Interview: 'Away We Go' Director Sam Mendes
, an incisive look at suburban malaise that in addition to netting multiple Oscar nominations, earned him a reputation for being a keen if not altogether optimistic observer of human nature. Ten years later he's virtually cemented that pessimistic point of view with films like Jarhead , Road to Perdition and Revolutionary Road , all chronicles of characters desperately in search of something, if not better, than at least different than what they already have. But while his latest film,...

Directors downsize their productions' scales
Sam Mendes compares the experience of making a small film to that of driving a small car. "It's more maneuverable and more fun. It may not take you as far, but you'll certainly enjoy the ride," said the director, who's opted this season to break away from his regular film diet of movie-star-heavy melodramas (" Revolutionary Road ," "Road to Perdition") for his new, quirky Road movie "Away We Go," a picaresque comedy about a young couple ( John...

Sam Mendes - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com
From All Movie Guide: Director Sam Mendes was already a veteran of the Broadway and London stage when he made one of the most auspicious feature film debuts in recent memory with American Beauty , a dark, satirical, and ultimately revelatory vision of suburban discontent. The low-budget Hollywood production struck a chord with audiences and critics, garnering Mendes a truckload of year-end awards.

‘Revolutionary Road’ Trailer - DiCaprio & Winslet Reunite
Sam Mendes, director of “American Beauty” and “Road to Perdition”, is reuniting “Titanic” stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet for the 50’s drama “Revolutionary Road”. Check out the trailer below, which completely lacks any boats, icebergs, or very cold water. I promise. A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Get the latest

AWAY WE GO Review
Director Sam Mendes is only as good as his script.

Kate Winslet - Winslet Shuns The High Life For Kids
Kate Winslet refuses to hire a nanny or a chef because she wants her children to have a normal upbringing. The Titanic star is desperate for her kids - eight-year-old Mia from her first marriage to director Jim Threapleton, and five-year-old Joe with husband Sam Mendes - to grow up away from the movie star bubble. And although she's tempted to live in the lap of luxury, she is keeping it real for the sake of her children. Winslet says, "I don't have the perfect life. There are things I could...

Kate Winslet - Winslet Plans A Break From Movies
Kate Winslet wants to turn her back on Hollywood because she's sick of life in the spotlight. The Titanic star feels overexposed after winning an Oscar earlier this year (09) for her role in The Reader, and receiving critical acclaim for her performance in Revolutionary Road. And she is so desperate to take a back seat, she is eyeing a stage role in a musical. Winslet says, "I think I have to take time off. I'm sick of me and I'm sure everybody else is too! "But I would love to do some...

"Revolutionary Road" release date.
Revolutionary Road will continue to pave a path of critical acclaim on June 2 when Paramount Home Entertainment releases it day-and-date on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio reunite for the first time under the watchful eye of Kate's real-life husband and the film's director, Sam Mendes. The story, based on the novel by Richard Yates, explores a typical American couple living in the 1950s.Revolutionary Road will come to Blu-ray with a widescreen 1080p transfer and 5.1 Dolby...

Away We Go Pics
Images from Sam Mendes' next film.

'Revolutionary Road' doesn't live up to Yates' novel
Revolutionary Road is a small-spirited depiction of a golden couple in mid-1950s America. As they crash on their own failed hopes and dreams and fall into the trap of a comfortable, convenient life, you wonder whether you'd keep watching were it not for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet . The movie never draws you into their summer of discontent. Revolutionary Road isn't just a failed literary adaptation. It's a failure of the worst kind: It doesn't even make you want to read Richard...

iW ROUND UP | Monday, October 6th
indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Monday morning. Rio on the RoadFestival do Rio market hitting traveling with events in Europe and the U.S. [HR] Buyers Eyeing NYFF Films?With a changing market climate, is the New York fest emerging as a stronger place to scout movies? [HR] Anticipating "Revolutionary Road"Glenn Kenny wonders: Will the new Sam Mendes film be "a big, practically zeitgeist-defining, hit." [Some Came Running] Dreamworks SettledSteven Spielberg/Stacy Snider resol

DEAR ACADEMY MEMBERS: Don’t Bother Seeing Any Other Movie This Year
It was during last night's new episode of Mad Men that we happen to catch the trailer for the upcoming movie Revolutionary Road, the first movie from Oscar winning director Sam Mendes since 2005's Jarhead. The film stars your favorite sunken treasures, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, and the trailer answers that age old quesion "But what if Jack would have survived the Titanic?" The answer, it seems, is that he would have been miserable. I'm still not 100 percent sure as to what Revolutionary Road is

'Revolutionary Road' trailer
Web Exclusive: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star -- Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star in director Sam Mendes' marital drama.

