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Displaying all articles tagged:
Viggo Mortensen
tiff 2023
Sept. 14, 2023
I Watched Eight New Movies Directed by Actors. Are Any of Them Actually Good?
Due to the strikes, the Toronto Film Festival stacked its lineup with actor-directed debuts. I watched (almost) all of them.
By
Nate Jones
movie review
June 3, 2022
David Cronenberg Makes an Indifferent Return to Body Horror
Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux are game, but the director’s heart (and his other body parts) just isn’t in
Crimes of the Future
.
By
Alison Willmore
cinephile tea
May 27, 2022
Viggo Mortensen Accuses Pedro Almodóvar of Being Bitter, Almodóvar Responds
What is Cannes Film Festival without someone starting drama for no reason.
By
Zoe Guy
coming soon
May 6, 2022
David Cronenberg’s Got Some New Flesh in
Crimes of the Future
“Surgery is the new sex.”
By
Rebecca Alter
controversies
Dec. 7, 2020
Viggo Mortensen Knows Your Opinion of
Green Book
, and He Thinks It’s ‘Bullshit’
“It’s become a cliché to say, ‘Is this movie going to be the
Green Book
of this year?’
Green Book
has become a pejorative.”
By
Halle Kiefer
movies
Feb. 15, 2019
Unfortunately,
Green Book
Had Another Fried Chicken Scene
Well …
By
Hunter Harris
controversies
Dec. 17, 2018
Mahershala Ali Apologized to His
Green Book
Character’s Family
One relative called the movie “a symphony of lies.”
By
Hunter Harris
hollywood signs
Nov. 27, 2018
Who Was
Green Book
For?
A particular kind of movie about black and white America may have, at long last, run its course.
By
Mark Harris
movie review
Nov. 19, 2018
Green Book
Spoon-feeds You, But It Goes Down Easy
On paper it sounds cringeworthy, but it’s a lot of fun.
By
David Edelstein
ugh
Nov. 11, 2018
Viggo Mortensen Apologizes for Saying N-Word, Mahershala Ali Calls It ‘Hurtful’
Mahershala Ali said his use of the word was “hurtful.”
By
Hunter Harris
toronto film festival 2018
Sept. 16, 2018
Green Book
Cruises Through TIFF, Takes Home People’s Choice Award
Barry Jenkins’
If Beale Street Could Talk
and Alfonso Cuarón’s
Roma
were named first and second runners-up, respectively.
By
Halle Kiefer
trailer mix
Aug. 14, 2018
Green Book
Trailer: Mahershala Ali Plays the Piano, Wears Gold Embroidery
Just look at him.
By
Hunter Harris
lord of the rings
Feb. 1, 2017
LOTR
Cast Stages a Suitably Dorky Reunion
You have my knife, and my spoon, and my fork.
By
Jackson McHenry
chat room
Jan. 29, 2017
What Does Viggo Mortensen Smell Like? An Investigation
Calling Diptyque.
By
Soo Youn
rumor mill
Jan. 17, 2017
Eastern Promises
Sequel to Start Filming Soon
The original came out in 2007 and earned Viggo Mortensen an Oscar nomination.
By
Tolly Wright
Jan. 9, 2017
Viggo Mortensen’s Insane Method Acting in
LOTR
Who needs bones anyway, right?
By
Ryan Brown
and
Abraham Josephine Riesman
chat room
Dec. 7, 2016
Viggo Mortensen on
Captain Fantastic
,
LOTR
“I don’t know how you can make a movie as good as the script unless you find six genius kids.”
By
Stacey Wilson Hunt
movie review
July 13, 2016
The Many Joys and Questions of
Captain Fantastic
You could think of the movie as
Noam Chomsky’s Little Miss Sunshine
.
By
David Edelstein
July 8, 2016
How
Captain Fantastic
Built an Off-the-Grid Life
Director Matt Ross — a.k.a.
Silicon Valley
’s Gavin Belson
— did his research.
By
Kevin Lincoln
video
June 14, 2016
Watch Viggo Mortensen Get Psyched in an Exclusive
Captain Fantastic
Clip
The movie just won a big award at Cannes.
By
Kyle Buchanan
gratuitous male objectification
May 25, 2016
Viggo Mortensen in Real Life Is Even Better Than Viggo Mortensen Fan Fiction
Viggo Mortensen loves pancakes too.
By
Gabriella Paiella
trailer mix
Apr. 28, 2016
Watch Viggo Mortensen in the New
Captain Fantastic
Trailer
“We created a paradise.”
By
Emma Barrie
movie review
May 1, 2015
Movie Review:
Far From Men
Here he plays a French schoolteacher in the Algerian countryside in 1954.
By
Bilge Ebiri
movies
Mar. 20, 2015
Movie Review: You’ll Love
Jauja
, Even If You Don’t Understand Any of It
I’ve now seen it four times, and I don’t think I’m any closer to telling you what it’s all about.
By
Bilge Ebiri
movie review
Sept. 26, 2014
The Two Faces of January
Is a Suspense-Free Travelogue
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, and Oscar Isaac.
