Interview articles from October 2005

Interview archives from October 2005

The Rachel papers.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, If ever there was an actress deserving of attention, it is Rachel Weisz, so it was with real pleasure that I spotted that gorgeous portrait of her on your September cover. I've been an admirer of her work in a variety of...

Both sides now.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I have always enjoyed Joni Mitchell's music and will continue to do so. I admire her willingness to emerge from the safe confines of what has worked so well for her commercially and branch out into blues, jazz, etc. Her...

The sum of his parts.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I very much enjoyed Sam Schechner's piece on the talented young actor Michael Angarano [August 2005]. I feel, however, that most people will know him best from his work on Will & Grace, in which he plays Elliot, Jack's son,...

A spear through his heart.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I've loved your magazine for years, and with every new issue I feel a little bit more in touch with what great artists, in every medium, are doing. But for probably the first time I found myself rolling my eyes incessantly...

The influence confluence.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, As a creative photographer and artist, I much appreciated the interview with Ed Ruscha [July 2005] and discovering that we share many of the same influences. I liked Mr. Ruscha's response in which he said, "curators will...

For Pete's sake.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Finally an American magazine has caught on to Pete Doherty [August 2005], one of England's biggest rock 'n' roll icons. And to make things even better, he's on your cover! Besides Liam Gallagher, Doherty is one of the most...

Why a picture's worth a thousand words.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I received the September issue of Interview in the mail this week and ran across the article about Paz de la Huerta. I've been hoping for just such a piece ever since my first issue of Interview, in which she appeared in a...

Maggie Grace: from a hot cult show to this season's clammy cult film.(MOVIE BREAKOUT)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Her hit series Lost may be filmed in Hawaii, but actress Maggie Grace, who plays spoiled rich girl Shannon Rutherford on the show, is far from desert island-bound. This month, the 22-year-old Columbus, Ohio, native will leap from sunny...

Brian Geraghty: all he used to dream about was riding waves on the new jersey shore. Now he's about to catch a cinematic one of his own.(MOVIE BUZZ)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... As a self-described "surf punk" growing up in the seaside town of Toms River, New Jersey, Brian Geraghty hadn't given much thought to life after high school, until a chance viewing of Dead Man Walking (1995) changed everything. "It was Sean...

Jewel Staite: meet the sci-fi set's mew barbarellla.(MOVIE SPOTLIGHT)
October 1, 2005... To be able to take on an alien life form is every Trekkie's dream, but at the age of 23, Jewel Staite has already done it more times than she'd care to remember. The actress, who was discovered in a Vancouver shopping mall at age 5, has...

Francine Prose: it could be said that without Caravaggio's innovations film noir would not have come to exist. So who exactly was this convention-busting painter with a reach that has spanned four centuries? A new book by Francine Prose aims to find out.(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... PATRICK GILES: Last week I read your biography Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles [out this month from the HarperCollins Eminent Lives series]. It sent me looking through all my art books for the actual pictures you talk about. FRANCINE...

Book smart: the fall collections brought to mind some of literature's most memorable heroines. Interview presents three who will jump off the pages and into your closet.(FASHION LATEST)
October 1, 2005... Capturing our imaginations and our hearts, the heroes and heroines of literature make an indelible impression on us and are so embedded in our minds that while viewing the fall fashion shows, we couldn't help but be reminded of our favorite...

Bubblicious: like champagne, chewing gum, and a good bath, some of the best things in life are bubbly.(FASHION FORECAST)
October 1, 2005... Fashion has once again come full circle. For fall 2005 bubble skirts and round, Cristobal Balenciaga-inspired dresses were re-imagined in fresh new ways--creating this season's most exciting proportion. From the sexy balloon-skirted cocktail...

Rihanna: a big-voiced beauty queen booms out.(MUSIC NEWS)(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2005... Sometimes all you have to do to get what you want is ask--at least, that's how easy it seemed for Robyn Rihanna Fenty. In "Pon de Replay," her Caribbean-flavored first single, she repeatedly pleads, "Come, Mr. DJ, won't you turn the music up?"...

