- 5/15/13 /
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Cate Blanchett to Star in David Mamet’s JFK Thriller Blackbird
It'll be "Hitchcockian."
David Mamet
- 3/22/13 /
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Seitz on HBO’s Phil Spector: David Mamet And His Exceedingly Strange Movie
Writer-director David Mamet’s movie stars Al Pacino as the titular record producer.
- 2/5/13 /
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Phil Spector Trailer: Al Pacino As Al Pacino–As–Phil Spector
Featuring more wigs than a Wiggles concert.
- 12/10/12 /
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Theater Review: Glengarry Glen Ross Is Selling Its Stars Hard
Pacino in middle-register Hoo-wah, and John McGinley flashing his canines.
- 12/5/12 /
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Mamet’s Anarchist to Close After Seventeen Performances
"F*ck." —David Mamet.
- 12/3/12 /
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Theater Review: David Mamet’s The Anarchist
"Something extremely simple is being said in the most luxuriantly gnomic academese available."
- 8/22/12 /
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David Mamet Reviving Have Gun — Will Travel
Westerns, you guys.
- 6/13/12 /
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Al Pacino Attached to Glengarry Glen Ross Broadway Revival
But he wouldn't play the same role he played in the film version.
- 7/18/11 /
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Helen Mirren Subs in for Bette Midler in HBO’s Phil Spector Movie
Upgrade?
- 6/14/11 /
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Ed O’Neill Calls Out the Cheapskates at HBO
Also, watch Rob Lowe drop a line from 'Wayne's World.'
- 5/18/11 /
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David Mamet Will Take On Affirmative Action in His Next Screenplay
Also Harvard.
- 10/13/10 /
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Theater Review: A Very Chilly Life in the Theatre
David Mamet's play is performed, word perfect, by Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight. And that's the problem.
- 10/8/10 /
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Al Pacino to Play Phil Spector for HBO
In a movie written and directed by David Mamet.
- 6/18/10 /
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Last Night on Late Night: Miley Cyrus Might Sound Like ‘Crap,’ But She Doesn’t Lip-Synch
Plus, David Mamet explains to Stephen Colbert why he won't eat carbohydrates or watch 'Mamma Mia!,' on our regular late-night roundup.
- 6/3/10 /
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See Kristen Bell in David Mamet’s Wonderful New Short Film, Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
Funny or Die takes it up a notch.
- 4/13/10 /
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Industry Roundup: Kevin Bacon to Steal Steve Carell’s Wife
Plus: Chris Rock takes on Kurosawa for his next remake.
- 3/24/10 /
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Leaked David Mamet Memo to Writers of The Unit Will Only Add to Mamet’s Legend
Keep watch for shows with two characters talking about a third. Mamet hates those shows.
- 12/7/09 /
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Kerry Washington Assumes Her Most Daring Role, in David Mamet’s Race
"I feel really excited to be alive at this point."
- 12/1/09 /
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Julia Stiles Fails to Save Broadway
Surely there must be some way to pin some of the blame for the failure of 'Oleanna' on Jeremy Piven, right?
- 11/18/09 /
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Jason Lee to Try On Blue Suede Shoes
Plus: Winnie Mandela gets a biopic! The Mol strikes again! And it's curtains for ‘Oleanna’!
- 9/24/09 /
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Mamet’s Anne Frank Dumped by Disney
"It's not a film version of 'The Diary of Anne Frank.' The story evolved into something more intense."
- 8/12/09 /
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Anne Frank’s Diary, as Interpreted by David Mamet
ANNE: When I write I can shake off all my cares. PETER: Then the machine gets a hold of you. You know they want rewrites?
- 8/12/09 /
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Warner Bros. Is Playing With Legos
Plus: Ed Helms, international spy.
- 6/30/09 /
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Julia Stiles Set to Save Broadway!
She'll be starring alongside Bill Pullman in 'Oleanna.'
- 6/12/09 /
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Amy Poehler to Serve Up Mashed Potatoes, Salisbury Steak — and Justice
Plus: 'Fela!' moving to Broadway.