Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in She Said Given the subject matter, it pains me to report that She Said is not very good. Adapted from the book of the same name by journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, She Said recounts the months of investigation and work that went into Kantor and Twohey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bombshell By Sarah • Nov 18, 2022 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, Do you need a break from, you know, all of it? Just everything? At the end of your rope, exhausted, all full up on bad news? If you are, Ethan Hawke is providing a perfect escape via his new docu-series, The Last Movie Stars. It’s about legendary By Sarah • Jul 22, 2022 09:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews She Said has a Brad Pitt problem One of the obvious big players for award season is She Said, a film adaptation of the 2019 book that told the behind-the-scenes story of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal in the New York Times. The film is directed by German filmmaker Maria Schrader, who By Sarah • Jul 15, 2022 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoe Kazan is remaking Elia Kazan Let’s hear it for nepotism, y’all, Zoe Kazan is adapting East of Eden, the John Steinbeck novel her grandfather, Elia Kazan, turned into one of the greatest films of the 1950s. Seriously, though, two things can be true: Zoe Kazan is part of a significant Hollywood legacy, and By Sarah • Jun 22, 2022 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 10, 2017 Dear Gossips, The big story at the box office this weekend was Spider-man: Homecoming, the third best opening of the year behind Beauty And The Beast and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2. The big story at the specialty box office this year, however, continues to be The Big Sick. By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 09:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kumail Nanjiani in The Big Sick F-ck, I love romantic comedies. The Big Sick is a great romantic comedy that reminds even the most pessimistic viewer that rom-coms are not dead and when done right, they're just, you know, comedies that are also romantic. The Big Sick is funny as f-ck and romantic as By Kathleen • Jun 29, 2017 02:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jenny Slate in My Blind Brother Nick Kroll of The Kroll Show fame stars as Bill, a sort of schlubby, vaguely depressed guy who, at the beginning of the movie, is completing a marathon with his athletic brother, Robbie (Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation). There’s a catch, though—Robbie is blind. And there’s another By Sarah • Oct 06, 2016 03:46 pm
BFFs Jake in plaid Jake Gyllenhaal was photographed in London today heading to BBC Radio presumably to promote Nocturnal Animals. The film will be released in November but it will screen at the London Film Festival next week. It’s been quiet in Jake news lately – unless you count Tom Ford telling us that By Lainey • Oct 03, 2016 11:38 am
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Zoe’s big bow If it were another Zooey wearing this outfit, I’d be drowning in teacups. But being that it’s Zoe Kazan, it doesn’t annoy me at all and I love this outfit and I want it badly and is that unfair? By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sundance Preview 2016: 10 to Watch The Sundance Film Festival begins this tomorrow, which means we’re officially eyeballing movies for the 2017 award season. As always, narrowing this down to just ten movies was a son of a bitch. There are a lot of interesting and good-looking movies at Sundance this year, but here are By Sarah • Jan 20, 2016 03:00 pm
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Zoe’s red carpet pyjamas I think we might be fighting about this. I love. You hate? But look at that print! There are meerkats! And buffalo! And an old-fashioned telephone! And it just looks so comfortable. And so much more interesting than some strapless dress you’ve seen over and over and over again. By Lainey • Nov 10, 2015 09:51 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Emmys nothing to give: Frances McDormand Frances McDormand won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/Movie for Olive Kitteridge, which gives her a TOE (Tony-Oscar-Emmy). This is a not insignificant achievement, and as icing on her cake, Kitteridge also won a boatload of other Emmys, including ones for writing, directing, lead and supporting By Sarah • Sep 21, 2015 06:13 am
Style Zoe Kazan from head to toe Did you ever see Ruby Sparks? Paul Dano writes Zoe Kazan to life. Sort of. And I’m in love with them in real life. Zoe was here in Toronto a couple of weeks ago with Daniel Radcliffe to promote The F Word (What If outside of Canada). I interviewed By Lainey • Aug 05, 2014 01:41 pm
Amazingness Collective crushing on Daniel Radcliffe I interviewed Daniel Radcliffe – again – at the Toronto premiere of The F Word (What If in the USA) on Monday. Yesterday I interviewed him – again – on The Social alongside my colleagues Melissa Grelo, Cynthia Loyst, and Jess Allen. That’s probably about a dozen times now that I’ve interviewed By Lainey • Jul 23, 2014 04:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I want to see Ruby Sparks Ruby Sparks opened in limited release this weekend. I haven’t seen it yet but really, really want to. For a few reasons: I love Zoe Kazan and she wrote it. I love Paul Dano (remember how wonderful he was in Little Miss Sunshine?). I love that Zoe and Paul By Lainey • Jul 30, 2012 12:17 pm
