Jason Schwartzman plays King Louis XVI in Sogia Coppola's “Marie Antoinette.” Schwartzman made his motion picture acting debut as Max Fischer, an eccentric high school sophomore in the acclaimed comedy RUSHMORE opposite Bill Murray for director Wes Anderson. His performance garnered a nomination for ?¢¬Ä¬úMost Promising Actor?¢¬Ä from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Oscar Directors: Eastwood–Career and Filmography
October 5, 2006 by
In 2005, Clint Eastwood director, producer,composer of Flags of Our Fathers,” received the Oscar Awards for Best Picture and Best Director–his second in both categories ?¢¬Ä¬ì for ?¢¬Ä¬úMillion Dollar Baby.?¢¬Ä The film also earned Oscars for Hilary Swank (Best Actress) and Morgan Freeman (Best Supporting Actor) and nominations for three more (Best Actor for Eastwood, Best Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay).
Macdonald, Kevin: Director, from Docu (One Day in September) to Feature
September 20, 2006 by
Kevin Macdonald is the director of the fact-based political thriller, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND. His first feature, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, a searing look at the terrorist incident at the Munich Olympics, won the 2000 Best Documentary Oscar.
Pretty Poison: Tuesday Weld, Hollywood’s Bad Girl and Brilliant Actress
September 6, 2006 by
Who was Tuesday Weld, and what was so special about her. Known for her candid, self-deprecating humor, Weld once said: “I didn’t have to play Lolita, I was Lolita.”
Directors: Visconti, Luchino–Italian Director of The Leopard, Rocco and His Brothers, The Damned, Death in Venice
August 26, 2006 by
Luchino Visconti, one of the few European directors to establish an international reputation with such masterpieces as Rocco and His Brothers and The Leopard, and other critically disputed major works like The Damned and Death in Venice.
