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Displaying all articles tagged:
Willem Dafoe
movie review
Mar. 10, 2024
Is
Poor Things
the Best We Can Do for Female Sexuality Onscreen?
Emma Stone fully commits to a banal rendition of
faux
-feminist sexual freedom.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
who’s selling
Oct. 30, 2023
Willem Dafoe Is Selling His High Falls Farmhouse
He bought the cheery, 1920s country home while filming
Antichrist.
By
Adriane Quinlan
vulture recommends
May 26, 2023
Revisiting
Light
Sleeper
, Paul Schrader’s Beautiful Mood Piece
Fans of the director’s newer work will find themselves entranced by his 1992 cult classic.
By
Chris Stanton
coming soon
May 12, 2023
Say
Beetlejuice
Three Times and You’ll Get Jenna Ortega
The sequel has also summoned Willem Dafoe to the cast.
By
Zoe Guy
movie review
Mar. 17, 2023
Trapping Willem Dafoe in a Penthouse Prison Shouldn’t Be Boring
Inside
wastes a great premise on dreary execution.
By
Alison Willmore
movie review
Sept. 30, 2022
The Great Walter Hill Returns to the West, for Better and for Worse
The movie’s not perfect, but it’s well worth watching to see what a master filmmaker can do with limited resources.
By
Bilge Ebiri
extremely online
Jan. 26, 2022
We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word
A calzone is a pizzussy. A wine bottle has a winussy.
By
Bethy Squires
snl
Jan. 23, 2022
Kristen Wiig, Willem Dafoe Crash Will Forte’s
SNL
Monologue
Along with Lorne Michaels.
By
Charu Sinha
web of lies
Dec. 17, 2021
An Exhaustive List of Everyone Who Lied About the
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Cast
And you would do it too for a check!
By
Jennifer Zhan
movie review
Sept. 2, 2021
Tiffany Haddish and Oscar Isaac Are Off-Kilter Hot Together in
The Card Count
er
What does professional poker have in common with enhanced interrogation? This lean, mean thriller (of sorts) from Paul Schrader.
By
Alison Willmore
trailer mix
July 27, 2021
Paul Schrader Takes Break From Facebook to Write and Direct
The Card Counter
We’re doubling down on Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish.
By
Rebecca Alter
movie review
Apr. 16, 2020
The Lighthouse
Is About the Horror of Roommates in Isolation
Mermaids, hallucinations, bodily fluids — in Robert Eggers’s movie, the most frightening thing of all is having to share your space with someone.
By
Alison Willmore
backstories
Jan. 22, 2020
Who Farted? An Investigation Into
The Lighthouse
Sound Effects
The Foley artists behind one of 2019’s most meticulously crafted films explains how the hell they pulled off those sounds.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
watch the seagulls
Oct. 18, 2019
The Lighthouse
Might Be Even Trippier Than
The Witch
Robert Eggers’s follow-up to
The Witch
stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as masturbating lighthouse keepers.
By
Nate Jones
and
Rachel Handler
casting
Oct. 16, 2019
Hollywood Viking Alexander Skarsgård Might Be Making A Real Viking Movie
He leads a cast of other fair and slender movie stars.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
fall preview 2019
Sept. 3, 2019
Robert Eggers on
The Lighthouse
, His Bleakly Gorgeous Follow-up to
The Witch
The director places us in a remote 19th-century lighthouse, where two men — played by Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson — find themselves at odds.
By
Bilge Ebiri
trailer mix
July 30, 2019
Robert Pattinson Goes Crazy, Fights an Octopus in
The Lighthouse
Trailer
Behold, director Robert Eggers’s follow-up to
The Witch
.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
movie review
Nov. 20, 2018
At Eternity’s Gate
Puts You Inside Vincent van Gogh’s Head
As an act of sympathetic imagination, the movie is only partly successful, but that part can take your breath away. The images vibrate with emotion.
By
David Edelstein
reunions
Nov. 11, 2018
Willem Dafoe Sits Down With His Old Friend Jerry Saltz to Talk van Gogh
After decades apart, the two reunite to discuss Dafoe’s riveting performance in Julian Schnabel’s
At Eternity’s Gate,
about the artist’s last days.
By
Jerry Saltz
party report
Oct. 15, 2018
Willem Dafoe on Playing van Gogh: ‘Today’s 70 Is Yesteryear’s 40’
“My point is: 37 wasn’t young in those days.”
By
Benjamin Lindsay
trailer mix
Sept. 5, 2018
Willem Dafoe Plays Vincent van Gogh in
At Eternity’s Gate
Trailer
Oscar Isaac, wearing a very good mustache, also makes an appearance.
By
Hunter Harris
the industry
July 12, 2018
Willem Dafoe Hops on Disney’s Upcoming Dog-Sled Movie
Togo
Enjoy the softer side of Dafoe.
By
Halle Kiefer
self-care
Feb. 9, 2018
Feeling Stressed? Meditate on This Soothing Profile of Willem Dafoe
I have never been more relaxed in my life.
By
Madeleine Aggeler
last night on late night
Jan. 25, 2018
Willem Dafoe Is a Liar Named William
This is a
Lady Bird
move.
