Sam Taylor-Johnson
‘Back to Black’ Review: Flawed but Affecting Amy Winehouse Biopic Benefits From Marisa Abela’s Intensely Physical Performance
Sam Taylor-Johnson's film about the dazzlingly talented English singer who died at age 27 also features Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville.
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Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’ Sets May 2024 Release in Cinemas
Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is getting a high profile release in cinemas across the country on May 10, Focus Features announced Tuesday. Sam Taylor-Johnson directed the film from a script by Matt Greenhalgh following their successful collaboration on 2009’s Nowhere Boy. Breakout Industry actress Marisa Abela stars as the legendary singers-songwriter, who died […]
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Amy Winehouse Biopic Taps ‘Fifty Shades’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson has been tapped to helm the biopic about late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. Studiocanal is behind the project, titled Back to Black, which is backed by Winehouse’s estate. Matt Greenhalgh penned the screenplay, with exact plot details currently unknown. A casting search for the onscreen Winehouse is expected to begin soon. The Grammy-winning […]
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Russell Crowe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Among Major Cast Ensemble for Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Art World Drama ‘Rothko’
Michael Stuhlbarg and Jared Harris are also set to star in the film, in which Crowe will play famed abstract painter Mark Rothko and rising Irish name Aisling Franciosi will play his daughter, Kate Rothko.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Worst Films of 2019
A dreary 'X-Men' conclusion, a low point for Brian De Palma, an awful animated feature, two John Travolta flicks and a cat-aclysmic musical misfire — these and more were the worst movies of the year (in alphabetical order).
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‘Nowhere Boy,’ About the Young John Lennon, to Get Stage Adaptation
The musical play will cover Lennon's adolescence, his complicated relationships with the aunt who raised him and the mother forced to give him up and his earliest collaborations with Paul McCartney.
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‘A Million Little Pieces’: Film Review | TIFF 2018
Sam Taylor-Johnson directs her husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, in this adaptation of James Frey's controversial memoir 'A Million Little Pieces,' about his drug and alcohol addiction and difficult road to recovery.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson to Tackle ‘A Million Little Pieces’ (Exclusive)
CAA has been negotiating the release of the rights of James Frey's 2003 book from Warners, and the package is expected to be launched at the upcoming American Film Market.
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Director Sam Taylor-Johnson on ‘Fifty Shades’ On-Set Battles and a Sexy New Netflix Show
One of Hollywood's most successful female filmmakers, now back with the series 'Gypsy' starring Naomi Watts, lets loose on her unconventional marriage and the plight of women filmmakers: It's "ego-denting."
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How Sam Taylor-Johnson Will Follow ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
The director says she hasn't selected her next project, explaining that she and her actor husband Aaron (who is currently shooting Tom Ford's 'Nocturnal Animals') don't work at the same time.
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Aloe Blacc to Perform at Hammer Museum Fundraiser
Emma Stone, Jane Lynch, Julia Roberts and artist Matthew Barney also will take part in the museum's annual Gala in the Garden on Oct. 10.
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Why Hiking Runyon Canyon Is the Best Way to See the Stars
Nobody famous eats at The Ivy anymore. The Polo Lounge isn’t the celebrity magnet it used to be, either. No, if you want to spy stars and other industry hotshots in public these days, you have to take a hike in Runyon Canyon, arguably the best spot in town for encountering the rich and renowned […]
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