By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Matthias Schoenaerts isn’t yet a household name. Just trying to pronounce his Flemish last name (shkoon-arts) is a challenge in and of itself for most Americans. Nevertheless, with his growing list of film credits in both European and Hollywood films, [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Rising French filmmaker Alice Winocour was deep into editing her second feature, “Disorder,” when she emerged from the studio one night to discover armed soldiers on the Paris street following the deadly bombing of the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices l [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Able to speak three languages fluently—German, French and English—Diane Kruger is able to move with ease between Hollywood and Europe. She notably played the beautiful Helen in “Troy,” a World War II German film star/undercover agent in Quentin Tarant [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Since her Academy Award-winning performance as French chanteuse Edith Piaf in 2007’s “La Vie En Rose,” Marion Cotillard has enjoyed a productive and highly visible career in Hollywood. Christopher Nolan tapped her for multi-layered sci-fi drama “Incep [...]
By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—With few exceptions, Hollywood’s mobsters are usually urban dwellers, with the action set on the mean streets of New York, LA, Miami or another big city. In contrast, Belgium’s entry into the Oscar race this year (and one of only five nominated foreig [...]