Tate Taylor Reviews, Interviews & More

Racism is still a hot button issue in America, and though the civil rights movement was a previous generation's struggle, it's hard to address those issues cinematically and still make an entertaining film. 2011's The Help comes at a time when issue pictures are out of fashion, and so it seems slightly fresher than it might have had it come out in any other decade....

For Tate Taylor, working on a studio movie had to be a dream. That he adapted the book The Help, which was written by his high school buddy Kathryn Stockett, likely made every day seem like a dream. As we sat down to do the interview Kathryn passed around a picture of the two of them at prom together. Both had very intimate feelings for the material, and it shows....

The Help is a new upcoming film by writer/director Tate Taylor and starring Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone and (according to us) Allison Janney! Though the film is still shooting, DreamWorks has already began promoting it and in doing so has launched a contest with iVillage (check out all the rules here) providing fans the chance to...

This is almost a cliched Sundance film - dark, brooding, slow but steady and with a big cathartic experience at the end and a lot of intense acting. Winter's Bone tells the story of a hardcore, teenage girl that is on the hunt for her crystal-meth-making father who has skipped bail and gone missing. This is not an "easy" film to watch, but if you like slow,...