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Where were you born and raised and what did your folks do for a living? I was born in Santa Ana, California, but I was raised in Midway City, also in Orange County. My mother didnt work; she cared for the family. And my father was in heating and air conditioning. How did acting first enter the picture for you? I remember putting on plays in the backyard when I was very little and charging the neighbors 10 cents to come see them, so I guess I had the acting bug early on. And I remember watching ...

Michelle Pfeiffer makes a bid to become the next great gay icon in French Exit, one of those camp-inflected dramedies that makes advanced gum disease seem tempting by comparison. Pfeiffer, delivering every line in a Cruella de Vil/Bette Davis tone of weary condescension, plays Frances Price, a New York celebrity aristocrat who is rapidly running out of money. Selling her last remaining possessions, she packs up a black cat, a bag full of cash, and her son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) and takes the lot...

La Pfeiffer Is a Widow on the Verge in French Exit La Pfeiffer Is a Widow on the Verge in French Exit Azazel Jacobs eccentric socialite comedy - also starring Lucas Hedges and Valerie Mahaffey - teeters on the edge of an uncertain reality K. Austin Collins, provided by Feb. 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail French Exit is headlined by the that magnetic chill of hers directly in mind. The movie — adapted by Patrick deWitt from his 2018 novel of the same name — is a tale about a classic, monied,...

Directed by Azazel Jacobs, "French Exit" belongs to the performance of Michelle Pfeiffer, who as a newly insolvent socialite captures an unexpected mix of whimsy and melancholy.

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Pfeiffer a luminous ex-pat If there were ever a film that succeeds thanks to the charismatic turn of its lead performer, it’s Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit, an adaptation of Patrick DeWitt’s novel that rests firmly on Michelle Pfeiffer’s shoulders. It goes without saying that she’s more than capable of bearing this load as a New York socialite who, having run out of money, flees to France to live in a friend’s vacant apartment, her son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) in tow. It’s a delight...

Michelle Pfeiffer talks about her Golden Globe-nominated role in "French Exit," and why Hollywood is "changing finally" for women over 50.

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Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day. SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat. It doesn’t take long before the reasons pile up in regards to loathing the characters of F...

The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (Photo: Takashi Seida), Judas And The Black Messiah (Photo: Glen Wilson), To All The Boys: Always And Forever (Photo: Katie Yu/Netflix), Graphic: Natalie Peeples Another month, another slate of films hedging their bets between the slow reopening of movie theaters and the endless scroll of content available from home. This is a more prestigious February than most, what with studios angling to capitalize on the extended Oscar eligibility calendar; just abou...