Monthly Archives: May, 2011

Jesus Henry Christ is based off my short film of the same title that I made while at Columbia University’s graduate film program. As the short film did well, producers requested the feature version. So, I took the title and the main character, Henry James Herman, a ten year-old with a photographic memory, and placed him in an entirely different context.

Lu Chuan depicts Nanking atrocities with unblinking realism and poetic compassion.

Amongst the Monet's, Picasso's, and Cezanne's, Allen's latest sits stylistically flat-footed

Anthony Bruno, an American prolific crime novelist (the Bad books, the Loretta Kovacks ones with espresso and fudge names, amongst others), recreates Richard Kuklinsi's life, with the investigation in parallel. The book The Iceman has been optioned by director-producer Ariel Vromen, with the producing and financing team Millenium/Nu Image and Bleiberg Entertainment. Here's my interview with Bruno - we discuss his encounter with Kuklinski, the book, and the film version that should start lensing in the fall this year.

Many accused Isabelle Huppert of playing favourites when Haneke finally won for his long overdue Palme. De Niro has worked with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn --- will the brotherhood remain intact with a vote going towards Malick?