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Sarah Polley Will Direct Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams in Take This Waltz
I’m a big fan of Sarah Polley. In addition to her work developing and promoting film in Canada, she’s long demonstrated an ability to choose smart, interesting roles, whether in small dramas or...
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Joel Silver and Dark Castle Buying Sundance Horror Hit Splice?
Most of the deals to come out of Sundance have been fairly small, from a monetary perspective. There’s just not much cash in indies these days, so the glory days of massive buys at the fest seem to be...
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Splice Movie Trailer
Vincenzo Natali‘s Splice, starring Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody as researchers who create a not quite human life form, has seemed like an exiciting prospect from the get-go. The film did well at...
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Splice Trailer #2: More Flash Cuts, More Creature Glimpses
We’ve already seen one trailer (and a couple clips) from Vincenzo Natali‘s Sundance hit Splice, which Warner Bros. will release this summer. Now there is a second trailer that shows a little more of...
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Casting Notes: Sarah Silverman in Take This Waltz; Greg Kinnear and Katie...
Sarah Polley is putting together a film she’ll direct as a follow-up to the sad and terrific Away From Her, and she’s just landed Sarah Silverman to appear alongside Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams....
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Internet Movie Trailer: Splice
Vincenzo Natali‘s Splice hits theaters later this week, and Warner Bros has released one last movie trailer to promote the film — an internet exclusive trailer. Watch the trailer now embedded after...
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Sarah Silverman to Appear Nude in Sarah Polley’s ‘Take This Waltz’
Let’s skip the formalities, shall we? Sarah Silverman is co-starring in Sarah Polley‘s film Take This Waltz, and for the first time in her career, she will be appearing naked. As in: full-frontal...
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Photos: Blake Lively & Chloe Moretz in ‘Hick’, Jason Segel in ‘Jeff Who Lives...
The Toronto International Film Festival has just announced the first fifty or so films from its 2011 line-up today, including new works by Alexander Payne, the Duplass Brothers, Sarah Polley, and...
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First Toronto Festival Announcements Include New Work From George Clooney,...
If you’re more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer’s glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first...
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‘Take This Waltz’ Clips: Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams Wrestle with...
Multi-hyphenate Sarah Polley first gained attention as a director at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival, where she premiered her first feature, Away From Her. Subtle and bittersweet, the film demonstrated...
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Sarah Polley to Adapt Margaret Atwood’s 19th Century Murder Tale ‘Alias Grace’
Although Sarah Polley has only written and directed two feature films to date, she’s already gained a reputation as a promising young filmmaker. Her first film, Away From Her, received glowing reviews...
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‘Take This Waltz’ Trailer: Michelle Williams and Idiotic, Marvelous,...
Sarah Polley‘s latest directorial effort, Take This Waltz, stars Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen as a couple struggling with fidelity and the complexities of dealing with love and sex as Williams’...
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‘Take This Waltz’ Trailer – Michelle Williams’ Life Has a Gap In It
After making her directorial debut in 2006 with Away From Her, about an elderly couple battling dementia, Sarah Polley‘s returning once again to the topic of marital strife. In her sophomore effort...
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Seth Rogen Goes Dramatic to Great Effect in ‘Take This Waltz’ [Tribeca Review]
If you’d told me that Seth Rogen would be the pleasant surprise of a quiet indie relationship drama starring Michelle Williams, I’m not sure I’d have believed you. This is her territory, after all, if...
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‘Stories We Tell’ Trailer – Sarah Polley’s First Documentary Debuts at Venice
Just two films into her directorial career, Sarah Polley‘s demonstrated an affinity for intimate, bittersweet dramas whether they be about senior citizens battling Alzheimer’s or pretty young things...
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‘Stories We Tell’ Review: Sarah Polley’s Family Documentary Is Absolutely...
Sarah Polley‘s documentary Stories We Tell is absolutely brilliant. I don’t use that word lightly, but I’ll say it again: brilliant. The actress-turned-director trains the camera on herself in a movie...
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‘Stories We Tell’ Trailer: Sarah Polley’s Documentary Makes You Question...
The calendar might only say “March,” but I doubt I’ll see many movies this year better than Sarah Polley‘s Stories We Tell. Since I saw it at Sundance (read my review here) I haven’t been able to stop...
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/Film Interview: Sarah Polley Explains Secrets of Her Brilliant Documentary...
When I first saw Stories We Tell I was stunned. When I saw it again, I knew that reaction was warranted. And when I talked to the film’s director, everything was further illuminated. That director is...
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Sarah Polley to Direct John Green’s ‘Looking For Alaska’
If you’re one of the millions who plunked down $15 earlier this month for the privilege of ugly-crying in public, here’s some good news for you. Sarah Polley has just been attached to write and direct...
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‘Little Women’ Remake in the Works at Sony; Sarah Polley to Script
Louisa May Alcott‘s Little Women are getting another big picture. Sony is moving forward with a new adaptation of the classic novel, about four sisters growing up in the post-Civil War era. Amy Pascal...
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