Paramus Fall 2009
Paramus Fall 2009
Fall 2009 Season RecapPeter Travers and Magnolia's Matt Cowal discuss THE ECLIPSE12-7 - THE ECLIPSECiarán Hinds (THERE WILL BE BLOOD) stars in this chilling drama that earned him the Best Actor prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Belfast-born actor plays a widower who experiences disturbing nightmares. An encounter with two authors (played by Aidan Quinn and Iben Hjejle) brings them all closer to a haunting reality that should be confined to horror novels
Starring:
Ciaran Hinds,
Iben Hjejle,
Aidan Quinn
Director: Conor McPherson
Screenwriter: Conor McPherson, Billy Roche
Producer: Rob Walpole
HOST PETER TRAVERS
Studio: MAGNOLIA PICTURES
Peter Travers chats with Cheryl Hines about her directorial debut SERIOUS MOONLIGHT along with Producer Andy Ostroy.
11-30 - SERIOUS MOONLIGHT"After she arrives at her country home for a romantic weekend getaway, things don't go exactly as planned for high-powered Manhattan lawyer Louise. First, her husband of 13 years, Ian, tells her that he's leaving her for a younger woman. Then, one thing leads to another, and pretty soon Ian finds himself held captive by an oddly cool Louise who explains that she won’t release him until he professes his love for her and commits to working on their marriage. And that's when things really start to go wrong. The unexpected arrival of an opportunistic young gardener and Ian's impatient mistress only serve to complicate the crisis even further, while somehow forcing Louise and Ian to reckon with their past and realistically deal with their future."
Cast:
Meg Ryan,
Timothy Hutton,
Kristen Bell,
Justin Long
Director: Cheryl Hines
Screenwriter: Adrienne Shelly
Producers: Andy Ostroy, Michael Roiff
Executive producers: Cliff Chenfeld, David GraffHost: Perter Travers
TEARDROP DIAMOND
Peter Travers and our guest, Director Jodie Markell
11/23 - TEARDROP DIAMOND
THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND is a new drama based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, Academy Award-nominee Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, and Will Patton co-star in the film which was directed by award-winning short filmmaker and stage and screen actress Jodie Markell, in her feature debut.
Cast:
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Chris Evans,
Ann-Margret,
Will Patton,
Ellen Burstyn
Director: Jodie Markell
Screenwriter: Tennessee Williams
Host: Peter Travers
Guest: Director Jodie Markell
Bonus Double Feature
UP IN THE AIR
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar® nominated director of "Juno," comes a comedy called "Up in the Air" starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend more time at home just as he is on the cusp of a goal he's worked toward for years: reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Cast:
George Clooney,
Vera Farmiga,
Anna Kendrick,
Jason Bateman,
Tamala Jones,
Chris Lowell
11-16 - ME AND ORSON WELLS
In a whirlwind week in 1937 in New York City, a young aspiring actor named Richard is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles historic staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. During this week he will find romance with a worldly older woman, becomes immersed in a creative experience few are afforded and learn the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles. Richard is about to grow up fast.
Starring:
Zac Efron,
Christian McKay,
Ben Chaplin,
Claire Danes
Kelly Reilly.
Directed by: Richard Linklater.
Holly Gent Palmo - Screenplay (adaptation)
Vincent Palmo Jr - Screenplay (adaptation)
Robert Kaplow - Source Material (from novel: "Me and Orson Welles")
Steve Christian - Executive Producer
John Sloss - Executive Producer
Steve Norris - Executive Producer
Anne Carli - Producer
Marc Samuelson - Producer
Richard Linklater - Producer
Host: Karen Durbin
Guest: WRITER ROBERT KAPLOW
Official Site
11-9 - PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE
Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack & Rose) adapts her own novel with this comedy drama about a woman who begins a second life after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder, Alan Arkin, Monica Bellucci, Maria Bello, and Keanu Reeves headline the Plan B Entertainment production. - Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Cast:
Robin Wright Penn
Julianne Moore
Winona Ryder
Alan Arkin
Monica Bellucci
Maria Bello
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Keanu Reeves
Director, Screenwriter, Book Author
Rebecca Miller
Producer: Lemore Syvan
Executive Producer(s)
Jean Luc De Fanti
Samantha Horley
Host: Karen Durbin
Guest(s)
Cameron Leel
Lemore Syvan:
Lemore Syvan is an independent film producer and founder of New York-based production company Elevation Filmworks. Since 1990 Syvan has produced 20 independent films and has collaborated with many notable filmmakers in the independent film community. Syvan's films have won the Grand Jury Award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, as well as the National Board of Review, the John Cassavetes Spirit Award and various awards by Festivals across the U.S. and the world.
