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It wasn’t easy for writer-director John Sayles to get financing for his most ambitious--and most political--movie to date.
Aug. 17, 1986
DIRECTOR John Sayles and his partner and producer Maggie Renzi were having a drink in New York City while their new film, “Honeydripper,” played at the African Diaspora Film Festival.
Dec. 23, 2007
Walk into the place where John Sayles and Maggie Renzi live, in a brick row-house apartment across the Hudson River from Manhattan, and the first thing you see on a hot day is Renzi bent over an ironing board getting her clothes ready for a trip to Scotland.
Oct. 20, 1991
John Sayles has always been interested in the world, and the world has been pleased to return the compliment, supplying the writer-director with meaty situations that make for meaningful cinema.
June 21, 2002
Chris Cooper, of ‘The Horse Whisperer,’ has made a career of playing quiet characters. : His authenticity appealed to Robert Redford.
May 17, 1998
Movies * Tony Pemberton, working in Russia, encountered inflated film prices, ex-KGB agents and other obstacles during his movie-making odyssey.
Feb. 4, 2000
Anger Management Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson Columbia TriStar. $28 Though it’s not glowing praise, this hit comedy is Sandler’s best film since “The Wedding Singer.”
Sept. 18, 2003
There’s a film crew working on the wind-swept beach here--but it’s accompanied by none of the usual trappings.
July 30, 1993
Writer-director John Sayles’ “Return of the Secaucus Seven” helped launch the current American independent film movement in 1980, and now “Limbo,” his 12th and latest feature, reminds us what true independence means.
June 4, 1999
Politics
Campus life usually isn’t glamorous -- but Daryl Hannah helps.
Sept. 19, 2004