Saturday, Jun. 3, 2023

Filmmaker Jay Roach usually has a moment of panic and doubt before production starts on a project.

It's something Sydney Pollack, who was a mentor of his, once assured him was normal. He'd also read something similar about Mike Nichols in Mark Harris's biography. Good company to be in,...

Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019

Director Jay Roach first saw the script to Bombshell (Lionsgate) when actress/producer Charlize Theron sent it to him to provide notes. “I was so hooked by the story. After, I spoke so passionately about why it mattered and encouraged her to do it,” recalled Roach who added, “I cared so...

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019

It's probably a testament to the makeup artists of Jay Roach's Fox News docudrama "Bombshell" that the movie opens with a disclaimer announcing that the people depicted within are played by actors. Films don't ordinarily require a heads up that that's, you know, Charlize Theron.

But "...

Wednesday, May. 18, 2016

For five seasons of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston displayed his versatility through the dramatic evolution of his character, Walter White, from milquetoast schoolteacher to meth-marketing monster.

But that was just a warmup for "All the Way," an HBO film adapted from the Tony Award-...

Friday, Jan. 8, 2016

Four time Emmy winner Jay Roach will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 52nd Annual CAS Awards on February 20, at the historic Millennium-Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.

“Jay has invited us to think and laugh as a storyteller and...

Friday, Nov. 6, 2015

The subpoena came like a death sentence.

Dalton Trumbo, the famed Hollywood screenwriter, knew what it meant when he was officially summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. He knew they would pry into his...

Monday, Nov. 2, 2015

Sitting in a bathtub with a pen in one hand and glass of whiskey in the other, a long cigarette holder dangling beneath his wiry moustache, Dalton Trumbo wrote countless Hollywood screenplays. From B-movies to Oscar winners, he remained prolific throughout his...

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