Logging back in here with some personal news: As of today, I have joined the Wall Street Journal as Film and Culture Reporter. (Culture also includes TV!)
@ezwrites talked to Jim Downey, retired SNL head writer turned Christmas Adventurer, about his unlikely second career as a character actor in PTA films, Tim Robinson's "The Chair Company," and "Jeff Epstein? The New York financier?"
@joshrottenberg@TheAmyNicholson Making her debut feature FAMILIAR TOUCH, director Sarah Friedland decided to shoot it at an actual senior living home — and get the residents involved as production assistants. This story by @ezwrites is a delight. https://t.co/BlIZvB1baz
Valentine's Day tip: @ezwrites really understands rom-coms, how they speak to something essential in us. She's signing copies of her new book on Friday @am_cinematheque LF3 and introing BROADCAST NEWS, one of the very best. Go say hi to her.
It's a good week to catch up with new releases and I'm thrilled with the breadth of writing @latimes ran online and in print (🧵). First, Elle Fanning is doing something truly special in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. @ezwrites spoke with her. https://t.co/xAOuvKXgTE
Elle Fanning has building to A COMPLETE UNKNOWN for years, channeling her (always interesting) watchfulness into something complex and heartbreaking. @ezwrites spoke with Fanning, Sofia Coppola and Cameron Crowe to get at her vibe. https://t.co/xAOuvKXgTE
This week on @podcastlikeits The 2000s @emilystjams and I continue our holiday miniseries with author of “Falling in Love at the Movies” @ezwrites to talk about The Holiday! We talk Nancy Meyer’s, rom-coms and the palpable chemistry between Kate Winslet and Jack Black.
After her debut in ROMAN HOLIDAY ('53), audiences everywhere fell in LOVE with Audrey Hepburn!
See it as part of tonight's lineup celebrating the TCM Library's latest addition: FALLING IN LOVE AT THE MOVIES by @ezwrites, starting at 8pm ET.
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Looking for the perfect present for your BELOVED cinephile? 💕
From entertainment journalist @ezwrites, FALLING IN LOVE AT THE MOVIES explores the enduring allure of rom-coms from the genre's history to its influence today, and so much more!
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