By
Hunter Harris
Dec. 7, 2017
The 11 Best Film Performances of 2017
Including Margot Robbie, Brooklynn Prince, and Daniel Kaluuya.
By
David Edelstein
Aug. 14, 2017
The Florida Project
Trailer: Willem Dafoe Stars in
Tangerine
Follow-up
See it in theaters October 6.
By
Hunter Harris
June 29, 2017
Death Note
Trailer: Willem Dafoe Carries Out Teens’ Murderous Wishes
Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, and Lakeith Stanfield also star in the adaptation of the manga series.
By
Ethan Sapienza
trailer mix
Aug. 8, 2016
Dog Eat Dog
Trailer: Nic Cage Wants to Steal Your Baby
Put. The baby. Back. In the Crib.
By
Halle Kiefer
casting
Apr. 19, 2016
Willem Dafoe and His Uncanny Cheekbones Cast in
Justice League
His role is a mystery.
By
Abraham Riesman
wes anderson
Feb. 10, 2015
How Wes Anderson Cast
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Willem and Tilda aren’t really
just
actors. They’re more performance artists.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
new york film festival 2014
Oct. 1, 2014
Willem Dafoe on Playing Pier Paolo Pasolini and How Hollywood Can Be the Devil
“My relationship to Hollywood is very sketchy because I don’t live there”
By
Samuel Fragoso
theater
June 19, 2014
Willem Dafoe and Mikhail Baryshnikov on Acting (and Dancing!) Together at BAM
They will star in Robert Wilson’s production of
The Old Woman.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
cannes film festival 2014
May 25, 2014
Cannes: What This Year’s Winners Were Doing When They Got the Call
Timothy Spall explains, “You have to bugger off and wait till the very last minute to bring you back.”
By
Jada Yuan
May 21, 2014
Watch Bill Murray and Wes Anderson Talk About How Hard It Was to Make ‘The […]
The Criterion edition of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou came out recently, and here’s a new special feature from it, in which Bill Murray, […]
By
Bradford Evans
trailer mix
Apr. 11, 2014
Watch Philip Seymour Hoffman in the
A Most Wanted Man
Trailer
Co-starring Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Rachel McAdams, and Daniel Bruhl.
By
Jesse David Fox
party chat
Feb. 27, 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cast Had Its Own Version of Sleepaway Camp
“I don’t remember seeing Bill [Murray] at the gym. Or any gym.”
By
Anna Silman
trailer mix
Jan. 29, 2014
Nymphomaniac: Part Two
Trailer: Surprisingly SFW
Let’s talk about sex, nymphy.
By
Jesse David Fox
trailer mix
Jan. 3, 2014
A Most Wanted Man
Trailer: Like
Homeland
With a German Accent
Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, and Rachel McAdams.
By
Jesse David Fox
super bowl ads
Feb. 2, 2013
Watch Willem Dafoe’s Devilish Super Bowl Ad, Featuring Usher
And Kate Upton.
By
Andre Tartar
casting couch
Oct. 17, 2012
Dafoe and Udo Kier Will Sexy Up
Nymphomaniac
Get ready for more graphic sex scenes starring Willem Dafoe.
By
Jesse David Fox
antony and the johnsons
Aug. 6, 2012
Watch Antony and the Johnsons’ ‘Cut the World’
Sleep well!
By
Eliot Glazer
the new silent film
July 2, 2012
June’s Best Fashion Videos
Plus, everybody dances.
By
Hilary Moss
casting couch
Apr. 26, 2012
Out of the Furnace
Recruits Willem Defoe
He’ll appear alongside Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, just
everybody
.
By
Zach Dionne
last night on late night
Mar. 8, 2012
Last Night on Late Night: Susan Sarandon Needs the Perfect Pre-Premiere Pill
Plus: Ed Helms fed alligators marshmallows in the Bayou, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
By
Caroline Shin
prada
Jan. 16, 2012
See a Bunch of Very Famous Actors Model Prada
And you said Adrien Brody couldn’t be a model! (Remember when you said that?)
By
Eliot Glazer
clickables
Feb. 11, 2011
Watch a Jim Beam Commercial Starring a Dozen Different Willem Dafoes
Sumo Willem Dafoe!
By
Amanda Dobbins
gossipmonger
Jan. 13, 2010
Jennifer Love Hewitt Prefers to Be Compared to Cute Fruit
And pears are “not cute.” That and more celebrity quirks, in our daily gossip roundup.
By
Katie Goldsmith
news reel
Dec. 1, 2009
Willem Dafoe Getting a Little Sick Of Your
Antichrist
Penis Jokes
“If people want to make that the thing they want to talk about, it’s distressing, but that’s their business.”
By
Bilge Ebiri
gossipmonger
Nov. 12, 2009
Robert Pattinson Was Thrown by Zac Efron’s Zac Efron–ness
“His face is so specific,” the actor said. “It’s kind of surreal.” And more celeb-on-celeb action, in our daily roundup.
By
Katie Goldsmith
vulture lists
Oct. 22, 2009
10 Most Brutalized Wangs in Movie History
’There’s Something About Mary’! ‘The Last House on the Left’! ‘Santa Sangre’!
By
Lane Brown,
Logan Hill,
and
Bilge Ebiri
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