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Frances McDormand Lines Up Two New Starring Roles
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After being second, third or fourth string in her recent roles, the ever-wonderful Frances McDormand is finally getting some top-billed goodness. The actress is set to star in two films for Focus Features. The first comes by way of a long-forgotten book by Winifred Watson -- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Published in 1938, the book became a victim of WW2, but is now making a comeback in the UK. An adult Cinderella-like fairy tale, Pettigrew shares one day in the life of a down-trodden governess who is sent to the wrong house by her employment agency. There she meets Miss LaFosse, a cabaret singer, who gives her a taste of glamour. Adapted by Full Monty scribe Simon Beaufoy, the film will be directed by Bharat Nalluri this April in London. After dipping her toe into old-style London elegance, McDormand will be heading to New York for her fifth cinematic collaboration with husband, Joel Coen. (Previous forays have included Raising Arizona and her Oscar-winner, Fargo.) She will star opposite ladies man, George Clooney, in the Coen brothers next film, Burn After Reading. So far, all we know is that it is a dark comedy about the CIA. Hopefully, hubbie and bro-in-law Coen have written a meaty role for McDormand, perhaps with Clooney as her love interest. While she's finally broken through to the sexy, it would be nice to see her getting juicy leading men.
News from Slackerwood: cures for Sundance withdrawal
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We can't all go to Sundance, sadly. However, those of us in Austin who were left behind can at least console ourselves with a number of unique screenings and film-related events. Besides, SXSW is less than two months away ... speaking of which, the festival is looking for volunteers. The SXSW Volunteer Call meeting is Sunday 1/22; details are available on the SXSW site.
- The Austin Jewish Film Festival opens Saturday 1/21 with the 2004 movie Ushpizin at the Arbor Cinema. The film festival runs through Friday 1/27 and includes more than 20 short and feature-lenghth narratives and documentaries, such as The Thing About My Folks (which played at SXSW last year) and Bending Light, a short film shot in Austin. Many of the films sound fascinating; check the Web site for details on the entire schedule. The Austin Chronicle profiled the film festival in this week's issue.
- The Werner Herzog retrospective wraps up this week at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown: Wheel of Time plays on Sunday 1/22, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God on Tuesday-Wednesday 1/24-25 and Sunday 1/29.
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