Margot at the Wedding
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Margot at the Wedding: Just Plain Bleak
At the end of writer/director Noah Baumbach's 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, I felt exhausted — but not in a bad way. That slice-of-life film focusing on a Brooklyn family in the midst of the parents' separation is at times depressing and hard to watch. At the end, however, there's a moment that feels redemptive and almost hopeful.
Nicole, Adrian and Helena at the Premiere
Fresh off her hot night at the CMAs Nicole Kidman looked kinda freezing (not to be confused with frigid) at the NYC premiere of Margot at the Wedding last night. No wonder why she didn't take off her coat. Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Adrian Grenier were similarly bundled up, but not Helena Christensen.
Keith Recovers Quickly To Stand By Nicole's Side
Nicole hit the red carpet solo for the premiere of Margot at the Wedding, but Keith was back by her side to walk her around NYC this weekend. He looks all cleaned up since his motorcycle accident (certainly in better shape than post-crash Clooney), but maybe that's because the incident wasn't as bad as it seemed. Nicole claims the whole thing was blown out of proportion, saying, “He didn’t really have an accident at all.
Nicole Kidman Owns The Red Carpet
Nicole Kidman premiered her new movie, Margot at the Wedding, at the New York film festival last night looking glamorous and regal in black and white. Fresh off his motorcycle accident, her husband Keith wasn't by her side, but Nicole has more than enough presence to work the red carpet all by herself. Nicole looks stunning in black, but there is something ethereal (and a little bit mannequin-y?) about the white — which do you like better?
First Look: Nicole Kidman in Margot at the Wedding
Noah Baumbach is the young director whose indie film The Squid and the Whale (starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney) was weirdly fascinating. Embracing the look and feel of Brooklyn in the 1980s, it was a difficult family drama that often made me laugh or feel uncomfortable (or, at times, accomplished both those things at the same time). Baumbach's latest venture, Margot at the Wedding, appears to have precisely the same style and feeling as Squid, and again deals with strained familial relationships.
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Fall Movie Preview: Girl Talk
Well it's September, folks, and the summertime movie season is officially over. Now we have a whole new crop of films to check out in the coming chillier months, so in preparation for that, I'm giving you little glimpses of this fall and winter's must-see movies with my Fall Movie Preview series. Today's roundup: films for and about the ladies.
Movie Preview: Rachel Getting Married
Yes, that is Anne Hathaway with a choppy little haircut standing next to Rosemarie DeWitt, who played one of my favorite characters on Mad Men, Don's mistress Midge. The two women play sisters in Rachel Getting Married, a family drama focusing on Hathaway's character, Kym returning home for her sister Rachel's (DeWitt) wedding.
I like Hathaway a lot and I love watching DeWitt, but I kinda think this indie movie looks like a long string of hysterical conversations.
Nicole Hopes for the Best
Nicole Kidman headed to ABC studios in NYC today to promote Margot at the Wedding after the big premiere last night. Nicole's latest movies haven't been her biggest hits, but she's hopeful that things will change in the upcoming year with Margot as well as The Golden Compass. That said, she's learned that one of the most important parts of being an actor is learning to take everything in stride, saying,
"Because time is so precious, you go, 'I wish I hadn't spent my time trying that.'
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below, wartime movies Rendition and In the Valley of Elah are also out this week.
Announcing the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards Nominees
Last year it was all Sunshine all the time when Little Miss Sunshine took home the majority of the Independent Spirit Awards, given out yearly by Film Independent. This year, the nominations are dominated by Juno, the teen pregnancy dramedy opening December 14, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and to a lesser degree I'm Not There.
Some of the nominations have me squealing with delight: Chiwetel Ejiofor nominated for Best Supporting Male for his outstanding performance in Talk to Me, Julie Delpy's 2 Days in Paris nominated for Best First Feature, and the Irish musical Once nominated for Best Foreign Film.
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