Meet BLUE VALENTINE Director Derek Cianfrance Tomorrow in New York!

December 28, 2010

BLUE VALENTINE is one of 2010’s most controversial and highly-anticipated films, showcasing two Oscar worthy performances by Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. Director Derek Cianfrance will be stopping by the Angelika to discuss his 12 year journey making this Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominated film. Don’t miss this very special engagement.

We interviewed Michelle Williams earlier this month in case you missed it!

Derek Cianfrance will be hosting a Q&A following the 7:45PM show on Wednesday, December 29th and introducing the 10:35PM show.

Purchase your tickets now!

Alan Cumming and Julie Taymor Hosted THE TEMPEST Q&As Last Weekend!

December 16, 2010

Following last Friday night’s performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway, renowned director Julie Taymor spent opening night of her latest film THE TEMPEST at our Angelika New York location! Taymor hosted a Q&A following the prime show and introduced the midnight screening of her film to a number of her biggest fans. The following day celebrated New York thespian Alan Cumming hosted his own Q&A following the 7PM screening. In Taymor’s re-interpretation of the Shakespeare classic,  Cumming plays one of the “three men of sin” Sebastian. THE TEMPEST is now playing, purchase your tickets HERE.

Exclusive Interview: Michelle Williams Discusses BLUE VALENTINE

December 10, 2010

Two weeks ago I was lucky enough to catch an advance screening of the highly-controversial, highly-anticipated drama BLUE VALENTINE. The film stars Oscar Nominees Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling  as two halves of a disintegrating marriage in this international film festival phenomenon. In my humble opinion Michelle and Ryan are two of our generation’s greatest actors, continuously going against the grain of their Hollywood peers by taking on daring projects with fearlessness.

BLUE VALENTINE captures two critically-acclaimed and career-defining performances by both Gosling and Williams, and I am pleased to have had the opportunity to chat with Michelle Williams prior to the filmâ??s opening at our Angelika New York location on December 31st!

At the time of our conversation BLUE VALENTINE was given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA, but the following day Harvey Weinstein (Co-Chairmen of The Weinstein Company) successfully appealed for an R Rating. Check out my interview with Michelle Williams below at our very first proper press junket before being rushed off to round table discussions. [Also available on our YouTube Channel]

 Ryan Gosling
Blue Valentine Star Ryan Gosling

 Derek Cianfrance
During the round table panel, Director Derek Cianfrance described working with Michelle and Ryan after the 6-year break of filming Blue Valentine:

 “When we started shooting last year it turned out to be a blessing because I had so many years to work with Ryan and Michelle, and they had so many years to work on their characters and they really became what I consider to be co-writers of the script. I wrote 66 drafts in those 12 years and many of those drafts came because I would have a dinner with Ryan that would go on for 12 hours and then I would come home and re-write the scripts based on our conversations. They really had a lot to say about characters, about dialogue, about feelings, about scenes. About the story, Ryan and Michelle are also children of divorce, like me, and we all wanted to make our generationâ??s love story. This film isnâ??t about our parents; itâ??s about us trying to deal with our own relationships basically.