Giant drag: a melodically moody match made in musical heaven.(MUSIC TIP)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... When singer and guitarist Annie Hardy's mother tried to introduce her daughter to the nice boy she met at work, Hardy reacted in a manner not uncommon for independent-minded young women. "I was like, 'No fucking way!'" she recalls. Her mother's...

Diamond Nights: the city that never sleeps might just need a nap after these guys are done with it.(MUSIC HEAT)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Diamond Nights singer Morgan Phalen is about to drop off a U-Haul, having just returned with his band from their first trip through the U.S. He's exhausted and feeling a bit nostalgic now that the tour has ended. "The best part is right when...

Tilda Swinton & Mike Mills: enter the weird, wonderful world of indie film's fiercest new partners in crime.(THIS MONTH'S DARING DUO)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Based on a novel by Walter Kirn, director Mike Mills's feature-film debut, Thumbsucker, plumbs the depths of adolescent angst with the coming-of-age tale of high school senior Justin Cobb (played by breakout star Lou Pucci), whose compulsion...

Painting outside the lines: fall's brightest and best makeup colors encourage you to channel your inner abstract expressionist and make your face your canvas.(LOOK OF THE MONTH)
October 1, 2005... Going beyond traditional shades and breaking down barriers between blush, shadow, and liner, makeup this fall comes in a whole spectrum of Fauvist colors. Although these shades may appear daunting at first, they can add a fresh element if you...

Warren Beaty: to some he was the ultimate playboy, to others the consummate puritan. But as a new biography reveals, it was a contradiction that's pure Warren Beatty. Here, an exclusive first look.(LEGEND--BEHIND THE SCENES)
October 1, 2005... For most of the '60s, Warren Beatty was a Hollywood juvenile working hard to get the movie industry to pay attention to more than just his dazzling smile. He'd already made interesting choices in early film appearances--a gigolo in Tennessee...

Rossella Tarabini: with music as her muse the creative director behind Anna Molinari talks about her heroes and heroines and the clothes they inspire.(DESIGNER PROFILE)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... ANNABEL TOLLMAN: Tell me a little bit about growing up, because your mother has been a designer since you were very small. ROSSELLA TARABINI: Right, and my father is our boss. AT: Were you expected to go into fashion? RT: No, There...

Elton's tip sheet.(MUSIC OPINION)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... INGRID SISCHY: So, Elton, the expectations for music this past summer were huge, with a lot of established artists who have done great work in the past releasing their second or third albums. But ultimately, nothing that was a surprise really...

Delia & Gavin: The Days of Mars.
October 1, 2005... If you happened to be sitting around the house the other day, trying to decide whether to throw out your tie-dye T-shirt and 12-foot bong, and wondering whatever happened to Tangerine Dream, there's good news for you: Delia and Gavin. The New...

Bob Dylan: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack--the Bootleg Series, Volume 7.
October 1, 2005... For the casual Bob Dylan fan, the two-disc soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home is a great overview, with live and alternate takes of many of his most loved songs of the '60s. But for the serious Dylanologist, this...

Dangerdoom: The Mouse & the Mask.(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2005... When two of hip-hop's quirkiest personalities come together, it'd be surprising if the result didn't feature stoner-friendly cartoon characters. MF Doom and Danger Mouse have made the first-ever concept album about the Cartoon Network's popular...

Ryan Adams: Jacksonville City Nights.
October 1, 2005... With its honky-tonk instrumentation, heavy on pedal steel and weepy violin, Jacksonville City Nights could easily be considered the "return to alt-country" album many Ryan Adams fans have been waiting for since his 2000 debut Heart-breaker. But...

