Damsels in Distress

Why Greta Gerwig (hopefully) Won't Be the Next Big Thing

Source: Film Experience Blog

Tim here, hoping that we're all okay with talking about Greta Gerwig a little bit more. The 29-year-old actress and her career has been discussed to the point of distraction throughout the internet ever since she erupted onto the indie sc ...
Full article at: Film Experience Blog  More like this  5 days ago, 9:15pm CDT

Greta Gerwig, Blithely Spirited As 'Frances Ha'

Source: NPR

Pine District, LLC Long a darling of the New York indie scene, Noah Baumbach came to filmmaking with a solid pedigree: His father is a film theorist and his mother was a movie critic at the Village Voice (where I've contributed myself). But after his f ...
Full article at: NPR  More like this  5 days ago, 4:26pm CDT

Which Pope Wore It Sexiest?

Source: The Faster Times

New Pope Francis has had a scandalous start to his papacy, washing women’s feet and whatnot (YOU GO FRANK!). With such an erotic display, Pope Frank is probably becoming a sex symbol to Catholics around the globe (most of o ...
Full article at: The Faster Times  More like this  5 days ago, 3:20pm CDT

Disney Goes Back To Original Brave Princess After "Makeover" Backlash

Source: Cosmopolitan

Merida, the heroine of Pixar's Brave, marked a departure from your typical children's movie princesses: She didn't particularly care about her appearance, nor was she envied or praised for her beauty. There ...
Full article at: Cosmopolitan  More like this  6 days ago, 5:13pm CDT

Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig on Making Frances Ha, the Film's Fashion Choices, and the Best Dish on the Menu at Bar Pitti

Source: Details.com

DETAILS: In the new movie, Frances is this irrepressible, aspiring dancer who frolics her way through life. Can you discuss the symbolism, and how it relates to the project's influences? GRETA GERWIG: We knew early on tha ...
Full article at: Details.com  More like this  6 days ago, 4:30pm CDT

Filmmaker Whit Stillman Signs With UTA (Exclusive)

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Whit Stillman has signed with UTA. The indie filmmaker is known for spotlighting the talents of rising young actresses, including Mira Sorvino (1994’s Barcelona), Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny (1998’s The Last Days of Disco) and Greta Ge ...
Full article at: Hollywood Reporter  More like this  May 14 2013, 5:16pm CDT

Gerwig, Baumbach Poke At Post-College Pangs

Source: NPR

Enlarge image i Wilson Webb / IFC Films Enlarge image i IFC Films In the film Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig stars as the title character, a 27-year-old living a good but not particularly successful post-college life in New York City. Frances becomes ...
Full article at: NPR  More like this  May 14 2013, 12:22pm CDT

Keck's Exclusives: Once Upon a Time Loses Its Little Red to CBS

Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

When magic came to Storybrooke at the conclusion of Once Upon a Time's freshman season, there were high hopes for wolf-shifting Ruby (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood) and the troubled character's portrayer, Meghan O ...
Full article at: Seattle Post Intelligencer  More like this  May 14 2013, 10:31am CDT

Names are a funny game for our crows

Source: Darlington & Stockton Times

THE collective nouns for birds usually produce a few curiosities and questions. Some examples concern members of the crow family. For example: a murder of crows, a mischief of magpies, an unkindness of ravens, a conceit of jackdaws, a clamour of ...
Full article at: Darlington & Stockton Times  More like this  May 13 2013, 10:19am CDT

Disney's makeover of its Brave princess is cowardly | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Source: Guardian Unlimited

It was only a matter of time before Disney transformed Merida, the heroine of Brave, hailed by many as their first feminist princess, into a female archetype. The Princess franchise, which came into being in ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  May 13 2013, 7:21am CDT



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