Tag Archives: tony kushner

The Fabelmans (2022)

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 2022, affair, alina brace, antisemitism, arizona, birdie borria, california, childhood, coming of age, david lynch, divorce, drama, family, filmmaker, filmmaking, gabriel labelle, greg grunberg, high school, janusz kaminski, jeannie berlin, jewish, john ford, john williams, judd hitsch, julia butters, keeled karsten, kristie macosko krieger, mateo zoryan, michael kahn, michelle williams, monkey, movies, paul dano, robin bartlett, sarah broshar, seth rogen, steven speilberg, the fabelmans, tony kushner | Leave a comment

West Side Story (2021)

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner (Based on the musical by Jerome Robbins & Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim & Arthur Laurents) West Side Story is probably my favorite movie musical and Spielberg knocked this new one out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Musical, Romance | Tagged 1950s, 2021, adaptation, ansel elgort, ariana debose, arthur laurents, brian d'arcy james, broadway, city, cop, corey stoll, dance, dancing, david alvarez, drama, gang, gangs, gentrification, janusz kaminski, jerome robbins, jets, kevin mccollum, kristie macosko krieger, leonard bernstein, love, maddie ziegler, michael kahn, mike faist, murder, music, musical, new york, new york city, nyc, officer, police, puerto rican, rachel zegler, remake, rita moreno, rivalry, romance, sarah broshar, sharks, sing, singing, stephen sondheim, steven spielberg, tony kushner, west side story | Leave a comment

Spielberg (2017)

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Susan Lacy

Posted in Documentary | Tagged 2017, ben kingsley, biography, bob balaban, brian de palma, cate blanchett, christian bale, daniel craig, daniel day-lewis, david geffen, david keopp, director, documentary, drew barrymore, dustin hoffman, eric bana, film, filmmaker, francis ford coppola, frank marshall, george lucas, harrison ford, holly hunter, j.j. abrams, james brolin, janusz kaminski, jeff goldblum, jeffrey katzenberg, john williams, kathleen kennedy, laura dern, lawrence kasdan, leonardo dicaprio, liam neeson, martin scorsese, movies, oprah winfrey, ralph finnes, richard dreyfuss, robert zemeckis, sally field, sid sheinberg, spielberg, steven spielberg, susan lacy, tom cruise, tom hanks, tom stoppard, tony kushner, villas zsigmond | Leave a comment

Fences (2016)

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Denzel Washington Writer: August Wilson Based on the play “Fences” by August Wilson)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1950s, 2016, adaptation, athlete, august wilson, baseball, college, denzel washington, drama, family, father, fences, football, jovan adepo, mother, mykelti williamson, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, play, russell hornsby, scott rudin, son, sports, stephen henderson, tony kushner, viola davis, wife, working class | Leave a comment

Lincoln (2012)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner (Based in part on the book “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin) I will be pretty surprised if there is a better performance this year than Daniel Day-Lewis in this. Just an amazing … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged 1865, abe, abraham lincoln, assassination, biography 13th amendment, bruce mcgill, civil war, congress, daniel day-lewis, david strathairn, drama, emancipation proclamation, hal holbrook, history, jackie early haley, james spader, janusz kaminski, jared harri, john hawkes, john williams, joseph gordon-levitt, kathleen kennedy, lee pace, lincoln, lukas haas, mary todd lincoln, michael kahn doris kearns goodwin, michael stuhlbarg, sally field, slavery, slaves, spielberg, steven spielberg, team of rivals, tim blake nelson, tommy lee jones, tony kushner, ulysses, ulysses s. grant, walton goggins, washington | Leave a comment

Angels in America (2003)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Tony Kushner (Based on the play by Tony Kushner) Maura and I watched the whole six hours. Very dense. Need to think about this one some more. I thought overall it was really good. Loved the scope … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama | Tagged 2003, 80s, adaptation, aids, al pacino, angels in america, ben shenkman, closeted, drama, emma thompson, gay, hbo, heaven, homosexual, homosexuality, james cromwel, jeffrey wright, justice department, justin kirk, lawyer, manhattan, mary-louise parker, meryl streep, mike nichols, mini series, mormon, new york city, nyc, patrick wilson, reagan, tony kushner | Leave a comment