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Michelle Pfeiffer Shares Her Favorite One-Liner From ‘French Exit’ [Interview]

February 8, 2021 11:20 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

28 years. That's how long it's been since Michelle Pfeiffer was nominated for an Academy Award. In that case, it was the now forgotten drama "Love Field." Now, thanks to the attention of a Golden Globe nominat...

‘French Exit’: With No F*cks To Give, Michelle Pfeiffer Sets An Icy World Of Privilege Ablaze [NYFF Review]

Tomris Laffly

October 11, 2020 8:55 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

A Tragedy of Manners. This is how bestselling author Patrick DeWitt’s satirical novel “French Exit” was billed upon its publishing in 2018. That description is also spot-on for this elegant, droll, and heartbr...

‘French Exit’: Michelle Pfeiffer & Lucas Hedges Film With A Talking Cat To Close Out NYFF 2020

Charles Barfield

August 11, 2020 3:09 pm

Festivals, News

While the US festival season has been in a bit of disarray since SXSW was canceled back in March, it appears that some events will actually take place before the end of 2020, led by the New York Film Festival ...

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Debra Winger Didn’t Think She Was Making A Comedy When She Shot ‘The Lovers’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

May 5, 2017 2:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews

There is a moment in Azazel Jacobs’ “The Lovers” (read our review of the movie, which opens in limited release today) that feels almost shockingly real. And it’s a small one that almost anyone watching the movi...

Azazel Jacobs’ ‘The Lovers’ Is A Wonderfully Adult Romantic Comedy [Tribeca Review]

Kimber Myers

April 30, 2017 5:33 pm

News, Reviews

In other hands, the stripped-down premise of "The Lovers" — a decades-long marriage in its death throes — could be a dour experience or even an enjoyably nasty one. But writer/director Azazel Jacobs (HBO's "Dol...

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