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Two Lovers and Joaquin Phoenix’s Method Acting
Anne Thompson's article earlier today reminds me that not everyone isn't in on the joke just yet, and contrary to her thoughts on the matter -- not only did Phoenix haphazardly inject some life into a film that was released VOD several weeks before getting its theatrical send off this weekend (if I'm Magnolia Pictures' marketing people I'm extremely happy) but he managed to hype up the "character" piece he devised with buddy Casey Affleck.
Weinsteins are thinking of what they’ll do ‘Afterwards’
In a deal that went under the radar from the flurry of deals taking place in Berlin, this pick-up of a recently release (in France) suspense-thriller that was co-produced by the French, Germany and Canada and which features an international cast that begins with Romain Duris, John Malkovich and includes Evangeline Lilly in her first major film role and this is perhaps why The Weinstein Co. grabbed hold of Gilles Bourdos' English debut Afterwards from the Wild Bunch folks.
Thinking ahead towards Cannes
Some post Berlin pieces from Screen Daily and The Hollywood Reporter offer lists of shoe-in selections for the main comp and out of comp categories on the Croisette this coming May. Von Trier, Tarantino, Campion, Loach, Almodovar, Jarmusch, Akin, Haneke, Tanovic, Michael Moore and Claire Denis should be making the trek down, but I'm surprised to see that both pieces fail to mention the likes of Woody Allen and Terrence Malick as possible attendees.
Rockwell is ‘Betty Ann Waters’ Bro
My sources for a little bit of casting news were off (if you read what I wrote here), it looks like casting people were able to find someone who looked the part a bit more. Sam Rockwell will play the sibling behind bars in the Hilary Swank drama. Minnie Driver also comes on board for a role.
Eckhart and Jenkins on the Rocks
I'm getting ready to re-read the novel to figure out how Aaron Eckhart might come across as the third party in the love triangle. Though I've liked him in such roles as those a confused predator in Nothing is Private and as the executive who has lost his way in Thank You for Smoking, I think the actor who busted onto the scene with In the Company of Men hasn't had a non-"caricature" part in ages.
