Dan Jolin

2 months ago | screendaily.com | Dan Jolin

Four-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton showcases a benevolent side as folk singer Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown. Just don’t tell him he’s playing against type. In 1964, Bob Dylan wrote a letter to a friend in which he admitted to struggling with his sudden fame. In the missive, he mentioned celebrated protest-song writer Pete Seeger, his mentor on the New York folk scene, as one of the few things in his life that still felt untainted by his rapid ascent as a commercial music artist.

2 months ago | screendaily.com | Dan Jolin

A shipwrecked automaton and an orphaned gosling form an unconventional family in DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot. Screen talks to director Chris Sanders and producer Jeff Hermann about creating the island adventure. Sometimes a film just needs to incubate until exactly the right person comes along to hatch it.

Dec 25, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | Dan Jolin

Was I a pudgy kid clutching pencils and a dice, or Dar Strongrip exploring a cursed castle? Most people’s formative memories of gaming at a table, I’d hazard a guess, involve playing with their family. In all likelihood, competing against them: racing to the end of a track, or scrabbling to make the most money, or trying to defeat their opposing force. But the childhood tabletop-gaming experience that lodges most firmly in my head involves friends, rather than family.

Dec 17, 2024 | empireonline.com | Dan Jolin

Wise old mandrill Rafiki (John Kani) tells Simba’s daughter Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter) the story of young Mufasa (Aaron Pierre), and how he became… The Lion King. Original Title:Mufasa: The Lion KingWith this prequel to 2019’s photoreal-ish re-do of 1994 Disney alpha-hit The Lion King, director Barry Jenkins (of Moonlight Oscar-win fame) has joined the ranks of cool indie auteurs going for a surprising splash in the studio guard-railed mainstream.

Dec 11, 2024 | screendaily.com | Dan Jolin

During the production of A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin’s loose approach frequently collided with director Jesse Eisenberg’s meticulous planningIt is “extremely rare”, says Kieran Culkin, for him to instantly click with a role. But that is what happened with the character of Benji Kaplan in Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain. “The moment I saw Benji start talking [in the screenplay], I thought, ‘I understand this guy. This thing’s great,’” says Culkin. “So I was all in.” It is not hard to see why.