Dec 13, 2009
By Chris Tinkham
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender welcomes risks and extreme challenges to his screen performances. The Irish actor, who stands at about six feet, was under constant medical supervision as he whittled down to 128 pounds for his role as IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in 2008’s Hunger. The film also required Fassbender and actor Liam Cunningham to perform a dramatic dialogue-driven 17-minute scene in a single take. For his latest film, Fish Tank, Fassbender committed to the project without seeing the script, primarily because of his admiration for director Andrea Arnold’s previous feature, the 2006 Cannes Jury Prize winner Red Road. More
Oct 30, 2009
By Chris Tinkham
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In his latest film, the satirically titled comedy (Untitled), Adam Goldberg plays Adrian Jacobs, a brooding avant-garde composer with an unorthodox, oftentimes ridiculous, approach to music performance. Although Adrian’s pieces were written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, Goldberg was able to bring his own musical insights to the role. A songwriter and musician, Goldberg released his debut album Eros and Omissions under the moniker LANDy this summer. More
Oct 24, 2009
By Chris Tinkham
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New York-based Chilean writer/director Sebastián Silva is a busy man. Not only does he have three film projects in the works, but he also is an accomplished painter, illustrator and musician. It was beneficial that he found time to make his award-winning feature The Maid when he did, because it immediately had a positive effect on the woman who inspired the story. More
Oct 09, 2009
By Chris Tinkham
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Three weeks prior to the release of her new film Peter and Vandy, lead actress Jess Weixler followed through on two major decisions. First, she moved to Los Angeles after living in New York for more than a decade. Second, she bought a car. “I’ve never had a car, ever,” Weixler says with a laugh. “It makes me feel so adult.” More
Oct 02, 2009
By Chris Tinkham
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Michigan native Shannon Eagen has never auditioned in Los Angeles or New York for films, plays or TV shows, yet the young actress, who appears as a beauty pageant contestant in Whip It, has shared scenes with Academy Award nominees Sigourney Weaver, Ellen Page and (winner) Marcia Gay Harden without having to leave her home state. More
