It’s debatable whether Ethan Hawke has ever given a better performance in his long and impressive career than his turn as abolitionist John Brown in the Showtime miniseries The Good Lord Bird. He’s certainly not given a bigger one. Brown was a passionate, bordering-on-unhinged opponent of slavery who led the …
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Seeing French divinities Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche together is enough to make this movie a must-see — and that’s no lie. Any flimsiness in the script by director Hirokazu Kore-eda, the Japanese filmmaker behind Shoplifters, After Life, and Nobody Knows, is quickly overcome by the sight of this dazzling …
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After weeks of hand-wringing and Twitter-screaming, the 2019 Academy Award nominations were announced, and the results were relatively predictable – Roma! A Star is Born! The Favourite! And [weary sigh] Green Book! Naturally, this early wake-up call also held fast to one of the Oscars‘ most enduring traditions: the surprise …
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Ethan Hawke invited Rolling Stone‘sDavid Fear to join him at one of his favorite Brooklyn restaurants for the latest installment of the RS Interview. Hawke has been earning critical acclaim for his role in Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, with some predicting he’ll get an Oscar nomination for his role as …
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