming feature The Hateful Eight are set to make a huge splash at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. The beloved director and actors behind his hotly anticipated Christmas Day release will appear in a Hall H panel on Saturday, July 11th at 1:30pm. The presentation will include a discussion with Quentin Tarantino and the cast about the production, its upcoming roadshow release, the glorious 70mm format that it will be released in, and an exclusive premiere of footage from the film. The panel will be moderated by Chris Hardwick of Nerdist.

TWC will release The Hateful Eight in select theaters on December 25, 2015 with an exclusive two-week roadshow opening in 70mm. Following the two-week engagement, the film will open with a digital theatrical release nationwide on January 8, 2016, while continuing to be shown in 70mm as well.

Gwyneth Paltrow silver dress on the Oscars' Red Carpet Gwyneth Paltrow at the Academy Awards Donning a shining silver dress, Gwyneth Paltrow arrives at the 2011 Academy Awards held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Paltrow's latest movie, Country Strong, was up for a Best Song Oscar. It lost to the Toy Story 3 ditty "We Belong Together," by Randy Newman. More than a decade ago, Gwyneth Paltrow took home the Best Actress Oscar for John Madden's Shakespeare in Love (1998), a romantic comedy-drama also featuring Joseph Fiennes (as William Shakespeare), Judi Dench, Geoffrey Rush, and this year's Best Actor Oscar winner, Colin Firth (The King's Speech). Paltrow's (moderately) gender-bending Shakespeare in Love heroine remains her only Oscar-nominated performance to date. Directed by Shana Feste, Country Strong fared decently at the U.S. box office, but not as well as some had expected. Besides Gwyneth Paltrow, the cast includes...

With filming set to begin on Quentin Tarantino's highly anticipated Western, The Hateful Eight, a press release sent out by The Wienstein Company sheds some light on the mysterious film, letting us know who's who in the massive cast, and giving us a fully detailed synopsis of the plot: The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that an incredible list of top acting talent has come on board to star in Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming post-Civil War western, The Hateful Eight. The Hateful Eight are: Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained) as Major Marquis Warren, Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell (Escape From New York) as John “The Hangman” Ruth, Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh (Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle) as Daisy Domergue, Emmy nominee Walton Goggins (Justified) as Chris Mannix, Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life) as Bob, Academy...

After months of speculation, the full cast line-up for Quentin Tarantino’s next pic, The Hateful Eight, has officially been announced. Following Deadline’s breaking news this morning, which suggested Channing Tatum was circling a part in the western, The Weinstein Company delivered a press release to verify the rumours.

The statement outlines an impressive list of names that’ve long since been linked to the project and who precisely they’ll be playing. Those we already knew; Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern comprise the main cast, with Tarantino newcomers Demian Bichir and yes, Channing Tatum rounding out the full roster. The last minute ‘tacking on’ of Tatum’s involvement in the release suggests it was hastily included in a rush after Deadline’s scoop. TWC goes on to say that he has merely “signed on for a role” – with...

The full cast for Quentin Tarantino's highly anticipated post-Civil War western The Hateful Eight has been officially announced by The Weinstein Company. They also included the names of the characters they will be playing and the synopsis.

The cast includes Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained) as Major Marquis Warren, Kurt Russell (Escape From New York) as John “The Hangman” Ruth, Jennifer Jason Leigh (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle) as Daisy Domergue, Walton Goggins (Justified) as Chris Mannix, Demian Bichir (A Better Life) as Bob, Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) as Oswaldo Mobray, Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs) as Joe Gage, and Bruce Dern (Nebraska) as General Sanford Smithers. Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher) has also signed on for a role in the film, but it wasn't specified.

In The Hateful Eight, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers,...

I'm still trying to stay relatively in the dark about The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino's western that had a script leak and a major reading. I saw the teaser that was just some shiny After Effects and liked it, I heard goo things from people more engaged in the project than I and liked it. I know the film will be shooting in Telluride Colorado and "presented in 70mm" and I like those things too.

