Interview

Chinese director Wong Kar Wai and Australian-born cinematographer Christopher Doyle collaborated for the first time nearly two decades ago on the Hong Kong cinema classic Days of Being Wild (1990).  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/25/08

Rarely does an actor find work through an aggressive letter-writing campaign. But that's pretty much how it happened for 23-year-old British newcomer Carey Mulligan. "I had no idea how to become an actor," Mulligan confesses. "So when I was 16, I'd write letters to people like Kenneth Branagh and ask for advice."  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/25/08

Although a certain nebbishy auteur has come to stand as the paradigm of the New York director, there are arguably two other candidates well suited for that honor. Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee were not only both raised in the city, but they've built a close friendship while comparing notes over the years.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/25/08

Maggie Gyllenhaal is a broad-in-waiting, the kinda-wanna-sorta brunette who cracked wise through Hollywood's Golden Age. You could see as much four years ago when she made Vanity Fair's Hollywood cover, slumped in a chair on the far right of the gatefold, separated from the gilded company she was keeping, wearier, worldlier.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/17/08

He conquered the land of children's fantasy. Now Narnia actor Ben Barnes grows up-at least a little-to play Dorian Gray. Barnes has the youth part down. It's eternity he's still working on.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/01/08

"I left drama school last year," says 22-year-old actress Gemma Arterton. "And since then it's been insane." Arterton's definition of insanity is the numerous roles she's landed since graduation.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/01/08

So far, the life of actor Cam Gigandet has been dictated mostly by fear. The 26-year-old Auburn, Washington, -native admits, "It's the fear that everybody has, be it fear of failure or whatever.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/01/08

Four years ago, the bard of New York nebbishes hightailed it to Europe and began a new chapter in his career. Here, the legendary writer and director opens up about his latest film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, his seduction by Scarlett Johansson, his return to the big apple, and how he got his modernist manhattanite mojo back.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/01/08

Unlike many indie starlets who come to the screen after a few stints in life's darker corners, 18-year-old Jennifer Lawrence has never hit rock bottom.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/01/08

It's not easy to hold your own when your co-stars are shape-shifting alien robots and eerie specters, but Rachael Taylor has managed to pull it off.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/01/08