Twista: The Day After.(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2005... After years of grinding as an MC's MC, Twista hit the mainstream last year with Kamikaze, thanks in part to the Jamie Foxx and Kanye West-featured smash "Slow Jamz." Known for rapid-fire rhymes, he doesn't disappoint with this follow-up. On...

Princess Superstar: My Machine.(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2005... Concept albums are tricky territory, especially when the concept--the soulless, automaton-run near-future of 2080--is less than original. Princess Superstar, the prolific punk-hop glamster, should know better. With raunch, drama, and sauciness...

Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better.(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2005... This sophomore effort from Scottish fivesome Franz Ferdinand isn't so much a follow-up to their 2004 serf-titled debut as it is the payoff. The group's herky-jerky nods to the Clash and the Specials are still there as they spastically bounce...

The Squid and the Whale.(Movie Review)
October 1, 2005... THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Samuel Goldwyn) Directed by Noah Baumbach After a couple of very cool, petulantly human movies about twenty- and thirtysomethings (1995's Kicking and Screaming and 1998's Mr. Jealousy), writer-director Noah Baumbach...

Proof.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2005... PROOF (Miramax) Directed by John Madden How does one attempt to adapt David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, made indelible onstage through Mary-Louise Parker's vibrancy, without letting it fall into math jargon-heavy tedium or...

Occupation: Dreamland.(Movie Review)
October 1, 2005... OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND (Rumur) Directed by Garrett Scott and Ian Olds Disillusioned and loyal, cynical and energetic, the mostly twentysomething soldiers in the Iraq War documentary Occupation: Dreamland don't fit the stereotypes drawn by...

Nine Lives.(Movie Review)
October 1, 2005... NINE LIVES (Magnolia) Directed by Rodrigo Garcia While many filmmakers adapt short stories, rarely do they successfully translate the rhythm of short fiction to the screen. Director Rodrigo Garcia (Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at...

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.(Movie Review)
October 1, 2005... KISS KISS, BANG BANG (Warner Bros,) Directed by Shane Black Robert Downey Jr. stars in this Raymond Chandler-esque murder mystery from Lethal Weapon (1987) scribe and first-time director Shane Black, about a petty thief (Downey Jr.) who...

Separate Lies.
October 1, 2005... SEPARATE LIES (Fox Searchlight) Directed by Julian Fellowes In Separate Lies, the directorial debut from Gosford Park (2001) screenwriter Julian Fellowes, Tom Wilkinson triumphs as James Manning, an upstanding businessman who ventures into...

Paradise Now.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2005... PARADISE NOW (Warner Independent) Directed by Hany Abu-Assad Shot under difficult and dangerous conditions in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad's Paradise Now tells the story of Said and Khaled, two...

Shots in the Dark: how the "woman of a certain age" went from missing in action to front, center, and in charge.(MOVIE COLUMN)
October 1, 2005... Actresses in their thirties and over who aren't currently Hollywood A-listers have recently been having a good time having a bad time in movies. That, of course, enables them to prove their characters' resourcefulness, resilience, and...

All the dish: the next generation of kitchen incredibles.(FOOD COLUMN)
October 1, 2005... In an age when most cookbooks, cooking shows, and guest television cooking spots are headed up not just by some mere master of the culinary arts but by a celebrated chef, it stands to reason that there'd be a constant need to discover the next...

Dr. Mathilde Krim: nearly a quarter century into the fight against AIDS, Dr. Mathilde Krim is still leading the charge by never shying away from the truth. A report from America's frontlines.(VIEW WOMNAN)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... In the early days of what would come to be known as the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Mathilde Krim, an Italian-born, Swiss-raised PhD then working as a research scientist at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, formed the first private...

Letter from the editor.(view)(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... OCTOBER 2005 I have to admit that I've always had a certain resistance to things that smack of superherodom, including comics, books, and films based on the subject. Maybe my ambivalence stems from my suspicion of notions of impossible...

