Paula Schwartz, Author at The Movie Blog

Exploring the Origins of ‘Origin’: Ava DuVernay’s Powerful Film

Paula Schwartz — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:38:40 +0000

Ava DuVernay introduced her new film ‘Origin’ to an enthusiastic audience last week at the Whitby Hotel. ‘Origin’ is inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s NY Times bestseller “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’. This non-fiction book digs into the roots of racism, and that alone doesn’t appear to be narrative movie material. Before introducing the film ...

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S.S. Rajamouli film ‘RRR’ is Glorious Indian Action Spectacle and Dance Party

Paula Schwartz — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:00:21 +0000

If you haven’t had a chance to catch up with the action spectacular “RRR” (Rise, Roar, Revolt”) from Indian director S.S. Rajamouli yet, you are late to the party my friend. Even busy actor Jessica Chastain carved out three hours plus from her schedule to experience what all the fuss is about and then tweeted: ...

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Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg Talk The Fabelmans at DGA Theater in NYC

Paula Schwartz — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:00:21 +0000

Martin Scorsese interviewed Steven Spielberg last week after a screening of “The Fabelmans,” Spielberg’s autobiographical story of his journey to become a director. The historical and rare dialogue, which was as entertaining and fascinating as anticipated, took place last week at the DGA Theater in Manhattan. Video by: Rinaldo Caballero Guerra Scorsese and Spielberg met ...

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Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Damien Chazelle, Bring “Babylon” to NYC

Paula Schwartz — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:00:12 +0000

Brad Pitt turned up at the AMC Lincoln Square last week to promote his new film, “Babylon,” a 188-minute epic written and directed by Damien Chazelle set in 1920s Hollywood. To say the excitement level to see the megastar was at a fever pitch would be an understatement. Seemingly unaware of the fuss, Pitt was ...

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Tyler Perry Talks ‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ With Stars at NY Special Screening

Paula Schwartz — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:00:35 +0000

“This is a 27-year labor of love,” Tyler Perry told a New York audience before a special screening of his new period drama, A Jazzman’s Blues, Thursday evening at the Paris Theater. The event was hosted by Netflix, which is now streaming. Perry had just come from doing 14 hours of press and was still ...

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“The Woman King”: Viola Davis Rules on Screen and At the Box Office

Paula Schwartz — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:00:16 +0000

By Paula Schwartz In “The Woman King,” Viola Davis stars as the fierce leader of the Agojie, an all-female warrior troop who protected the West African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s. Portrayed in the film as the tribe’s cast-offs and disenfranchised, they forswear marriage and motherhood to focus on rigid military demands. Despite rapturous ...

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Barry Levinson’s Inspiration for “The Survivor” Starring Ben Foster as Auschwitz Boxer

Paula Schwartz — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:25 +0000

Academy Award winning director Barry Levinson’s (“Rain Man”) newest film, HBO’s “The Survivor,” premiered to a hushed crowd Monday evening at Temple Emanu-El, the limestone Romanesque synagogue on 65th Street and Fifth Avenue. Ben Foster stars in the true-life story of Harry Haft, a Polish Jew who survived Auschwitz boxing other prisoners for the enjoyment ...

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Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike Try to Save Their Marriage in ‘State of the Union’

Paula Schwartz — Wed, 08 May 2019 20:27:34 +0000

Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike star as a couple trying to mend a marriage that is unraveling in “State of the Union,” directed by Stephen Frears (“A Very English Scandal,” “Philomena,” “My Beautiful Laundrette”) and written by Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity,” “An Education,” “Juliet, Naked”). “State of the Union” takes place entirely in a London ...

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Zac Efron Goes to A Dark Place to Play Ted Bundy in ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile’

Paula Schwartz — Mon, 06 May 2019 14:38:47 +0000

Teenage heart throb Zac Efron plays the diabolical Ted Bundy in the Netflix film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” which premiered Thursday evening at the Tribeca Film Festival. Efron acquits himself well in a part that must have been excruciating to inhabit; he plays a psychopath who murdered women by reeling them in with ...

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Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Iconic Comedy Duo Laurel and Hardy in ‘Stan & Ollie’

Paula Schwartz — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:52:50 +0000

Steven Coogan and John C. Reilly play to perfection Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in “Stan & Ollie,” a heartbreak of a movie set in the iconic comic duo’s twilight years. The Sony Classics film was celebrated Monday evening with a private screening at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center in Lincoln Center attended by ...

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Glenn Close Honored by the Museum of the Moving Image at Annual Gala

Paula Schwartz — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:41:33 +0000

Glenn Close’s long and illustrious career was honored by the Museum of the Moving Image Monday evening at their annual gala tribute in New York City. Featured speakers who introduced clips from some of her film roles — there have been more than 80 —were Ethan Hawke, Christian Slater, Bob Balaban, Michael Barker and Jim ...

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Gotham Awards: Ethan Hawke Named Best Actor

Paula Schwartz — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 01:00:22 +0000

“The Rider,” a modern-day Western starring non-professional actors, won best feature film, and Ethan Hawke took home the best actor prize for “First Reformed” at the Gotham Awards. The Gotham Independent Film Awards, which were presented Monday evening at Cipriani Wall Street, officially kick off the Oscar season and are considered a bellwether for what’s ...

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