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Exclusive Interview – Director John Madden on Miss Sloane, feminist filmmaking and more

September 11, 2017 by Alex Moreland

Alex Moreland chats with director John Madden about his latest film, Miss Sloane (slight spoilers throughout)… So, let’s talk about Miss Sloane. It’s a very dialogue heavy movie, which is in turn realised by the performances – where do you see your directorial voice shine through? Well, it’s an interesting challenge to film, because it’s […]

Filed Under: Alex Moreland, Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: John Madden, Miss Sloane

Exclusive Interview: Director John Madden on Miss Sloane

May 11, 2017 by Freda Cooper

Freda Cooper chats with Miss Sloane director John Madden… Elizabeth Sloane lives and breathes politics.  Miss Sloane the film seems to attract them like a magnet.  It premiered in America just after the Presidential Election and arrives in the UK this week in the middle of our own General Election campaign. The film’s director, John Madden, spoke […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Jessica Chastain, John Madden, Miss Sloane, Mrs Brown, Shakespeare in Love

Movie Review – Miss Sloane (2016)

May 10, 2017 by Freda Cooper

Miss Sloane, 2016. Directed by John Madden. Starring Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Lithgow, Jake Lacy and Sam Waterston. SYNOPSIS: Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most in-demand political lobbyist in Washington DC.  Famous for her ruthless cunning, she’s poached from a large agency by a smaller one, headed Rodolfo Schmidt (Mark Strong) to […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jake Lacy, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, John Madden, Mark Strong, Miss Sloane, Sam Waterston

Alison Pill joins Jessica Chastain in gun control drama Miss Sloane

January 8, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Variety is reporting that Alison Pill (The Newsroom) has signed on to appear in Miss Sloane, the upcoming gun control drama from director John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Miss Sloane stars Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak) as lobbyist seeking for tighter federal laws regulating firearms, who faces off against the powerful gun lobby. The […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alison Pill, Miss Sloane

Jessica Chastain to star in John Madden-directed Miss Sloane

September 14, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year) is set to star in political thriller Miss Sloane for Europacorp and FilmNation, Deadline reports. John Madden (Shakespeare In Love) is directing the film, which will see Chastain playing “a powerful lobbyist who sacrifices her career on Federal Hill in order to successfully pass an amendment enforcing […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Jessica Chastain, John Madden, Miss Sloane

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