Ellen Burstyn
‘Mother, Couch’ Director Niclas Larsson Recalls the Day Ewan McGregor Cried for 12 Straight Minutes
Mother, Couch filmmaker Niclas Larsson isn’t afraid to take big swings both personally and professionally. As a teenager in Sweden, Larsson embarked on a five-hour train ride to a Stockholm hotel just so he could have a chance to meet one of his all-time favorite filmmakers, Gus Van Sant. After waiting around all night at […]
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Rochelle Oliver, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Star and Admired Acting Teacher, Dies at 86
Rochelle Oliver, who starred on Broadway in Lillian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and taught acting at New York’s respected HB Studio since the 1970s, has died. She was 86. Oliver died April 13, the HB Studio announced. “Those who knew Rochelle will know what a luminous […]
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Jan Haag, Founder of the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Dies at 90
Jan Haag, who a half-century ago founded the landmark Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute, has died. She was 90. The remarkable Haag, who also was an actress, painter, poet, novelist, playwright, writer of travel stories and creator of needlepoint canvases, some of which required hundreds of hours to complete, died Monday […]
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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Filmmaker David Gordon Green Talks Taylor Swift, Tea Time with Ellen Burstyn and What He’s Directing Next
As he was finishing up his Halloween sequel trilogy, David Gordon Green was ready to take another left turn in a career full of left turns, but then Jason Blum tempted him with the idea of giving The Exorcist (1973) its own sequel trilogy treatment. In 2021, Universal and Peacock reportedly paid $400 million for […]
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Ellen Burstyn on Why Her Career Is Busier Than Ever: “Everybody Else Who Could Play Those Parts Has Already Died”
Ellen Burstyn is busier than she has ever been and she has an idea why. During a recent conversation with her Law and Order: Organized Crime co-star Christopher Meloni for Interview magazine, the 90-year-old actress said she finds it “so bizarre” how many roles she has landed in the past few years. “I turn 91 […]
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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Review: Early Intrigue Devolves Into Unoriginal Excess in David Gordon Green’s Sequel
Leslie Odom Jr. heads a cast that includes Ann Dowd and Ellen Burstyn, the latter reprising her role from William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic for the first time.
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‘Mother, Couch’ Review: Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn Topline a Frustrating Absurdist Portrait of a Fractured Family
Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell and Lara Flynn Boyle also star in the story of three adult siblings converging on the furniture store from which their mother refuses to budge.
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Toronto: ‘Mother Couch’ Director Niclas Larsson Talks Manipulating Cast, Audience for Narrative Twists
The way Swedish filmmaker Niclas Larsson describes his trickery of an all-star cast for Mother Couch – led by Ewan McGregor, Ellen Burstyn, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle, Taylor Russell and F. Murray Abraham – you’d have thought he’d mined a CIA manual for Cold War field agents to shoot his directorial debut on a […]
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‘Exorcist’ Stars Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair Remember William Friedkin: “Undoubtedly a Genius”
A number of collaborators and admirers are paying tribute to The Exorcist filmmaker William Friedkin, who died Monday at age 87. Friedkin remains in the public consciousness, with The Exorcist about to launch a long-gestating sequel in October, and his film The French Connection remembered for perhaps the greatest car chase in film history. Ellen […]
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William Friedkin, Acclaimed Director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 87
William Friedkin, the Oscar winner behind The French Connection and The Exorcist who was one of the most admired directors to emerge from a wave of brilliant filmmakers who made their mark in the 1970s, died Monday. He was 87. Friedkin died of heart failure and pneumonia at his home in Bel Air, his wife, […]
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Mark Margolis, Actor on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ Dies at 83
He received an Emmy nom for portraying Hector Salamanca on those shows and appeared in 'Scarface,' 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,' 'Oz' and six Darren Aronofsky movies.
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Marc Gilpin, Young Actor on ‘Jaws 2,’ Dies at 56
Marc Gilpin, who played the younger son of Roy Scheider’s Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws 2, has died. He was 56. Gilpin died Saturday in Dallas after a long battle with glioblastoma, his older sister, Frasier actress Peri Gilpin, announced. After answering a casting call, Gilpin beat out hundreds of other boys to get […]
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