Nov 15, 2012
By Austin Trunick
Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley and filmmaker Joe Wright have a great chemistry working together. The young actress landed a starring role in the director’s 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. That same magic struck again with their second collaboration—an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, Atonement, in 2007—which received a nod for Best Picture. More
Nov 15, 2012
By Chris Tinkham
Alicia Vikander
Danish director Nikolaj Arcel estimates that he saw 70 actresses in Denmark while trying to cast the role of Queen Caroline Mathilda for his film, A Royal Affair, but none of them had the regal quality that he had envisioned for the character. He found what he was looking for when he met Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, a classically trained dancer who studied at The Royal Swedish Ballet School for nine years. More
Nov 14, 2012
By Laura Studarus
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It seems like a scene out of one of Wes Anderson’s fevered dreams: John Hodgman, former literary agent, turned author of fake facts, turned minor television celebrity (as both a correspondent on The Daily Show, and a PC in a string of Mac ads), turned Tom Selleck’s only facial hair equal, decrying inauthenticity. More
Nov 09, 2012
By Chris Tinkham
Web Exclusive
Sadie, the surly and reclusive octogenarian widow played by Besedka Johnson in the indie drama, Starlet, doesn’t know what to make of Jane (Dree Hemingway) when the inquisitive young blonde begins to entrench herself in Sadie’s life. After purchasing a thermos from Sadie at a yard sale, Jane suddenly begins to impose companionship upon her elder, turning up again at her home, at her grocery store, and at her bingo hall to offer car rides and other favors. More
Nov 08, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Shout Out Louds
It’s been awhile since we heard from Shout Out Louds. After touring behind their stripped down third album Work, the Swedish quintet took a breather, frontman Adam Olenius concentrating on his side project We are Serenades (alongside Laasko’s Markus Krunegård) while the other members scattered across the globe. More
