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Post by serin on Sept 10, 2012 2:25:35 GMT -5
Finally.. Joaquin has won a Best Actor award.. He should have won an Oscar with his role as Commodus in Gladiator or with his role in THE QUILLS. And WALK THE LINE..But his missed all the time. Now he has won the Best actor award in Venice Film Festival with THE MASTER (sharing the award with Hoffman).. Congratulations Joaquin..  Won the Golden Globe - interview |
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Post by serin on Sept 15, 2012 3:54:36 GMT -5
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Post by serin on Nov 10, 2012 5:27:49 GMT -5
What a stupid idea it was ..  Joaquin Phoenix was frustrated with Casey Affleck during I'm Still Here mockumentary
The Walk The Line star shocked fans in late 2008 after announcing he was quitting Hollywood and launching himself as a rapper. He grew a beard and adopted a scruffy look as he promoted what he claimed was his final film, Two Lovers, but sparked fears for his mental wellbeing following a bizarre mumbling appearance on U.S. talk show the Late Show with David Letterman. He maintained the hoax for months, and it wasn't until September, 2009, that he and director Affleck came clean about the whole stunt, revealing that it was all part of their mockumentary. However, Phoenix admits he found it tough keeping up appearances as his friends and family feared he was genuinely losing his mind - but Affleck forbid him from sharing their secret with those outside the project. He tells Interview magazine, "It was really hard working with someone who is that good of a friend. He's my best friend. I respect him. I think he's an amazing and talented actor and filmmaker. It was my dream since we were young to work with Casey. But it was very difficult because Casey was really intent on keeping it secret and I, of course, was a bit of a p**sy at times, where I was like, 'Well, I would like to tell my friend who has been calling me for a f**king month, 'Don't worry, everything is cool.' So we had arguments about that. "Initially, it was just basically supposed to be a bad, glorified Saturday Night Live skit. But Casey was really intent on me getting out there publicly and humiliating myself as much as possible. "Casey loves uncomfortable humour, awkward humour. We wanted to capture that random moment of like, 'Oh, god. Please. I'm not watching this.' So he was really pushing. There were a couple things where I was like, 'Nope. I'm not going to Vegas and getting on a stage. I'm not f**king doing it.' And you know, we did it and I was like, 'Dude, I have to do these interviews and I'm keeping this s**t going.'" Hollywoood.com |
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Post by serin on Nov 18, 2012 5:48:23 GMT -5
I have seen THE MASTER nd I am befuddled..  What was it about ? OK, cults I presume.. But what a difficult film that was.. Joaquin at his best, does his usual irritable character. The reviews here are great as they are in the US. Lets hope Joaquin gets an Oscar ,though it seems to be going to DDL with Lincoln.. (But If I were a member of the Academy , I would give the Oscar to LINCOLN, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER..More innovative,if you ask me.. hAHAHAHA!! ) Goodness, a nice picture of Joaq:   But but, this is more like him, no?  |
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Post by serin on Jan 31, 2013 6:00:47 GMT -5
JOAQ wins L.A. Film Critics Award as Best Actor with THE MASTER..(He has also been nominated as Best Actor at the prestigious BAFTA Wards, UK)  Joaq out for a walk  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson to team up again Following their work together on "The Master," Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson are looking to team up again for the director's film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice." The Hollywood Reporter says that the actor is reportedly in negotiations to star as a private "pot-smoking detective" following a kidnapping case in Los Angeles during the late '60s and early '70s. According to previous rumors, Robert Downey Jr. had once been rumored offered the leading role, but ultimately turned it down. |
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Post by serin on Feb 17, 2013 4:11:16 GMT -5
Joaquin and sister Rain Phoenix at 85th Oscars luncheon   |
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Post by serin on May 16, 2013 5:13:31 GMT -5
Cannes Check 2013: James Gray's 'The Immigrant'
 The director: James Gray (American, 43 years old). For whatever reason, sometimes an American filmmaker gathers more of a following among critics abroad than in his own home country, and Gray is one of those. A graduate of the USC film program, though otherwise (as plainly reflected in his films) a born-and-bred New Yorker, Gray got an early start on the European festival circuit: his 1995 debut feature, "Little Odessa," won him the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival when he was just 25 years old. Since then, every one of his four subsequent features -- he's not exactly prolific -- has been placed in Competition at Cannes. The French, in particular, groove to Gray's low-key, 1970s-accented tales of crime and heartbreak in the Big Apple. As if to prove it, he has a writing credit on a second film in Cannes this year: Frenchman Guillaume Canet's out-of-competition "Blood Ties," a New York-set thriller. The talent: Gray isn't the only name linking "The Immigrant" and "Blood Ties": Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (Canet's partner, incidentally) is in both films, and takes the lead here. Joining her at the top of the bill in what one of