May 30, 2008 | Irish Independent
'I have faith in the American people'
Don't expect to see Susan Sarandon showing off her house for any glossy magazine.
L'Echange (The Changeling) - Cannes preview & reaction
Cannes preview & reaction Preview by Jack Foley product CLINT Eastwood's latest trip to Cannes proved a massive media draw - not least because of the film's leading lady, Angelina Jolie - but also because it ...
On Movies: Writer grows his own story for the screen
In Noise , Tim Robbins plays a successful New York businessman being driven mad by the city's constant cacophony of police sirens, fire trucks, jackhammers and car alarms.
It's Man Vs. Car in NYC and Tim Robbins is "The Rectifier"
Granted, I always secretly hoped that Tom Hanks would play the Aaron Naparstek role in " Honku: The Movie " but Tim Robbins' new film " Noise " is, without question, the early runner-up for Streetsblog's 2008 ...
Not perfect, but not just empty - Noise'
Philadelphia native Henry Bean probes the mind of the zealot once again in the oddball indie "Noise." Bean made a splash a few years ago with "The Believer," featuring Ryan Gosling in a career-making role as a ...
David Denby: "Noise" and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guant namo Bay."
David Owen , the outraged hero of "Noise," is a pain in the neck, and, depending on your point of view, either the craziest or the sanest man in New York. via New Yorker
A tale of obsession and vigilantism cut with humor and a little Hegel, Henry Bean's "Noise" is a satisfyingly screwy New York story in which a successful businessman/family man jettisons all because he can't ... via Myrtle Beach Online
Director Henry Bean returns with 'Noise'
“Everything is compressed in New York”
Screenwriter Henry Bean made a big splash in 2001 with his feature directorial debut 'The Believer,' starring Ryan Gosling as a young Orthodox Jew who becomes a Neo-Nazi. Now Bean is back in the director's ... via Los Angeles Times
For this NYC denizen, life's a din deal in 'Noise'
“High Fidelity"), but he always knows exactly what pitch to be at. Hurt, as a pompous, nasty mayor in a bad hairpiece, also continues the watchable groove he has been in of late. If "Noise”
Tim Robbins revolts against city's racket. Noise. A New Yorker with a hatred of car alarms becomes a quality-of-life vigilante. via NY Daily News
Reviewed by Nathan Rabin May 8th, 2008 Screenwriter-turned-director Henry Bean - who penned such films as The Believer , Deep Cover , Internal Affairs , and, um, Basic Instinct 2 - specializes in dark dramas ... via A.V. Club
Director Henry Bean returns to the big screen with a complete rarity in American movies today: a comedy of ideas. via Apple Movie Trailers
North Carolina continues to hit it big with film directors
“You can't buy a billboard bigger than a 40-foot movie screen”
Twenty years have gone by since the film "Bull Durham" was released. The movie, which stared Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, was shot on location at the Durham Athletic Park. via Wral.com
'Shawshank' reunion triggers festival
“Castle Rock bought the business for one day for the shooting and closed the actual lumberyard operation”
It was 15 years ago this summer most of the "The Shawshank Redemption," starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, was filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. via Central Ohio
Don't be dissin' Visalia, meat
“I couldn't figure out in the few years right after it came out, what do you do? Nuke's in the big leagues, Crash is managing in Visalia. Is Annie going to go to Visalia? I've been to Visalia. That will test a relationship.”
Sorry, Visalia, but the man who brought us "Bull Durham" 20 years ago apparently isn't a fan of your town. via Fresno Bee Opinion Talk
Jonah Goldberg: A renewed defense of neoconservatism
“There's absolutely a connection between a democratic regime and heightened security for the United States”
During the post-9/11 age of neo-phobia, when an irrational fear of anything that might be called "neoconservative" gripped the nation, such critiques passed as intelligently nuanced. via UnionLeader.com