Adaptations are the bread and butter of entertainment, whether it’s “ripped from the headlines” episodes of some Law & Order spin-off to capture the zeitgeist or the story of an established celebrity. Going further are the adaptations of books which… Read More ›
Gaby Hoffmann
“You Can Count on Me” is a downhome Criterion Collection release.
The best small-town dramas welcome the viewer back to a place they remember but never visited. The town itself has nothing and everything to do with this film, serving as a setting, a cage, and a refuge depending on who… Read More ›
A Conversation with “C’mon C’mon” writer/director Mike Mills.
EoM contributor Thomas Manning recently had the opportunity to submit a question in a virtual Q&A with writer and director Mike Mills about his new film C’mon C’mon, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, and Woody Norman. Read below as Mike… Read More ›
Mike Mills’s “C’mon C’mon” meticulously delves into the subtleties and complications of human life. [Film Fest 919]
I’m not really sure at what point Joaquin Phoenix became a “weird” actor. My best guess lies in his strange publicity stunt of retiring from acting and becoming a rapper for the Casey Affleck “documentary” I’m Still Here, or maybe… Read More ›