Anyone who thinks Kristen Stewart isn’t one of the under-sung actresses of her generation just isn’t paying attention. For years now, Stewart has been doing incredibly interesting work in films that fly largely under the radar. One of these days, it’s going to turn into an Academy Award nomination. Last year, she was buzzed about for Oscar attention with the biopic Jt LeRoy. A somewhat mixed reception at the Toronto International Film Festival pushed it back into 2019, erasing the buzz in the process. Well, opening this week, I can vouch for Stewart being excellent in it, with a tremendous turn from Laura Dern as well. The Tiff reviews got this one wrong, plain and simple. The movie is a biopic of Savannah Knoop (Stewart), who would spend about six years pretending to be a celebrated author by the name of Jt LeRoy. The write was merely the...
- 4/22/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Sneak Peek writer/director Justin Kelly's romantic drama feature "Jt LeRoy", based on the memoir "Girl Boy Girl: How I Became Jt Leroy" by Savannah Knoop starring Kristen Stewart, opening April 26, 2019:
"...'Savannah Knoop' (Stewart) spends six years masquerading as 'Laura Albert' and her literary persona 'Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy'.
"In 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked 'it boy' wunderkind 'Jt LeRoy', whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally.
"It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco housewife, 'Laura Albert' (Laura Dern) whose epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows and fashion events, ultimately revealing that channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was her only possible path to self-expression..."
Cast also includes Diane Kruger as 'Eva', Jim Sturgess as 'Geoffrey Knoop',...
"...'Savannah Knoop' (Stewart) spends six years masquerading as 'Laura Albert' and her literary persona 'Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy'.
"In 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked 'it boy' wunderkind 'Jt LeRoy', whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally.
"It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco housewife, 'Laura Albert' (Laura Dern) whose epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows and fashion events, ultimately revealing that channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was her only possible path to self-expression..."
Cast also includes Diane Kruger as 'Eva', Jim Sturgess as 'Geoffrey Knoop',...
- 3/28/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
As someone who was in college around the time of the rise of author Jt LeRoy, I’m really surprised that I didn’t know this story. Whether you were a fan of the books, or have never heard his name before… this is one documentary that you don’t want to miss.
The Cult Of Jt Leroy starts out by following a young homeless kid who had suffered a tremendous amount of abuse, and ends up addicted to heroin while prostituting on the streets of San Francisco. His psychologist, who he called into regularly, encouraged him to start writing his stories down, and soon, the world took notice.
Jt’s stories told personal accounts of gender confusion, abuse, drug use, sexual exploration and other incredibly intimate topics. After being passed around to various authors, Jt’s stories were soon published, and took off with great success. Soon after, Jt...
The Cult Of Jt Leroy starts out by following a young homeless kid who had suffered a tremendous amount of abuse, and ends up addicted to heroin while prostituting on the streets of San Francisco. His psychologist, who he called into regularly, encouraged him to start writing his stories down, and soon, the world took notice.
Jt’s stories told personal accounts of gender confusion, abuse, drug use, sexual exploration and other incredibly intimate topics. After being passed around to various authors, Jt’s stories were soon published, and took off with great success. Soon after, Jt...
- 6/4/2015
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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