The New York Film Critics Circle Have Spoken, & They’ve Said Carol
Earlier today we told you about the exciting surprise win for Mad Max: Fury Road as the National Board of Review's film of the year, and now it's another slightly surprising and equally exciting film, Todd Haynes' excellent Carol, which has nabbed top honors from the New York Film Critics Circle. Haynes adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian love drama "The ...
Talking to Carol’s Producers About Their 11-Year Labor of Love
The most lusciously romantic film of the year is Carol, directed by Todd Haynes. It is based on a semiautobiographical novel by Patricia Highsmith, also author of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train. She wrote Carol under a pseudonym because it was the story of a lesbian romance. Nearly 40 years after its 1952 publication, ...
Sandy Powell & Judy Becker on the Costumes & Sets Behind 1950’s Period Wonder Carol
Carol, a beautiful adaption of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt, about the evolution and dissolution of a relationship between two women in New York in the early 1950’s, opens today. Cate Blanchett stars as the title character, a lovely housewife in a convenient marriage (Kyle Chandler is Blanchett’s cuckolded husband) who embarks on ...
Fall Read/Watch List: Read These Books, Then See Their Film Adaptations
This year, we’ve been treated to a variety of great cinematic adaptations. From Paper Towns this summer (read our interview with the screenwriters here), to more recent films like The Martian and Black Mass, Hollywood, once again, has been looking to the page for cinematic inspiration. Many of the films this fall are no different ...
Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett Smolder in Carol Trailer
Today the Weinstein Company released their first full-length trailer for director Todd Haynes’ Carol, the studio’s Palme D’Or competition entry at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival (earning co-star Rooney Mara a tie for Best Actress with Emmanuel Bercot for Mon Roi.) An Official Selection for competition at the New York Film Festival and the BFI London ...
