By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Dakota Fanning plays a teen that seems to have it all in middle-class 1960s America but she is driven to a very dark place with her abhorrence with the Vietnam War in the family drama “American Pastoral.” Merry (Fanning) has a loving family and a beau [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut with the screen adaptation of Philip Roth’s Pulitzer prizewinning novel “American Pastoral.” McGregor also stars in the heart-wrenching family drama as a father during the turbulent ‘60s, dealing with a rebell [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ayelet Zurer presented a challenge for filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia, whose metaphorical drama “Last Days in the Desert” tells a “what if” story about Jesus’ encounter with a family in crisis during his 40 days of reflection in the parched wilderness outsi [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia doesn’t consider himself a particularly religious man, yet he was drawn to the biblical story of Jesus Christ’s 40 days of contemplation and fasting in the desert. The writer/director of “Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Much like the nomadic character he plays in the biblically inspired family drama “Last Days in the Desert,” emerging actor Tye Sheridan grew up outdoors relying on his imagination and physical skills unlike many of his contemporaries, who spent their [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—There was a moment in Don Cheadle’s long and arduous journey to bring his vision of jazz legend Miles Davis’ colorful story to the big screen when the Oscar-nominated actor thought he might just throw in the towel. “There was no part of it where fear [...]
By PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—It was all about mustaches as the TCL Chinese Theatre hosted the movie premiere of “Mortdecai,” starring Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Olivia Munn and Ewan McGregor. Other celebrities joined the cast of the comedy caper on the red carp [...]