Kate Winslet dans la peau de Vivienne Westwood !
La comédienne britannique Kate Winslet, 32 ans, femme du réalisateur Sam Mendes (qui vient...

Sam Mendes Talks Preacher
ComingSoon.net talked to Away We Go director Sam Mendes about comic book adaptation Preacher , which he is set to direct from a script by John August at Columbia Pictures. Here's what he said: CS: I'm personally very interested in the idea of you doing "Preacher" because I was a big fan of "Road to Perdition" and I'm a fan of those comics as well. How's that been progressing in terms of John August developing the script? Mendes: I think it's an incredible piece of material and I'm...

New Trailer for 'Revolutionary Road' with Kate and Leo
So far, I think I like the idea of Revolutionary Road more than I like the reality. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, a Sam Mendes flick, Roger Deakins working the camera...that's restaurant quality. But the first trailer was just above average, not great. It was what it needed to be for a movie like this. The second trailer, while it does develop the story a little more, is not very inspiring. Of course, I felt more or less the same way about the trailers for Body of Lies, a DiCaprio

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Int’l Trailer
I’m looking forward to this movie, since I haven’t read the book, I wanna know what it is that makes a married couple who live a great life and still be miserable. Judging from this international trailer which is an extension of the previous one, Leo’s character and Kate’s character at first, had big dreams and I’m assuming they wanted to realize those dreams together but it seems that life and time got the better of them, it made them think more of financial security and less

'Revolutionary Road' trailer and poster
If you took a trip to a loval theater this past weekend, you may have seen the first trailer for Sam Mendes' upcoming drama "Revolutionary Road," which reunites Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet on the big screen. The film may not score the same success as "Titanic," but it sure looks intriguing. Based on a novel by Richard Yates, the film follows a couple struggling to prevent their relationship from breaking apart in a world ruled by convention."Revolutionary Road" opens Dec. 26, 2008. Watch the traile

500 Greatest of All Time?
Empire Magazine, via SlashFilm, has released a voted on list of the five hundred best.  These were voted on by readers and Hollywood insiders like  Sam Mendes, Guillermo del Toro, Pedro Almodovar, Quentin Tarantino, Mike Leigh, Cameron Crowe, etc. What immediately strikes me is how high The Dark Knight is ...

Millvina Dean, Titanic
LONDON — "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have pledged to help the last survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner. The stars say they have thrown their support behind a fund that would subsidize Millvina Dean's nursing home fees.

Away We Go - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com
Authors Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida provide the script for Sam Mendes ' comedy focusing on a married couple ( John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph ) as they travel across the country searching for a place to live before their baby is born in this Focus Features release. As the wandering couple sets out in search of a place to plant roots, they reconnect with lost relatives and old friends. Maggie Gyllenhaal , Jeff Daniels, and Allison Janney co-star in a film featuring music by Alexi Murdoch....

Leonardo DiCaprio - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com
From All Movie Guide: As the blond, blue-eyed icon for millions of teenage girls and more than a few boys everywhere, Leonardo DiCaprio emerged from relative television obscurity to become perhaps the hottest under-30 actor of the 1990s. After leading roles in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and James Cameron 's Titanic , the actor became a phenomenon, spawning legions of websites and an entire industry built around his name.

Trailer for Sam Mendes’ ‘Away We Go’
Despite the fact Sam Mendes’ follow-up to Revolutionary Road is hitting theaters on June 5 from Focus Features with nary a word about Away We Go until suddenly a trailer for the comedy starring John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Catherine O’Hara, Jeff Daniels and Allison Janney hits the Internet. The only information I have on [...]

Review: Away We Go (2009) ** 1/2
Successfully amplifying their low-wattage, TV-grade charms to the big screen, John Krasinski ( The Office ) and Maya Rudolph ( Saturday Night Live ) almost manage to save Sam Mendes’ latest film from himself. Though they ultimately fail, one at least looks forward to seeing more of them on the big screen. Mr. Mendes on the other hand has just about worn out his welcome.

This week people will be talking about . . .
People and personalities at the multiplex this week: 1. Leonardo DiCaprio isn't just out to save the world in his new terrorism film "Body of Lies." Leo always has an environmental message of his own to pass on during this election year.