Kanye West: think pop music has lost its edge? Here's one titanic tunesmith who is keeping it sharp, sophisticated, and soulful to the core.(THE INCREDIBLES)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... He may not be a living, breathing endorsement for the virtues of higher education, but college diploma or none, Kanye West is making top grades in the music world. With his recently released new album, Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam),...

Anne Hathaway: as the crowned princess of teen royalty flicks, she seemed destined for a life within the castle walls. Now she's tossing the tiara--and busting out.(THE INCREDIBLES)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... It wasn't so long ago that 22-year-old Anne Hathaway was living out a teenage actress's dream career with a string of movies (The Princess Diaries [2001], The Princess Diaries 2, and Ella Enchanted) that had the bejeweled young star prancing...

Jon Bon Jovi: he may come across as music's ultimate "everyman," but there's nothing ordinary about Jon Bon Jovi's journey.(THE INCREDIBLES)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... As the Superman tattoo emblazoned across his left shoulder would indicate, Jon Bon Jovi appears to know no bounds. Not only has he been part of one of America's most successful, longest running bands, owning an arena football team, and even...

Ziyi Zhang: up until now, she's kicked, sliced, and flown her way through her remarkable film performances. But for her next chapter, she's out to pulvernize audiences on entirely different level.(THE INCREDIBLES)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Six years after her debut in Zhang Yimou's The Road Home (1999), Ziyi Zhang has made an international name for herself thanks to her high-flying, sword-wielding performances in films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hero (2002),...

Lou Pucci: so who is this show-stopping former song-and-dance kid who is about to become cultdom's latest rave?(Interview)
October 1, 2005... For someone who's currently starring in two of the year's most offbeat and oddly titled indie flicks--The Chumscrubber and Thumbsucker--20-year-old Lou Pucci's acting career got off to a normal enough start. His parents asked him to give it a...

Kehinde Wiley: the painter who is doing for hip-hop culture what artists once did for the aristocracy.(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Kehinde Wiley was 11 years old when his mother enrolled him in free art classes at a local university. From that point on, Wiley continued to study and practice art, going on to receive his M.F.A....

Mary-Louise Parker: with her surprising turn on the new show weeds as a recently widowed suburban housewife with a curiously smoky side-gig, she's upped the ante on those other desperate doyennes of primetime.(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Ninety-nine percent of actors are cheap dates. Even those actors in the upper percentiles of praise and credibility often lean in and wink, ever so slightly, to their audience in order to acknowledge their own cleverness. Mary-Louise Parker,...

Fashion incredible: this season's fashion delivers its take on what it means to look like a new kind of superhero.
October 1, 2005... Model: RACHEL ALEXANDER/Women Management. Hair: LEON GORMAN/Judy Casey. Makeup: CYNTHIA SOBEK/De Facto. Prop stylist: MANNY NORENA/De Facto. Special thanks: INDUSTRIA STUDIOS. All hosiery by STOCKINGIRL.COM. Cosmetics by CHRISTIAN DIOR. Hair...

George: with a new movie about another time when anxiety, fear and suspicion cast a shadow over American life, George Clooney asks hard questions about two subjects close to his heart: the country's freedom and the power of television.(Interview)
October 1, 2005... We may now live in an era when the television news media seems fraught with credibility issues, but George Clooney's latest directorial effort, Good Night, and Good Luck, captures a moment in the early days of broadcast journalism when its true...

Sheryl Crow: for mover and shaker Sheryl Crow, it's always "art that moves the molecules." And she's moving them, one record at a time.(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Sheryl Crow's professional career has already been a long and winding road. But recently, it seems to have lead to nothing but roses--or, more specifically, Wildflower (A&M), the title of her latest record. Her previous album, C'mon, C'mon...

On a roll.(PAGE 5)
October 1, 2005... Ethan Hawke and Jim Jarmusch at NYC nightspot The Cabana at the Maritime Hotel for the party following the premiere of Broken Flowers, hosted by Focus Features David Yurman, and Interview [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jeffrey Wright the...