Oren Moverman Articles

Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Friends with Kids Juliette Binoche, Nani Moretti, Fernando Meirelles, Marjane Satrapi, Alexander Payne: Toronto 2011 Friends With Kids —  Jennifer Westfeldt, World Premiere — Friends With Kids is a poignant ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. There are big laughs and unexpected emotional truths as the last two [...]

Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson in The Messenger There were quite a few surprises among the nominees for the St. Louis Film Critics Association 2009 Awards. I mean, Kim So Yong's Treeless Mountain for best foreign language film? Jeff Stilson's Good Hair for best documentary? Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Oren Moverman (The Messenger) for best director? Patton Oswald (Big Fan) and Ben Foster (The [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnm885kLggY[/youtube] Directed by Oren Moverman, and written by Moverman and Alessandro Camon, The Messenger stars Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton and Jena Malone. The film chronicles the emotional struggles of an American soldier after he becomes involved with the widow of a fallen officer. The Messenger won both the Silver Bear for best screenplay and the Peace Award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, [...]

Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster in The Messenger (top); filmmaker Oren Moverman (bottom) In Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer recently returned home from Iraq. Once on American soil, Montgomery is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service, where he is partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bring the bad news to the families of [...]