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Scott Foundas

Interview: David O. Russell

By Scott Foundas
February 14, 2014
On the making of American Hustle, working with actors, and the lessons he’s learned after 20 years directing movies

Human Interest: Philomena

By Scott Foundas
December 12, 2013
In this odd-couple drama of maternal loss, Stephen Frears and Steve Coogan create a perfect showcase for Judi Dench’s artistry

Lost in Space: Gravity

By Scott Foundas
December 9, 2013
Alfonso Cuarón’s immersive space spectacle demonstrates cinema’s continuing ability to transport us

Review: American Hustle

By Scott Foundas
December 9, 2013
Supported by high-powered performances, David O. Russell’s energetic film about a FBI sting shows the filmmaker reinventing—and rejuvenating—himself

Cinematic Faith

By Scott Foundas
November 28, 2012
Christopher Nolan looks back over the Dark Knight trilogy in this extended interview

Interview: Judd Apatow

By Scott Foundas
November 8, 2012
Knocked Up director and Girls producer Judd Apatow gives an exclusive interview about his upcoming film, This Is 40, and the virtues of flossing

Foundas on Film: The Dark Knight Rises

By Scott Foundas
July 18, 2012
The spellbinding climax from Christopher Nolan, a filmmaker who shouldn’t be taken for granted

Foundas on Film: The Amazing Spider-Man & Savages

By Scott Foundas
July 7, 2012
Spidey rebooted, and Oliver Stone rejuvenated

Blowback

By Scott Foundas
July 5, 2012
A rejuvenated Oliver Stone brings more than one war home to roost in his drug thriller Savages

Cannes 2012 Diary: On Reygadas & Carax

By Scott Foundas
June 13, 2012
The shock of the new: a look at two uneasily received Cannes films that will stand the test of time

Foundas on Film: “Snow White and the Huntsman” & “Hemingway & Gellhorn”

By Scott Foundas
June 2, 2012
Sheer laziness isn't the only reason to give into television's cathode call: the best new movies around can’t be found in theaters

Cannes 2012 Diary: Histoires d’amour

By Scott Foundas
May 27, 2012
Scott Foundas exults in two atypical love stories, Michael Haneke’s Amour and Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love

Cannes 2012 Diary: Invasion of the Body

By Scott Foundas
May 23, 2012
The defining motif to the first half of this year’s festival has been that of the human body in extremis.

Louisiana Story

By Scott Foundas
May 13, 2012
Benh Zeitlin explains the unique creative alchemy behind his equally singular modern folk tale Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Foundas on Film: The Avengers and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

By Scott Foundas
May 4, 2012
Cinema for the age of the super PAC

Foundas on Film: The Five-Year Engagement, Safe, and Sound of My Voice

By Scott Foundas
April 26, 2012
The personal touch in a tale of career and coupledom

Suffer the Children

By Scott Foundas
June 29, 2011
Outstanding year for films—for the kids not so much

Foundas on Film: This Must Be the Place

By Scott Foundas
May 22, 2011

In 1998, a Cannes jury headed by Martin Scorsese gave the festival’s Grand Jury Prize (traditionally seen as the “runner-up” award to the Palme d’Or) to Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful, kicking off a worldwide goodwill tour that culminated…

Review: Up in the Air

By Scott Foundas
May 19, 2011
(Jason Reitman, U.S., 2009)

Review: Greenberg

By Scott Foundas
May 16, 2011
(Noah Baumbach, U.S., 2010)