Now, we have the official press release from The Weinstein Company that solidifies the cast of this tale of waylaid bounty hunters and strangers.

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that an incredible list of top acting talent has come on board to star in Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming post-Civil War western, The Hateful Eight. The Hateful Eight are: Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained) as Major Marquis Warren,...

The Weinstein Company today revealed the full official cast for Academy Award winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino.s upcoming post-Civil War western, The Hateful Eight. The Hateful Eight are: Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained) as Major Marquis Warren, Golden Globe nominee Kurt Russell (Escape From New York) as John .The Hangman. Ruth, Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh (Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle) as Daisy Domergue, Emmy nominee Walton Goggins ("Justified") as Chris Mannix, Academy Award nominee Demian Bichir (A Better Life) as Bob, Academy Award nominee Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) as Oswaldo Mobray, Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs) as Joe Gage and Academy Award nominee Bruce Dern (Nebraska) General Sanford Smithers. Also, Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher) has signed on for a role in the project. This will be Leigh, Bichir and Tatum.s first film with Tarantino, while the rest of the cast has worked with him in the past.

Not every great actor wins an Academy Award. (Rest in peace, Peter O’Toole.*) In fact, simply getting nominated for an Oscar or two might be the truer measure of excellence. There have been plenty of actors with as many Oscar statues as Paul Newman — one! — but few can hold a candle to his nine nominations, which represent a lifetime of brilliance.

But before an actor can pile up multiple nominations like Newman or O’Toole or Al Pacino, he or she needs that first nod. Sounds simple enough. Last year, four actors heard their name called for the first time,...

Director James Wan has assembled a fantastic core cast for "The Conjuring," not filled with movie stars but with Class-a character actors like Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as The Warrens. Their counterparts are Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor as the heads of the large Perron family, who move into a farmhouse in Rhode Island that's haunted up the ass.

Of these four leads perhaps the most physically/emotionally challenging role went to Lili Taylor as Carolyn Perron, who begins to disintegrate under the stress of ghostly bombardment. Taylor's career spans decades, from early roles in "Say Anything…" and "Mystic Pizza" to ensemble pieces like "Short Cuts" and "Public Enemies." We sat down 1-on-1 with the actress for a lively chat about possessing Republicans, being underrated and throwing 1999's "The Haunting" under the bus.

In this movie you have a lot of kids, like five whole children. You grew up...

Let’s go beyond the candelabra: Name 5 Best Actor Oscar winners and the gay biopic roles you want them to play.

Well, I’ll be the millionth to say it: Behind the Candelabra was a worthy two hours of television! It was an appropriately decadent affair with eye-popping star turns and sweet production value. That line about Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte? So funny and fantastic.

To celebrate the movie’s goodness, let’s play a parlor game: Pick a Best Actor Oscar winner (like Michael Douglas) and pick the a great gay biopic role for him to play (like Liberace). I’ve come up with five options, and I’m psyched to hear yours. I threw in a bonus Best Actress scenario for the hell of it.

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Merv Griffin

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Yes, I’m requesting that the man who perfectly portrayed Truman Capote revive his penchant...

For some reason, Hollywood actors love to play writers, especially from the 1920s and 30s. Jane Fonda wore lots of tweeds and smoked lots of cigarettes as Lillian Hellman in 1977′s Julia. Jennifer Jason Leigh learned to mumble like Dorothy Parker in 1994′s Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. Anthony Hopkins stopped shaving to star in Hemingway & Fuentes, an upcoming drama directed by Andy Garcia about Ernest’s friendship with the boat captain who inspired The Old Man and the Sea. But Sean Penn could be the first to slip into the role of a famous literary editor: According to The Hollywood Reporter,...

