Gary Winick

Director Tom McCarthy Talks WIN WIN, THE MILLION DOLLAR ARM, Working for Pixar & Making UP, More

by Ron Messer    Posted: April 11th, 2011 at 9:31 am

After three weeks of rave reviews in selected cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Dallas and Phoenix, Win Win expanded to a host of new cities this weekend.  It paid off with $5,398 per theater, (in the top 5 averages over the past 3 days) and $1.22 million overall.  We’ve spread out our interviews with the film’s Oscar-nominated stars Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and newcomer Alex Shaffer through the platform release because highly praised independent films which actually exceed that hype are rare and deserve all the extended support that sites like the one you’re reading can provide.

That brings us to our fourth installment: an interview with the film’s Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor and Up).  For a writer, director and actor who is so meticulous about his work on both sides of the camera, he was surprisingly open about his process in all three disciplines.  Hit the jump for the interview’s audio and transcript, including a look inside Pixar, the latest on The Million Dollar Arm, how Patricia Clarkson one-upped him on The Station Agent and his memories of an indie film trailblazer.  Continued after the jump.

R.I.P. Director Gary Winick (1961 – 2011)

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 28th, 2011 at 9:01 am

Director Gary Winick passed away yesterday at the age of 49.  Winick’s debut feature was the 1989 horror film Curfew, but his varied filmography spanned to include acclaimed indie dramas like 2002′s Tadpole to lovable crowd-pleasers like 13 Going on 30.  However, as IFC points out in their obituary, Winick’s most enduring legacy might be “InDigEnt, the collective he created with Cinetic’s John Sloss and IFC Films to make films for under $100,000 on digital video.” Through InDigEnt, Winick produced an array of celebrated indie films including Rebecca Miller’s Personal Velocity, Peter Hedges’ Pieces of April, Richard Linklater’s Tape, and Steve Buscemi’s Lonesome Jim.

Our deepest condolences go out to Mr. Winick’s friends and family.

11 Movie Clips from LETTERS TO JULIET Starring Amanda Seyfried and Gael García Bernal

by David Lane    Posted: May 4th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Opening May 14 is Summit Entertainment’s Letter’s To Juliet and it stars Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero.  Here’s the synopsis:

When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. After answering one letter dated from 1957, she inspires its author (Vanessa Redgrave) to travel to Italy in search of her long-lost love, which sets off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they have ever imagined.

We’ve been given 11 clips from the movie.  Hit the jump to check them out:

Summit 2010 Preview: Synopses and Images from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, FURRY VENGEANCE, REMEMBER ME, THE GHOSTWRITER, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm

Summit Entertainment has released synopses and some first look images from their 2010 films and it’s all after the jump.  They’re 2010 preview includes The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, directed by David Slade (Hard Candy) and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Bryce Dallas Howard; Furry Vengeance, directed by Roger Kumble (College Road Trip) and starring Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields; Letters to Juliet, directed by Gary Winick (Bride Wars) and starring Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Vanessa Redgrave; Remember Me, directed by Allen Coulter (Hollywoodland) and starring Robert Pattinson, Emile de Ravin, Chris Cooper, and Pierce Brosnan; and The Ghostwriter, directed by Roman Polanski (Chinatown) and starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Wilkinson, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, and Eli Wallach.

Also, while they didn’t release any images, they did provide the first synopsis for Red, which is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, and Mary Louise Parker.

Check out everything after the jump. It’s posted in order of each film’s release date.

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