BERLIN (REUTERS) - Famous for the "bro comedies" of his early career, now actor Jonah Hill wants to challenge traditional concepts of masculinity with his directorial debut film about a group of troubled young skaters in 1990s Los Angeles. Mid90s, a coming-of-age movie presented at the Berlin Film Festival, follows 13-year-old Stevie who, beaten by his older brother, seeks solace with a group of troubled skaters hanging around a shop smoking and making crude jokes. The shy boy becomes a troublesome teenager spiralling out of control as he starts drinking and smoking, steals money from his mother, and hooks up with an older girl at a party in an attempt to fit in with his cool new friends. At one point, he tries to kill himself with the cord of a games console. Hill said he wanted to show how harmful the boys' often misogynistic and homophobic language is, and explore how their inability to express emotional pain led to bad decisions. "In America at that time in the 90s, traditional … [Read more...] about Actor Jonah Hill debuts as director with 90s skating film
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Jonah Hill on including ‘toxic masculinity’ in directorial debut Mid90s
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By Victoria Ahearn The Canadian Press Thu., Oct. 25, 2018 When Jonah Hill stepped onstage at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival, he couldn’t fight back the tears. His directorial debut, the coming-of-age skateboarding comedy-drama Mid90s that opens Friday, had just had its world premiere, and he was overwhelmed by the rapturous response from the crowd and the chance to finally introduce the relatively unknown cast to the world. “My dream my whole life is to be a filmmaker, a writer and director,” said Hill, a two-time Oscar-nominated actor for Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street, in a recent interview. “Also, the Toronto Film Festival is really meaningful to me because Moneyball premiered there. I had waited to see it until the Toronto Film Festival and it was this incredibly moving experience; my family was there, my friends. And it was my first big serious role in a movie. “I wanted to give the kids the same … [Read more...] about Jonah Hill on including ‘toxic masculinity’ in directorial debut Mid90s
Jonah Hill delivers one of the most heartwarming movies of the year in his directorial debut ‘mid90s’
caption “mid90s.” source a24 Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is a beautifully authentic look at a kid trying to find acceptance in LA. If you’re a fan of ’90s music, get ready for this soundtrack. We’ve seen Jonah Hill evolve from playing the comedic roles to impressive dramatic performances, and now we are about to witness his latest evolution: being a director. With the release of “mid90s” (opening October 19), Hill has created one of the most heartwarming movies of the year as we follow the life of young teen Stevie (Sunny Suljic), as he tries to find the acceptance and love that he can’t get at home. Set in the (you guessed it) mid-1990s, Stevie is an LA 13-year-old who spends most of his time wanting to gain the acceptance of his older brother, Ian (Lucas Hedges), but instead gets beat up by him. With his mother (Katherine Waterston) never around, Stevie spends most of his time away from home and that … [Read more...] about Jonah Hill delivers one of the most heartwarming movies of the year in his directorial debut ‘mid90s’
WATCH: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill star in upcoming series ‘Maniac’
WATCH: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill star in upcoming series ‘Maniac’ (philstar.com) - August 7, 2018 - 12:40pm MANILA, Philippines — The streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday released the trailer for the upcoming limited series “Maniac” starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. The series set in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time, tells the stories of Annie Landsberg (Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. "Maniac" is written by Patrick Somerville and directed by Cary Fukunaga. It also casts Justin Theroux and Sally Field. In the series, Annie’s disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister; Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia. Neither of … [Read more...] about WATCH: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill star in upcoming series ‘Maniac’
Netflix released the trailer for ‘Maniac’ starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, and it looks wild
source Netflix Netflix released a full-length trailer for its limited series, “Maniac,” starring Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux, and Sally Field. It looks pretty wild. “Maniac” drops on Netflix September 21. Netflix is all about giving its creators freedom, and sometimes it has quite wild results. On Monday, the streaming service released the first full-length trailer for “Maniac,” a new limited series starring Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Sally Field, and Justin Theroux. And it certainly proves that Netflix let visionary director and producer Cary Joji Fukunaga go all in. Fukunaga directed all episodes of “True Detective” season one. The show, a sci-fi dark comedy, tells the story of two strangers (Hill and Stone) who are drawn to each other in the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial. It’s loosely based on a Norwegian series of the same name. The trailer shows glimpses of the show’s … [Read more...] about Netflix released the trailer for ‘Maniac’ starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, and it looks wild