By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn reconnects with his “Drive” team Ryan Gosling and musician Cliff Martinez on “Only God Forgives,” a dark drama that takes place in Thailand. Refn says he always had wanted to make a martial arts film, but thought [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Like most parents, artists often have to make sacrifices in their careers for the sake of their children. That means sometimes taking a job you wouldn’t otherwise do simply because it pays the bills. That is the premise of “The Time Being,” a little i [...]
By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic As the irritatingly snobbish but ultimately pathetic widow of a cheating corporate crook, Cate Blanchett actually manages to raise some sympathy for a New Depression devil in director-writer Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” This odd li [...]
(NOTE TO EDITORS: DUE TO THE SEXUAL NATURE OF THE FILM, YOU MAY WANT TO DECIDE WHETHER TO USE WORDS SUCH AS “TEABAGGING” THAT ARE INCLUDED BELOW. WE HAVE TRIED TO AVOID USING ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE BUT OBVIOUSLY EACH OUTLET HAS ITS OWN STANDARDS. THE EMBARGOED HAS BEEN L [...]
(NOTE TO EDITORS: EXPLICIT TERMS HAVE BEEN ASTERISKED. HOWEVER, THE WORD “MASTERBATION” APPEARS BELOW BUT CAN BE REMOVED AT YOUR DISCRETION.) By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—How often do you get a chance to go through someone’s diary—and get paid to do it? Aubrey Plaza, [...]