The Fall Guy

Stunt performer Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) arrives on the Sydney set of a big sci-fi movie only to learn that the woman (Emily Blunt) he loves won’t forgive him and…

The Offer

In the late 1960s, Albert Ruddy (Miles Teller) manages to talk the head of production (Matthew Goode) at Paramount into letting him produce a film adaptation of a novel that’s…

Mank: Writing Kane

Gary Oldman. Photo: Netflix David Fincher’s father Jack used to be a journalist. And then he became a screenwriter. His first stab at a story about the legendary Hollywood screenwriter…

Highlights from 94 Years of Oscars

The first Academy Awards were handed out back in 1929. The “show” looked decidedly different then – it was in fact a dinner, the ceremony itself took 15 minutes and…

Notting Hill

The most popular movie star in Hollywood (Julia Roberts) meets a London book-store owner (Hugh Grant) and they fall in love… but can a romance like that work out? Writer…

Adaptation: The Truth About Charlie

Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing In 1994, Jonathan Demme bought the rights to journalist Susan Orlean’s book ”The Orchid Thief”, where she investigated the arrest of…

La La Land: An Enchanting Year in the Sun

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Photo: Lionsgate Remember that opening scene from Manhattan (1979)? It’s a montage of different New York City images beautifully captured in black and white by…

Entourage 

Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), now a studio boss, agrees to let Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) direct his first movie, but when the project needs more money, the Texas financiers start…

Life Itself: Ebert’s Four-Star Journey

Roger Ebert. Photo: Magnolia Pictures I first approached this film because of my interest in movies and as a fan of Roger Ebert as a film critic. Would it appeal…