the Competition's starrier entries are another two Oscar nominees: Jeremy Renner and Joaquin Phoenix. Phoenix, of course, is a Gray regular, having also appeared in the director's last three films. The lower-wattage supporting cast has (obviously, given the subject matter) an international flavor, including players from Poland (Dagmara Dominczyk), Ukraine (Ilia Volok) and Armenia (Angela Sarafyan), as well as long-serving American hardman Antoni Corone. (Also, I don't know how significant a presence burlesque performer DeeDee Luxe is, playing a character called Bandits Roost Tart, is, but those names are too fun not to type.) As with Gray's last film, 2008's "Two Lovers," the director co-wrote the script with the late Ric Menello, famed for his filmic hip-hop collaborations. Among his co-producers, meanwhile, is Greg Shapiro, who shared in the Best Picture Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" four years ago. Below the line, the name to get excited about is Iranian-born, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji, whose long list of impressive credits -- "Seven," "Evita," "My Blueberry Nights," "Mindnight in Paris" -- includes last year's Palme d'Or winner, "Amour." Editor John Axelrad also cut Gray's last two films; he's joined by Kayla Emter. Production designer Happy Massee, who evidently has a lot to work with in this period piece, has a music video background, and also worked on "Two Lovers." The pitch: Known at different points as "Lowlife" and "Nightingale," the originally-scripted "The Immigrant" is Gray's first film to travel beyond New York's recent past, and looks to be his glossiest work to date. Set in 1920, Cotillard plays Polish immigrant Ewa, who, upon her arrival at Ellis Island, is separated from her sister and released alone into Manhattan: there, she finds refuge in the employ of a charismatic pimp Bruno (Phoenix). Potential salvation from a grim life of prostitution arrives in the form of Bruno's cousin Orlando (Renner), a magician with whom she begins a passionate love affair. This appealingly simple synopsis suggests that Gray is working once more in the classical romantic vein of "Two Lovers," though perhaps with inflections of Hollywood melodrama. The film, which has reportedly been complete for some time, is being distributed by The Weinstein Company -- which is especially notable given that Gray and the Weinsteins fell out over Miramax's handling of "The Yards" in 2000. The pedigree: As I mentioned at the top, French Cannes patrons may place Gray higher up the auteur ladder than American ones -- though "Two Lovers," a small film which found a select group of devotees on both sides of the pond, arguably shortened the distance a little. Cannes programmers have certainly been loyal to Gray, though its jurors have been less generous: the director's three previous Competition entries earned not one prize between them. He may be seen as a pet director of the French, though it's still Venice that handed him the biggest (and earliest) coup of his career. The addition of three major stars in their prime -- with Phoenix once more an object of critical fascination following "The Master" -- lends extra cachet. The buzz: Strong. We've been waiting some time for "The Immigrant," which was rumored to be ready ahead of last year's Venice Film Festival -- though it always seemed likelier that Gray would hold out for a fourth straight Cannes berth. Whispers from those who have seen the film (and it's not just the Weinstein publicity machine) describe the film as a significant formal advance for the director, and it's already being pegged as one to watch for the American awards season -- which would be unfamiliar territory indeed for Gray. (You might speculate that the decision to change the title from the sexier, more evocative "Lowlife" to the nobler-sounding "The Immigrant" is not unrelated.) We'll wait and see, though early stills have at least guaranteed us a visual treat. The odds: Cannes oddsmaker Neil Young pegs Gray's Palme chances at a healthy 8-1. Of course, advance excitement doesn't necessarily translate into festival gold, particularly for a starry production guaranteed a life outside the fest -- my gut feeling is that Steven Spielberg will be inclined to subvert expectations by crowning something on the less mainstream end of the spectrum. (Many US prestige pictures that are showered with awards later in the year leave Cannes empty-handed: think "L.A. Confidential" or "No Country for Old Men.") Still, as long as Cannes keeps selecting him, Gray's awards duck has to break at some point: this could be his year to take Best Director, for example. Meanwhile, home favorite Cotillard -- whom many expected to win at Cannes last year for "Rust and Bone" -- will once more be in a crowded Best Actress conversation. The premiere date: Friday, May 24. Read more at www.hitfix.com/in-contention/cannes-check-2013-james-grays-the-immigrant#zwVB6wS4J0p75fcE.99
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Post by serin on Oct 13, 2013 4:33:25 GMT -5
Amy Adams & Joaquin Phoenix: 'Her' Premiere Closes NYFF!
 Amy Adams shows off some cleavage in a low cut dress at the premiere of her new film Her on the closing night of the 2013 New York Film Festival on Saturday evening (October 12) at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. The 39-year-old actress was joined on the red carpet by the film’s star Joaquin Phoenix. Her is about a lonely writer (Phoenix) who develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) that’s designed to meet his every need. It is set to hit theaters in limited release on December 18 and everywhere on January 10.
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