To watch Mike Mills‘ two most recent features, Beginners and 20th Century Women, are such warm and open-hearted experiences that I was led, in my review of the latter, to wonder if he’s ever been unsympathetic to anybody. Actually sitting down with the writer-director does nothing to make me think otherwise, though he could’ve been a total bastard and I’d still want to pick his brain about his new film. It’s too rich and satisfying a work for me not to have many questions.
Also of little surprise is how quickly the discussion can turn towards a personal place, but one doesn’t follow-up a film about the last days of their gay father with a film reflecting on their relationship with their mother and not tip their hand a bit more than the average subject. Don’t think it’s too heavy, though: what follows...
Also of little surprise is how quickly the discussion can turn towards a personal place, but one doesn’t follow-up a film about the last days of their gay father with a film reflecting on their relationship with their mother and not tip their hand a bit more than the average subject. Don’t think it’s too heavy, though: what follows...
- 12/27/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Andrew Garfield has admitted he was intimidated to play Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man. The BAFTA-winning actor told reporters this past weekend that he fully appreciates how beloved Spider-Man is among comic book fans. "I am terrified to take on this role because it means so much to me, so I know how much it means to other people," Reuters quotes Garfield as saying. He also revealed that he turned to Joseph Szabo's photography book Teenage to inspire his portrayal of angst-filled Spider-Man. "It's (more)...
- 6/13/2012
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
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