By
Bilge Ebiri
chat room
Sept. 26, 2014
Viggo Mortensen on Getting Lost and Saying No to Superheroes
“Playing Wolverine in the first
X-Men
movie was a real possibility.”
By
Kyle Buchanan
trailer mix
Feb. 10, 2014
Watch Dunst in
The Two Faces of January
Trailer
It’s like
Face/Off
but in Greece and no faces get transplanted.
By
Jesse David Fox
Nov. 26, 2013
Andrew Cuomo Named Sexiest 55-Year-Old Man Over Viggo Mortensen
Who’s voting on these?
By
Dan Amira
chat room
Mar. 20, 2013
Viggo Mortensen on Beekeeping and
The Hobbit
“I went on opening day to see it.”
By
Bilge Ebiri
everyone has a plan
July 24, 2012
See Stills of Viggo Mortensen in
Everyone Has a Plan
So this is the
Twins
sequel, huh?
By
Eliot Glazer
casting couch
June 8, 2012
Mortensen and Cassel Eye Sequel to Cronenberg’s
Eastern Promises
It isn’t often that we hear about a sequel and get genuinely excited, but this one has real promise.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
movies
Mar. 1, 2012
Viggo Mortensen Has Around 230 Heroes, and He Will Name Them All for You
Whoa.
By
Kyle Buchanan
tastemakers
Dec. 6, 2011
Sally Singer on the ‘Comic Mess’ of Street Style
“I don’t want to do the kind of portraiture that involves references to Old Hollywood or taking people who are glamorous and making them more glamorous in obvious or iconic ways.”
By
Amy Odell
Dec. 5, 2011
See Viggo Mortensen’s Surprisingly Young-Looking Magazine Cover Photo
Is he 53 or a teenage skate punk? Only
The New York Times Magazine
knows for sure.
By
Kyle Buchanan
Nov. 22, 2011
Viggo Mortensen Wants the Oscars to Start Noticing David Cronenberg
“David’s the Academy’s invisible man. He’s the most talented invisible man in Hollywood, if you will.”
By
Kyle Buchanan
trailer mix
June 21, 2011
A Dangerous Method
Trailer: Thinky Kink With Knightley, Fassbender, and Mortensen
It’s the new film from David Cronenberg.
By
Kyle Buchanan
the industry
Aug. 5, 2010
Industry Roundup: Adams, Mortensen
Plus: Maggie Grace and Guy Pearce sign on for outer-space thriller.
By
Josh Duboff
gossipmonger
Apr. 26, 2010
Lindsay Lohan Threw a Drink in Samantha Ronson’s Face
Glass included. That, plus more good and bad celebrity behavior, in our daily gossip roundup.
gossipmonger
Apr. 12, 2010
Vincent Gallo Would Rather Have Lots of Fancy Shoes Than One Fancy Painting
And more “they’re just like us” celebrity nuggets, in today’s gossip roundup.
Mar. 27, 2010
Eastern Promises 2
to Start Shooting This Winter
This is great news for fans of naked, bloody knife fights!
By
Adam K. Raymond
quote machine
Dec. 15, 2009
Avatar
’s Zoe Saldana Still Working On Perfecting Her ‘Female Empowerment’ Talking Points
Plus: Miley Cyrus, Viking queen?
By
Emma Pearse
soapboxing
Dec. 11, 2009
Thanks to Matt Damon, We May Finally Hear a Lupe Fiasco–Howard Zinn Duet
Everyone famous and liberal lines up to speak from ‘A People’s History of the United States.’
By
Jada Yuan
and
Madeleine Kuhns
quote machine
Oct. 7, 2009
Hilary Mantel to Make Reasonable Use of Man Booker Prize Money
Plus: Mickey Rourke still giving delightful interviews.
By
Lane Brown
quote machine
Apr. 17, 2009
What Corey Haim Really Wants to Do Is Direct
Plus: What happens when you cross Paul Scheer, Joe Francis, and Las Vegas?
By
Emma Pearse
quote machine
Apr. 10, 2009
Zac Efron Plans to Use His Unparalleled Dreaminess to Appeal to a New Demographic: Dads
Plus: Emily Blunt campaigns for the role of Catwoman.
By
Emma Pearse
quitters
Apr. 6, 2009
Viggo Quits Hollywood!
“No more movies. I haven’t said yes to one in over a year.”
By
Lane Brown
wangs
Mar. 30, 2009
Will Viggo Mortensen’s Wang Return in
Eastern Promises 2
?
After all, it was 2007’s Fiercest Wang.
By
Mark Graham
countdown
Oct. 16, 2008
One of Our Interns Saw ‘The Road’ Last Night!
And he liked it!
By
Lane Brown
apropos of nothing
May 27, 2008
Movie Version of ‘The Road’ to Feature World’s Only Non-Terrible Child Actor
There’s only one thing more depressing than a world-destroying apocalypse that turns its survivors into cannibals, and it’s seeing a good movie ruined by bad child acting.
the industry
Feb. 7, 2008
Corporate Shenanigans Force Out Will Arnett as Voice of KITT
He’s being replaced by … Val Kilmer?
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