As director, star, screenwriter, and producer of Motherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton had his work cut out for him. In the film, Norton plays Lionel Essrog, a private investigator living with Tourette syndrome who looks into the death of his mentor, Frank (Bruce Willis). During an appearance on EW Live on SiriusXM, Norton talked about the unique challenges of the film, in particular portraying someone with Tourette syndrome, a disorder of the nervous system involving repetitive movements or sounds. Read More...
Back in 1997 or 1998 (memory's a fickle friend), Australian choreographer John O'Connell had dinner at director Baz Luhrmann's Sydney home, alongside Luhrmann's co-writer Craig Pearce and producer and costumer designer (and also Luhrmann's wife) Catherine Martin. "We sat around the dinner party and he just had an idea," O'Connell tells EW. "No script, nothing. But he's very persuasive. We had a great dinner party and I walked out and said, 'I think I'm doing another movie. Read More...
There’s a moment in Hoop Dreams that topples expectations so thoroughly it left me shaken. Filmed over a period of five years, this extraordinary documentary — a movie with more passion and suspense than most dramatic features — immerses us in the lives of two young African-American basketball players from Chicago’s inner city, both of whom have pinned their hopes on making it to the NBA. William Gates, burly but swift, with solemn good looks that recall those of the pop star Bobby Brown, is the more physically imposing of the two. Read More...
