Press / Post archive for ‘2006’

LITTLE CHILDREN (2006)

With his newest feature Little Children, director Todd Field — who moved audiences with his 2005 film In The Bedroom (starring Charlottesville’s own Stacey Spacek) — returns with a provocative examination of modern suburban life, marriage, fidelity, and the loneliness of secret dreams. Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson star in this multi-layered romantic [...]

MORGAN FREEMAN

Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman maintains one of Hollywood’s most prolific careers, coupling integrity with elegance. Freeman enjoys a level of respect and admiration within the entertainment industry for his talent, business acumen and integrity. His work has transcended type and redefined variety, with roles ranging from the pimp Fast Black in Street Smart, Sergeant [...]

PAUL WAGNER

Paul Wagner, Charlottesville’s first and only Emmy- and Oscar-winning documentary film director, still gives serious meaning to the self-styled guerrilla filmmaker. In 1996, he led a small film crew into Tibet and secretly filmed scenes with a digital video camera in order to produce Windhorse, a gritty and evocative film about the horrors Tibetans still [...]

LIEV SCHREIBER

After a year at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, Liev Schreiber embarked on his professional career at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. The tall (6′2″), brooding actor with the youthful face and resonant voice originally wanted to be a writer, but was drawn to performing. [...]

TENDER MERCIES (1983)

Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Horton Foote
Cinematrographer: Russell Boyd
Cast: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley
Running Time: 100 min.