Offcial SiteDouble Feature!
PIRATE RADIO
Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually), spinning the irreverent yet fact-based tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose “pirate radio” captivated and inspired 1960s Britain. Playing the music that rocked a nation and a decade, the group boldly and hilariously defies the government that tries to shut them down.
Cast:
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Bill Nighy,
Rhys Ifans,
Nick Frost,
Kenneth Branagh
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Produced by:
Richard Curtis,
Debra Hayward,
Liza Chasin
Official Site
Critic Karen Durbin (ELLE, NY TIMES) & Michel Wallace wrestle with the wonderful complexities of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'PUSH' by Sapphire"
Photo Credit: Lynn Butler
Michele Wallace who was born in Harlem in 1952 to parents Faith Ringgold (the artist) and Earl Wallace (deceased and a pianist), is Professor of English, Women's Studies and Film Studies at the City College and the CUNY Graduate Center where she has taught since 1989. Currently on sabbatical, she is working on her fourth book--Soul Pictures: Black Feminist Generations--on the women in her family. Previous books include Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (1979), Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory (1990), Black Popular Culture (1992) and Dark Designs and Visual Culture (Duke UP 2004). She currently lives in Englewood NJ. Having completed a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies at New York University in 1999, she writes about film as often as possible. Current writings appear on her blogs featured at her website: http://www.michelefwallace.com11-02 - PRECIOUS
Clareece "Precious" Jones is an overweight, illiterate African-American teen in Harlem. Just as she's about to give birth to her second child, Jones is accepted into an alternative school where a teacher helps her find a new path in her life.
Cast:
Mo'Nique ,
Paula Patton,
Mariah Carey,
Gabourey Sidibe,
Sherri Shepherd
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Produced by: Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Lisa Cortes
Host: Peter Travers
Guest: Writer Geoffrey Fletcher
Offcial Site
Alison Bailes & Mira Nair (MONSOON WEDDING, NAMESAKE, MISSISSIPPI MASALA) discuss Mira's making of AMELIA.
Photo Credits: Lynn Butler
10-26 - AMELIA -
After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America's sweetheart - the legendary "goddess of light," known for her bold, larger-than-life charisma. Yet, even with her global fame solidified, her belief in flirting with danger and standing up as her own, outspoken woman never changed. She was an inspiration to people everywhere, from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the men closest to her heart: her husband, promoter and publishing magnate George P. Putnam, and her long time friend and lover, pilot Gene Vidal. In the summer of 1937, Amelia set off on her most daunting mission yet: a solo flight around the world that she and George both anxiously foresaw as destined, whatever the outcome, to become one of the most talked-about journeys in history.
Cast:
Hilary Swank
Richard Gere
Ewan McGregor
Christopher Eccleston
Joe Anderson
Cherry Jones
Director - Mira Nair
Producer(s) -
Kevin Hyman
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Ted Waitt
Screenwriter, Executive Producer -
Ronald Bass
Executive Producer -Hilary Swank
Host: ALISON BAILESGuest- MIRA NAIR Director
MIRA NAIR
Opening Night!
10 -19 - TROUBLED WATER
After serving his jail sentence for his part in a kidnapping gone wrong, Jan Thomas wants to put his troubled past behind him. He takes a job as an organist at a small church under an assumed name, and soon starts a rewarding, albeit somewhat awkward, relationship with the church's pastor, Anna. Any hopes of redemption quickly dissolve when Agnes appears at the church and recognizes Jan as the man who killed her son years ago.
Cast:
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen,
Trine Dyrholm,
Ellen Dorrit Petersen,
Trond Espen SeimDirector: Erik Poppe
Producer: Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. KvaeGuest- Director. Erik Poppe
Host Alison Bailes (Reel Talk NBC-TC, More.com)
