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Weekly Wrap: LAFF in Mid-Swing, ’50 Shades of Grey’ Gets a Director, Remembering James Gandolfini and More

Weekly Wrap: LAFF in Mid-Swing, '50 Shades of Grey' Gets a Director, Remembering James Gandolfini and More

The top stories of the week from TOH!

Interviews:

LAFF Q &A: “Only God Forgives” Director Winding Refn Talks Gosling’s Hands, Scott Thomas’s “Bitch Switch”

Almodovar Talks Raucous Airplane Comedy “I’m So Excited”: “Welcome to the Party!” (TRAILER)

Emmy Watch: Noah Emmerich Talks TV vs. Movies, “The Americans”

Reviews:

Memoir of a Hollywood Raconteur: Curtis Harrington’s “Nice Guys Don’t Work in Hollywood” 

Weekend Picks: “Monsters,” Pirates, Terrorists and Zombies

Review and Roundup: Stakes are High on Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” UPDATE

Features:

Immersed in Movies: How VFX Supervisor Farrar Fixed the Zombies in “World War Z” (Clip)

Festivals:

LAFF “Venus Vs.” Review: Venus Williams Fights for Gender Equality at Wimbledon in Ava DuVernay’s Rousing Sports Doc

LAFF Review: Lake Bell’s “In a World” a Hilarious Feminist Comedy About the Power of Voice

LAFF Review: Joe Burke’s “Four Dogs” Is Breezy Buddy Showbiz Comedy with Bite (TRAILER)

LAFF Review: Documentary “Casting By” Heralds the Unsung Yet Crucial Art of the Casting Director

Frameline Reviews: “I Am Divine,” Sedaris Adaptation “C.O.G.,” Franco-on-Friedkin Highlight LGBT Film Festival

Obits:

James Gandolfini the Movie Actor, Tributes and Clips

News:

“Fifty Shades of Grey” Gets a Woman Director, Green Light to Shoot in Fall, Casting Begins UPDATED 

Post-“Twilight,” EW Lays Claim to New YA Movie Traffic Booster “Divergent,” Starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James

Warners Movie Chief Robinov Is on the Roof

David Lowery Recut “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” with Help from Harvey Weinstein

Television:

“Mad Men” Creator Matt Weiner was Inspired by Titans of Industry

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