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MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE (Telluride FF 2026) – Review by Diane Carson

September 11, 2026September 13, 2026 Diane Carson diane lane, eleanor coppola, francis ford coppola, kirsten dunst, Making Marie Antoinette, Milena Cannonero, sofia coppola, telluride film festival, Twlluride 2026

Already celebrated for her dazzling, incisive Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) documenting the filmmaking trials of husband Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Eleanor Coppola’s Making Marie Antoinette (2026) confirms and enhances her reputation as an accomplished filmmaker in her own right. Early in the documentary, in excerpts from her journal spoken by Diane Lane, Eleanor acknowledges that she much prefers to stand back and observe, that “it is against my personality to shoot a documentary, and yet I continue to do so.”

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A MAN IN FULL – Review by Diane Carson

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 Diane Carson A Man in Full., Bill Camp, David E. Kelley, diane lane, jeff daniels, lucy liu, miniseries, netflix, regina king, Sarah Jones, Thomas Schlamme, Tom Wolfe

Some rare directors and writers risk alienating audiences by populating their stories with unlikable characters, principals to supporting participants. The only entertainment, so to speak, may be watching the deeply flawed individuals get their comeuppance, enjoyment derived from their fall. A case can be made that this applies to the Netflix miniseries A Man in Full.

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LET HIM GO – Review by Susan Granger

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Susan Granger diane lane, Kevin Costner, lesley manville, let him go, Thomas Bezucha

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane deliver two of the best performances of their careers in this intense neo-Western as Montana grandparents – George and Margaret Blackledge – whose only son died in a tragic riding accident.

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Eleanor Coppola on PARIS CAN WAIT and Doing Things Her Way –Interview by Jessica Zack

December 30, 2017December 31, 2017 Jessica Zack 0 Comments diane lane, eleanor coppola, paris can wait

Eleanor Coppola admits she had some fun playing with the line between autobiography and fiction while writing the screenplay for

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PARIS CAN WAIT — Review by Jennifer Merin

May 4, 2017December 30, 2017 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments diane lane, eleanor coppola, motw, Movie of the Week, paris can wait

Paris Can Wait is a rich repast for Francophiles and foodies, and women who are hungry for more romance in

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MISS YOU ALREADY, TRUMBO, SPOTLIGHT, SPECTRE and other November 6 openers – Reviews by Jennifer Merin

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments brooklyn, cate blanchett, diane lane, helen mirren, james bond, Miss You Already, saoirse ronan, Spectre, spotlight, the outskirts, trumbo

Don’t miss Miss You Already, a moving drama about lasting friendship between two women. Skip The Outskirts, a film that

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, June 15-21: INSIDE OUT

June 15, 2015June 8, 2020 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments amy pohler, animation, diane lane, inside out, jennifer merin, lewis black, paula poundstone, pete docter, pixar, ronaldo del carmen

Opening June 19, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Inside Out, the latest family film from animation powerhouse Pixar. Newcomer Kaitlyn Dias voices Riley, a young girl who has moved from the Midwest to San Francisco, prompting her emotions to go into overdrive. Read on…

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