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Sean Penn

A collection of 2 posts
On Movies & Media

Sean Penn, The Tree of Life, and the difference between prose and poetry.

The L.A. Times, In Contention, Hollywood Elsewhere... everybody's getting worked up because Sean Penn apparently "dissed" director Terrence Malick and The Tree of Life: I didn’t at all find on the screen the emotion of the script, which is the most magnificent one that
27 Aug 2011 11 min read
On Movies & Media

Sean Penn Disqualifies Cannes Films that Don't Reflect "Current Climate"

Aaaaaaaand they're off! The Cannes Film Festival has begun, which means Indiana Jones is suiting up for his first big-screen adventure in twenty years, and a crop of great works of art destined to be almost ignored in America are about to screen for very lucky audiences. Sean
15 May 2008 1 min read
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