Craig here. I've been given free reign on this week's Tuesday Top Ten. So, to keep it Actressexual I thought I'd offer up Ten Great Jennifer Jason Leigh moments. Here are some choice (short) cuts from the career of Ms. Leigh. They're in no order (chronological or preferential) and I've referred to Jennifer as Jjl because, well, it saves time. Where's Margot at the Wedding? Where's The Anniversary Party? Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Synechdoche, New York, A Thousand Acres or The Machinist? Well, Nathaniel spoke about these and more in his interview with Jjl a few years back. We're keen on avoiding any overlap.

1. Amy Archer, by Proxy: Goooooooo Eagles!!! Jjl trying to avoid letting on that she's not really a Muncie girl at heart in The Hudsucker Proxy. She takes parodic period comedy to a higher level - not counting the Mezzanine.

2. The Mansfield Method: I'm sure we'd...

Oh Stephen Baldwin.... Back in the day, 1989 to be exact, he grabbed roles in Casualties of War, Last Exit to Brooklyn, and Born on the Fourth of July. By 1994-1995, he was pretty big name, grabbing spots on Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, The Usual Suspects, and the sexuality-bending Threesome. It's hard to believe that the same guy, some 15 years and 60 projects later, needs to be restored.

THR's Risky Business has shared this little ditty (which our own Peter Hall presented the other night): there's a new website called "Restore Stephen Baldwin." With the A-ok of his ministry President Daniel Southern, the website hopes to elicit donations from folks so that Baldwin can soar up to new heights. You see, when he became Born Again and spoke out about his beliefs, it lost him jobs and resulted in bankruptcy, because, you know, he'd no longer act in sexy,...

For an actress who's been working regularly for more than 35 years (since the age of 9), and who comes from a Hollywood family (her father was actor Vic Morrow and her mother is screenwriter Barbara Turner), the great Jennifer Jason Leigh seems severely taken for granted. It's possibly fitting that outside her Best Villain win at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, her most prestigious non-critic or non-festival-based awards have come through being part of ensembles. Unlike some great performers regularly likened to chameleons, she's more comparable to a camouflaging lizard for her ability not to stand out too much while doing her job perfectly -- I don't consider it bad that I forgot she's in Synecdoche, New York, for instance.

Try to name her best performance, or her best movie. It's not easy, whether because she's consistently brilliant or because she's not exactly in many truly brilliant films. And honestly, I may...

Everything happens in the first ten minutes of Ali. All of cinema, as it now stands, could be represented in that medley—its editing is the history of editing, its images an overview of cinematography, its acting a primer on expressions, dialogue and characterization. It's cinema that's musical, dramatic, radiophonic and photographic, cinema as an impossible theater, a composition, a cut-up, a hallucination. Cinema as cinema. The whole world seems folded into those ten minutes, not merely history or biography. By the time Will Smith bursts, shouting rhyming insults, through the doors into the pre-match press conference, his entourage either ignoring or mouthing his words, the movie seems to have stretched itself out to infinity, consuming everything.

The greatest films made on biographical subjects—whether it's Utamaro and His Five Women, Ivan the Terrible, Montparnasse 19, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Andrei Rublev, Van Gogh, St. Francis of Assissi or...

The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday November 30th in New York. Ifp also announced it has moved the gala awards ceremony to Monday, November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street, from the previously announced date of Tuesday, December 1st.

Signaling the official kick-off to the film awards season, the Gotham Independent Film Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film. Anchoring the evening's six competitive awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, are four Tributes to film community icons.

This year's Tribute selection represents a range of individuals -...

Sam Robards is set for recurring roles in two series for the upcoming television season. The actor will return as Greg Brock on the NBC drama The West Wing. He also will play Mare Winningham's love interest on the new CBS drama Clubhouse, from Spelling Television and Mel Gibson's Icon Prods. Best known for his starring role as the father in Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence: AI, Robards also appeared in American Beauty, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and Casualties of War. He also will appear in the upcoming comedy Surviving Eden. Robards is represented by Parseghian-Planco/Untitled Entertainment and ICM.