Bradley Cooper is well aware that some of the stylistic choices may have been a burden on his Maestro cast and crew. Some directors can be genuine pains to work for. Maybe they’re volatile, maybe their vision isn’t clear, maybe they ask for too much from their actors. For Bradley Cooper, it was the ridiculous … Read more
Rebel Moon easily topped Netflix’s Top 10 last weekend, but the second weekend will prove whether or not the sci-fi epic has legs. While Rebel Moon has been divisive among fans and critics, the film did manage to pull off an easy victory this weekend, with Netflix revealing it was their most-watched movie last week. … Read more
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro is a beautifully made chronicle of the love story between Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre. PLOT: The life of the legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and his complicated, decades-long marriage to Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). REVIEW: Maestro is a movie that would never exist were it not … Read more
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro opens with a quote attributed to Leonard Bernstein: “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” If that’s the definition of a work of art then Maestro … kind of isn’t one? It is handsome, it is well-acted, … Read more
Lenny’s relationship with Felicia was a complicated one, yet “Maestro” rarely digs far beyond the surface. The two share a bubbly, infectious chemistry as they meet and fall in love – and Cooper the director wisely lets these scenes, and later the couple’s arguments, play out in long, single takes. The affection between them feels … Read more
The more makeup Bradley Cooper had to put on for Leonard Bernstein in Maestro, the earlier the call times got for his team. The makeup for Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, in which he plays legendary composer Leonard Bernstein, has drawn a lot of attention. Not all of it has been positive, but some crew members want … Read more
Bradley Cooper may be on his way to getting his first Best Director Oscar nomination, as Maestro has earned major praise out of Venice. The dueling film festivals of Telluride and Venice are shaping up once against to host some serious awards contenders. Hot off of the Telluride Film Festival’s successful screening of Jeff Nichols’ … Read more
In one shot the movie literally casts Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, the maestro’s wife, in the shadow of the exuberant conductor. It leaps directly from the couple’s courtship, when Felicia declares to “Lenny,” “I know exactly who you are,” to a dozen years later, when the state of things for her is more like “I absolutely … Read more