Interview articles from July 2007

Interview archives from July 2007

Blunt force.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, Prior to reading your May cover story on Emily Blunt, I had no idea that she was not just a terrific comedic actress, but also one who could hold her own in a drama--and onstage opposite none other than Judi Dench! I loved...

Lost in translation?(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, I was pleasantly surprised to see Brad Pitt on the cover of your March 2007 issue and by his mention of the Academy Award-winning movie The Departed. I have been a fan of Pitt's for a while and am aware of his longtime...

Food for thought.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, Thank you for interviewing Year of the Dog director, Mike White, [May 2007] and for mentioning his vegan diet. As a middle-aged and initially reluctant convert to vegetarianism and later veganism (a result of the constant...

The floor is yours.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, I just read an article by Stephen Mooallem from your September 2006 issue, in connection with the release of the Kirby Dick documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated. In the piece, I appreciated Kirby Dick's remarks about...

Save those copies!(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, Since the day I received it, the Elizabeth Taylor issue [February 2007] has made a huge impression on me! It is one of those issues I will treasure forever. The black-and-white photos of the Burtons in Puerto Vallarta,...

Fifteen minutes and counting.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, Congratulations on the new website! I loved the 15 minutes of audio interviews with Ingrid Sischy and Bruce Weber--what a wonderful bonus. Thank you for continuing to publish Interview after all these years. Andy Warhol...

Oops.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Dear Interview, I'm currently enjoying your April 2007 issue and its great Off the Charts photo spread. But I believe that the caption on page 130 misidentifies two members of the Allman Brothers Band--the names of Dickey Betts and Berry...

Zoe Cassavetes: it took years of prowling around movie sets to find what she was looking for: the director's chair.(view WOMAN)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... Zoe Cassavetes's feature debut as a writer and director, Broken English, marks her official entree into the family business: She is the daughter of actress Gena Rowlands and legendary director John Cassavetes; older siblings Nick and Xan are...

Justice: the experimental disco revivalists who've got jaws dropping, tongues wagging, and mirror balls once again twirling.(MUSIC BUZZ)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... The new Daft Punk? That's how Justice often gets labeled--and not without reason. Like Daft Punk, Justice is a mysterious duo comprising two Parisian producers (Xavier de Rosnay, 25, and Gaspard Auge, 28) who happen to make the funkiest,...

Joan as police woman: a former professional side-woman unleashes a dreamy, soulful debut.(MUSIC BREAKOUT)(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... "It's true what they say about me/That I'm out of my mind but I think that you like it," sings Joan Wasser on the title track of her startlingly original debut album, Real Life (Cheap Lullaby). Recorded under the name Joan As Police Woman--a...

Amanda Bynes.(SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... A 21-year-old actress associated with prom-queen appeal might not have seemed the obvious choice to play Penny Pingleton, the best friend of a shunned heavy girl in the new movie-musical Hairspray. Amanda Bynes might have seemed more...

Michael Sheen: in the hit play Frost/Nixon actor Michael Sheen once again steps into the shoes of a well-known figure to illuminate a critical moment in contemporary life.(CHAMELEON IN DEMAND)(Interview)
July 1, 2007... Having already played to wide acclaim a variety of real-life characters ranging from Mozart to H.G. Wells to British Prime Minister Tony Blair (twice, recently in Stephen Frears's Oscar-nominated The Queen), casting the chameleon actor as...

Marina Hands: the former equestrian's breakout role has her galloping onto the big screen as one of literature's most famous cheats in this summer's steamiest film.(MOVIE NEWS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Marina Hands was something of a reluctant actress. As a teen she was a member of the French national junior equestrian team, but she realized that her horse-riding future was uncertain at best. "My dad is a theater director in London, and my...

Hue betcha: what to pack for a summer over the rainbow.(FASHION BRIGHT IDEA)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... During the summer months most people's brains are tuned to salt water and sunscreen, but while we watched the men's catwalk presentations for spring and summer 2007, designers' offerings were so filled with bold primary hues that art classes...

White noise, young toughs, and diamonds in the rough.(SOUND ADVICE)
July 1, 2007... LAVENDER DIAMOND Imagine Our Love (Matador) Lavender Diamond's debut album stuns in its beauty--it's almost anachronistic in how it revels in the pleasures of heartfelt, homemade sound. Led by the gossamer vocals of Becky Stark, this...

Transformers.(Michael Bay)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Preview: TRANSFORMERS (Paramount) Directed by Michael Bay It wouldn't be summer without a dose of CGI. Imagine West Side Story (1961) with the Jets and the Sharks replaced by two warring camps of transforming alien robots, and you'll...

A Mighty Heart.(Michael Winterbottom)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Preview: A MIGHTY HEART (Paramount Vantage) Directed by Michael Winterbottom Based on Mariane Pearl's 2004 memoir, Michael Winterbottom's latest recounts her desperate search for her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel...

Sicko.(Michael Moore)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Preview: SICKO (The Weinstein Company) Directed by Michael Moore The American health-care system is in dire need of repair. That is the operating thesis of Michael Moore's new documentary, in which he performs a de facto...

Interview.(Steve Buscemi)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Review: INTERVIEW (Sony Pictures Classics) Directed by Steve Buscemi Steve Buscemi's remake of a 2003 film by the late Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh (who was brutally murdered in 2004 by a Muslim radical) transports the story of a...

