Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe Named Artistic Director of Venice Biennale Theater Department: “I Am a Stage Animal”
Willem Dafoe is the new artistic director of the theater department of the Italian arts organization La Biennale di Venezia, the Venice Biennale, for a two-year term 2025-2026. “Theater is in fact the original home of his lustrous career,” said Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, chair of the board of directors of the Biennale, which is the foundation that oversees the Venice Film […]
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Jesse Plemons Says ‘Kinds of Kindness’ Has Scenes That May Make “a Lot of People Sick to Their Stomachs”
After revealing that he felt sick to his stomach while reading the script for Kinds of Kindness, Jesse Plemons says some audience members may feel the same way when they sit down to watch the Yorgos Lanthimos film. The movie is split into three separate stories — about a man who tries to break free […]
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ Review: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Headline Yorgos Lanthimos’ Insidious and Intriguing Studies in Love and Control
Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley and Hong Chau also star in a return for the Greek director to the subversiveness and ambiguity of his early films.
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Hong Chau Had COVID When Yorgos Lanthimos Came Calling With ‘Kinds of Kindness’
“I probably won’t be doing the yacht parties that I’ve heard about,” jokes Hong Chau of attending her first Cannes Film Festival several months after having her second child. “I’m like, ‘Well, I’m going to be pumping.'” Chau will be touching down in France for the premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness, the director’s follow-up to the […]
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Willem Dafoe Knows “the A to Z of Cannes Emotions”
Is there a harder-working actor in the movie business than Willem Dafoe? The 68-year-old, who splits his time between Los Angeles, New York and Rome, has appeared in more than 150 films, co-starring in everything from superhero features to dozens of movie-buff favorites from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Lars von Trier, Paul Schrader, Oliver Stone, […]
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Apple Lands Mount Everest Drama ‘Tenzing’ Starring Willem Dafoe, Tom Hiddleston
Apple has landed the worldwide rights to mount Everest climbing drama Tenzing, starring Willem Dafoe and Tom Hiddleston. The package, which sold out of the Cannes film market, tells the true story of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who led the first climbers to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Hiddleston will play New Zealander Edmund […]
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ Trailer Sees Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe Reunite in Yorgos Lanthimos Film
Poor Things stars Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe reunite with Yorgos Lanthimos for the first look at Kinds of Kindness. A teaser for the “triptych fable,” previously titled AND, gave fans a first look at the film, which in its official synopsis follows “a man without a choice who tries to take control of his […]
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Emma Stone Recalls Exec Telling Her It’s a Sprint, Not a Marathon, for Women in Hollywood: “That Advice Is Total Garbage”
Though Emma Stone may be well on her way to a second Oscar, she is looking back on the early days of her career and some “total garbage” advice she was given along the way. Accepting the Desert Palm Achievement Award for best actress at the Palm Springs Film Awards on Thursday, presented by her […]
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Ken Kelsch, Cinematographer on ‘Bad Lieutenant,’ Dies at 76
Ken Kelsch, the hard-charging cinematographer and Vietnam War veteran who shot the down-and-dirty classic Bad Lieutenant and 11 other features for iconoclastic director Abel Ferrara, has died. He was 76. Kelsch died Monday at Hackettstown Medical Center in New Jersey after a battle with COVID and pneumonia, his son, Chris Kelsch, told The Hollywood Reporter. […]
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Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe Praise ‘Poor Things’ Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos: “He’s a Beautiful Director”
The cast and crew of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things made their way onto one final red carpet ahead of the film’s theatrical release. Stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Margaret Qualley and Kathryn Hunter, among others, joined Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara for the New York City premiere of the film Wednesday […]
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Camerimage: Willem Dafoe On Working With ‘Poor Things’ Helmer Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Six Hours in the Makeup Chair
With the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Willem Dafoe came to the 31st EnergaCamerimage to support director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which opened the international cinematography film festival this week in Torun, Poland. During the event, the actor sat down for a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, to discuss the adaptation of the 1992 novel […]
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Willem Dafoe on Possible “Collapse” Amid Entertainment Industry Changes: “You Can Only Get Screwed So Much”
Willem Dafoe thinks something “radical” like an industry “collapse” is possible if the negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP don’t get resolved. The Poor Things and Pet Shop Days star spoke to Vanity Fair for a story published Monday promoting the new Patricia Arquette-directed Gonzo Girl, which was granted a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement and held […]
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