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Michael Stipe sang a cappella to her behind the camera
Nov 07, 2011
By Chris Tinkham
Kirsten Dunst, who won a Best Actress award at Cannes earlier this year for her lead performance in Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, is currently doing press for the film, which opens in limited release on Friday.Under the Radar took the opportunity to ask Dunst about her appearance in R.E.M.‘s Warhol-inspired video for “We All Go Back to Where We Belong,” directed by Michael Stipe and Dominic DeJoseph. More
Interviews
On Adapting Patricia Highsmith
Sep 26, 2014
By Austin Trunick
After two decades of screenwriting – and watching and learning from Nic Refn on the set of Drive in 2011 – Amini has made his debut as a director. His first feature is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1964 thriller, The Two Faces of January. In the film, Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) is a scam artist on the lam in Greece with his younger wife, Colette (Kirsten Dunst.) They cross paths with another American abroad: smalltime crook Rydal (Oscar Isaac), who they form a quick friendship with. When Chester accidentally kills a private investigator sent to capture him, Rydal becomes an accomplice and the three flee to the Greek islands to avoid authorities. More
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Nov 12, 2011
By Chris Tinkham
In May, Kirsten Dunst won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her lead performance in director Lars von Trier’s nightmarish end of the world drama, Melancholia. As this year’s Hollywood award season gets into swing, Dunst has a laugh looking back at her first major award ceremony experience, at the Golden Globes in 1995, when she was 12 years old. More
Reviews
Directed by Hossein Amini
Sep 25, 2014
By Kyle Turner
While on holiday in Greece, Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and Collette (Kirsten Dunst) find themselves in a situation where they need help from a fellow American (and con man) named Rydal (Oscar Isaac). More