Joshua.(Movie review)
July 1, 2007... Review: JOSHUA (Fox Searchlight) Directed by George Ratliff In what could have been offensive if not so utterly risible, George Ratliff's feature debut (after his effective 2001 documentary Hell House) depicts the coming-of-age of an...

This is England.(Movie review)
July 1, 2007... Review: THIS IS ENGLAND (IFC First Take) Directed by Shane Meadows Dead Man's Shoes (2004) director Shane Meadows finally makes the film that he has always hinted at having in him--a bold, big-vision take on youth, culture, and growing...

You Kill Me.(Movie review)
July 1, 2007... Review: YOU KILL ME (IFC Films) Directed by John Dahl Just when you thought the gangster-in-therapy cycle has been played out, along comes this black-comic twist that also puts John Dahl, the recently derailed director of The Last...

Death at a Funeral.(Movie review)
July 1, 2007... Review: DEATH AT A FUNERAL (MGM) Directed by Frank Oz One dead body turns into two dead bodies, and what to do with the second becomes a real issue in this small-scale comedy directed by Frank Oz. A change of pace from the full-on...

Elephant dancing: why the cool, confident sound of Kelly Willis ultimately blows away the year's biggest noisemakers.(Translated from Love)(Sound recording review)
July 1, 2007... There's nothing on Kelly Willis's new Translated From Love--a wonderful album titled after its soppiest song--to come close to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab," but there isn't anything else around that does, either. Growing in presence by the month,...

All the dish: the fish are jumpin' and the livin' is easy.(Momofuku Ssam Bar)(Sfoglia)(Boqueria)(Restaurant review)
July 1, 2007... Like summers the world over, the warm months In New York City tend to bring with them a hunger to kick back in a way that the rest of the year's daily rush leaves little room for. Maybe it's because of the city's island geography, but once the...

Get your bloom on: floral accessories that are anything but garden variety.(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Maybe it's the widespread threat of global warming that makes us yearn to be closer to Mother Nature. Maybe it's the dedicated green spaces starting to sprout up all over our concrete jungles. Or maybe it's just the pure, unadulterated joy that...

Letter from the editor.(Paul McCartney)(Editorial)
July 1, 2007... JULY 2007 Forty years ago (in June 1967) the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album that is arguably the Holy Grail of rock 'n' roll music. The record--with many of the song collaborations credited to John Lennon...

Don Cheadle: whether he plays a thief, a porn star, or a hotel-manager-cum-savior, the unifying trait in many of Don Cheadle's most acclaimed performances is his humanity, and it's a quality that's equally apparent in one of his latest roles: human rights activist. Matt Damon gets the scoop.(Interview)
July 1, 2007... In life and in work, Don Cheadle is one of those actors with a marked preference for avoiding the showy side of things--a quality that makes the fact that he's suddenly everywhere all the more striking. Already this year Cheadle has had one big...

Marion Cotillard: so how do you play an icon who surmounted trauma, heartache, and drug addiction to become one of France's greatest singers?(Interview)
July 1, 2007... When the biopic La Vie en Rose was shown at a film festival in New York City earlier this year, The New York Times reviewer Stephen Holden wrote: "Marion Cotillard's feral portrait of the French singer Edith Piaf as a captive wild animal...

Paul: today the man behind "Yesterday" is both looking back and looking forward. Here he recalls his early days with John, George, and Ringo; the later years with Linda; the leather factor; and the wonder of right now.(Interview)
July 1, 2007... INGRID SISCHY: Hi, Paul! You sound like you're on the street. PAUL McCARTNEY: I'm in my back garden, and the people next door are blowing leaves. I can move out of the way if it's interfering. IS: No, I like the sound of leaves...

The body electric.(sportswear)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... America and sports have grown up together. Walt Whitman noticed this symbiosis 150-odd years ago--minting poems that celebrated the fusion of physical play with the national character. This summer, designers have paid extra attention to the...

Daniel Craig.(Interview)(Cover story)
July 1, 2007... WHILE THE 007 TRADITIONALISTS WERE OBSESSING OVER THE COLOR OF HIS LOCKS, DANIEL CRAIG SET ABOUT IMBUING THE BOND FRANCHISE WITH NEW LIFE--IN THE PROCESS FASHIONING THE MOST RASCALLY DELICIOUS VERSION OF THE CHARACTER YET, AND EARNING HIMSELF...

Mamie Gummer: critics think that this young actress's mother walks on water. Mamie Gummer actually has.(Interview)
July 1, 2007... To say that 23-year-old actress Mamie Gummer has big shoes to fill is to insult size 12s everywhere--she's the daughter of noted sculptor Don Gummer and Meryl Streep. Gummer's first major film role is in Evening, an art-house piece about two...

John Krasinski: how many people can say they've joked with Robin Williams about drinking in rehab, gotten down and dirty for George Clooney, and invented a device to measure whether someone's gay? Exactly one: John Krasinski.(Interview)
July 1, 2007... Still in his twenties, John Krasinski has earned a pantheonic place in television history with the pranks his character Jim Halpert plays on The Office. From the show's pilot, when he encased someone's stapler in Jello, to a YouTube-favorite...

Hot city days and nights.
July 1, 2007... 1 Michael Shvo in NYC at the awards ceremony for the Star Award Competition, hosted by H. Stern and Pratt Institute Special thanks to Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance. 2 Andrew Strasser and Antonio Velotta at the Star Award ceremony 3 Elizabeth and...