Spike Jonze on the set of Her. Photograph: Sam Zhu. Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has called the Oscar-nominated Spike Jonze film Her a "sad male fetish fantasy" following an awkward interview with the US director. If there is one unsung hero of Spike Jonze's "Her" its production designer K.K. Barrett. Well, as unsung as an … Read more
The Academy Awards are tonight and the best of the best in Hollywood are being honored for their work in 2013 and it's a night that everyone in film looks. If there is one unsung hero of Spike Jonze's "Her" its production designer K.K. Barrett. Well, as unsung as an Academy Award nominee can be. … Read more
The director of “Her” farmed out the best-picture acceptance speech to Rob Reiner, who had nothing to do with the film and hadn't even seen it. He proved adept anyway. Spike Jonze is the former son-in-law of Francis Ford Coppola, creator-director of Oscar Award winning film The Godfather. Jonze was nominated for an Academy Award … Read more
After years of nimby battles and funding shortfalls, director Spike Jonze had just completed the Subway to the Sea! As Phoenix's character walks through the station—it was shot in the Hollywood and Western station of L.A's real-life Red Line—you can "You're gonna lie on the bed," Spike Jonze says to me. "It's part of your … Read more