#Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” New ‘LOTR’ Films

#Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” New ‘LOTR’ Films

Viggo Mortensen seems tireless. On Friday night, he opened the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic with his feminist western The Dead Don’t Hurt after being honored with the fest’s President’s Award. On Saturday, he discussed the film at a press conference and introduced another screening in…

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#Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen to Receive Karlovy Vary Film Festival Honors

#Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen to Receive Karlovy Vary Film Festival Honors

Viggo Mortenson, Daniel Brühl and Clive Owen will receive Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) honors at the Czech fest’s 58th edition this year. Organizers revealed on Wednesday that actor-director Mortensen will receive the KVIFF President’s Award on opening night, June 28, and also present his feminist western The Dead Don’t Hurt, which he wrote and directed,…

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#‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Vicky Krieps Electrifies in Viggo Mortensen’s Stirring Romantic Western

#‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Vicky Krieps Electrifies in Viggo Mortensen’s Stirring Romantic Western

Viggo Mortensen may be riding tall in the saddle, but co-star Vicky Krieps is the true central figure of the revisionist Western marking the actor’s sophomore effort as director-screenwriter after 2020’s Falling. Making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Dead Don’t Hurt features many classic attributes of the venerable genre, including…

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#‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: Vicky Krieps Electrifies in Viggo Mortensen’s Stirring Romantic Western

#Toronto: Viggo Mortensen Talks Hollywood Strikes, Directing Vicky Krieps in Feminist Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’

Viggo Mortensen’s second feature as a director, the Western The Dead Don’t Hurt, is dedicated to his late mother, Grace Gamble Atkinson, who poetically lives on somewhat in the film’s lead character, the fiercely independent Vivienne Le Coudy, played by Vicky Krieps. “Vivienne, she’s no wonder woman. But she’s very strong, has an inner strength,…

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#Bill Treusch, New York-Based Manager for Sissy Spacek, Christopher Walken and Many Others, Dies at 80

#Bill Treusch, New York-Based Manager for Sissy Spacek, Christopher Walken and Many Others, Dies at 80

Bill Treusch, New York-Based Manager for Sissy Spacek, Christopher Walken and Many Others, Dies at 80 Bill Treusch, the admired New York-based talent manager who jump-started the career of Sissy Spacek and represented Christopher Walken, Diane Keaton, Viggo Mortensen, Richard Jenkins and many others during his five-decade career, has died. He was 80. Treusch died…

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#’Crimes of the Future’ is the year’s most shocking movie

#’Crimes of the Future’ is the year’s most shocking movie

“‘Crimes of the Future’ is the year’s most shocking movie” At Thursday night’s New York premiere of “Crimes of the Future,” controversial director David Cronenberg issued an ominous warning: “Maybe we’ll see you at the end.”  movie review Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (strong disturbing violent content and grisly images, graphic nudity and some…

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#New David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen Movie in the Works – /Film

#New David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen Movie in the Works – /Film

“#New David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen Movie in the Works – /Film” David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen made three memorable films together – A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and A Dangerous Method. Now, it looks like the director and actor are considering getting the band back together for something new – and this new project sounds incredibly promising….

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#Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut – /Film

#Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut – /Film

“#Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut – /Film” Viggo Mortensen makes his directorial debut with Falling, the story of a gay man dealing with his estranged, conservative father who is suffering from dementia. Mortensen also stars in the pic, which features great character actor Lance Henriksen as the antagonistic father. Falling played at both Sundance and at TIFF last year,…

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