Wednesday
May222019
Maleficent Triptych
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:30PM 
That's it. That's the post.
No, we kid. We need the close-up that matters and to talk trailer and costumes...
Entries in Elle Fanning (56)
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:30PM Tuesday
May142019
Cannes Begins: Iñárritu and His Jury Arrive
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 2:00PM by Nathaniel R
The 72nd edition of the world's most famous festival has officially begun. We'll try to bring you comprehensive daily coverage by astral projecting ourselves across the ocean (i.e. watching online videos from France and following critics on Twitter). Earlier today the president of this year's main jury Alejandro González Iñárritu arrived with his gender-balanced fellow jurors in tow (or "classmates," as Maimouna N'Diaye so charmingly put it in the preference conference)...
Wednesday
Apr242019
Soundtracking: Teen Spirit
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 9:00AM by Chris Feil
Cover songs used to be a pop music regularity, whether they were outright hijacked by artists like Elvis or a staple regurgitated among contemporaries. Recent decades have made them pop culture artifacts or ironic reimaginings that overturn the original mood - the era of somber takes on upbeat tunes really fooled us for awhile. And then another cycle came for the cover song: televised singing competitions. This phase comes to life in bisexually lighting in Max Minghella’s Teen Spirit.
Friday
Mar152019
SXSW: Elle Fanning has "Teen Spirit"
Friday, March 15, 2019 at 6:20PM Abe Fried-Tanzer reporting from SXSW
It feels like every other movie these days is directed by a famous actor. There are a handful of them at SXSW this year, including Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart (reviewed) and Logan Marshall-Green’s Adopt a Highway starring Ethan Hawke. Both of those make sense given the type of films those actors have starred in, which match up decently with what they have made behind the camera. Max Minghella’s Teen Spirit, on the other hand, is a less expected debut.
Minghella is probably most recognizable from his starring role as the kindhearted Nick on The Handmaid’s Tale, and he also had a memorable part in The Social Network, among other things. His father was the late Oscar-winning Anthony Minghella (The English Patient). That piece of trivia makes the subject of Max’s first film even stranger since it doesn’t track with that kind of serious prestigious filmmaking either...
Tuesday
May292018
Maleficent 2 Begins Filming. A Few Words on the Cast
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 4:53PM by Nathaniel R
As much as I neither enjoyed Maleficent (2014) nor have any reason whatsoever to believe the sequel will be any better, I'll admit that I am as gullible as anyone when it comes to promotional hype about blockbusters. I veritably squealed when I saw this photo on Elle Fanning's instagram today. And then this equally delicious photo...