There has been endless buzz around James Mangold's latest biopic 'A Complete Unknown', but is it completely overrated
Trailblazer honoree James Mangold says now is the time for storytellers to lean into "sincerity and earnestness" more than ever: "We shouldn’t be embarrassed to feel shit and show it."
Angelina Jolie became the star that she is today thanks to her work in Mangold’s 1999 drama Girl, Interrupted, which earned her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Mangold also made his first attempt at a musician biopic with the Johnny Cash film Walk the Line,
James Mangold misses the era when movies weren’t embarrassed to make audiences feel something. The director of the Bob Dylan musical biopic “A Complete Unknown” and comic book adaptation “Logan” believes there’s a growing hostility to films that wear “their hearts on their sleeve.
The Grand Hyatt Deer Valley hosted a starry Celebrating Sundance Institute that also honored James Mangold, Cynthia Erivo and filmmakers Sean Wang, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.
While we have a positive update on James Mangold's plans for Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, it sounds like it could be a while before the filmmaker is able to make time for DC Studios' Swamp Thing
Michelle Satter, the founding director of the non-profit's filmmaker labs, was showered with praise at the festival's annual gala.
With hits like Logan & Walk the Line, and the currently playing A Complete Unknown, James Mangold is climbing the list of highest-grossing directors.
Oscar nominees Cynthia Erivo and James Mangold were honored at the Sundance Film Festival a day after they landed Oscar nominations for starring in "Wicked" and directing "A Complete Unknown."
For James Mangold, Thursday morning was a day like any other, aside from the fact he woke up to three Academy Award nominations for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown – for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with co-writer Jay Cocks) and Best Picture.
Filmmaker James Mangold says that his upcoming Swamp Thing film for DC is being crafted as a standalone story.
The script of “A Complete Unknown” — written in part by Mangold and based roughly on Elijah Wald’s 2015 book “Dylan Goes Electric!” — walks a careful line. Bob Dylan films have been made before, and they have generally been good.