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Spike Jonze Says He’s On A Hiatus From Filmmaking While Working For Vice TV
Since 1999, when he made his feature debut with "Being John Malkovich," Spike Jonze has only made a total of four films. Granted, he dabbles in all kinds of media from shorts to music videos to fashion...
View ArticleWatch: Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ and the Physical Act of Loving
Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ is an entirely physical movie. Much has been made, and perhaps seemingly justifiably, of the inward nature of the love relationship it describes, that between Joaquin Phoenix’s...
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The 10 Best Oscar-Nominated Debut Directors
To some extent, the Oscars favor experience. For one, making a movie is really hard, and you tend to need to accumulate a few under your belt before you know what you’re doing. For another, name...
View ArticleWatch: Spike Jonze Opens ‘The Late Show’ With a Short Film Starring Stephen...
Spike Jonze is known for his heartfelt, touching, and, most importantly, relatable character developments, taking the time to give his protagonists, and even antagonists, a sense of depth and realism...
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Late-Night Laughs: Spike Jonze Directs Short For Stephen Colbert, Plus...
It seems this week, late-night shows really stretched their budgets with some expensive sketches. We already saw "Jimmy Kimmel Live" present a "deleted scene" from "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice,"...
View ArticleWatch: 15-Minute Video Essay Explores Loneliness, Longing And Conformity In...
As anyone who’s seen Spike Jonze’s masterful “Her” can attest, nothing about the film should be taken on the surface. The sci-fi film is as original, telling, timely and modern as a romance can be...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Unleashes a Totally Wild Margaret Qualley in Quirky New Kenzo...
“When we think about perfume campaigns, we think about a pretty girl with a bottle. This clip is exactly the opposite. It’s very multi-faceted and different; it takes the spectator by surprise.” So...
View Article‘Nirvanna The Band The Show’ Review: Spike Jonze-Produced Viceland Comedy is...
Before we dig into the shotgun blast of comedy delivered in “Nirvanna The Band The Show,” an overview is needed as to what, exactly, this new Viceland comedy is about. More pressing than usual given...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Had Margaret Qualley Dance Like a Tree During Kenzo Commercial...
Margaret Qualley is a “massive fan” of Spike Jonze. So when the “Leftovers” actress auditioned for the starring role in the filmmaker’s KENZO World perfume short film, released last summer, she was...
View ArticleSesame Street Comes For Spike Jonze With This Remake of Beastie...
No, it’s not a promo for the all puppet Beastie Boys cover band, The Beastie Birds, but the latest Sesame Street mashup is just as much fun. From the Webby Award-winning genius who set “Rick and Morty”...
View ArticleSpike Jonze is Filming A Secret Project With Frank Ocean and Brad Pitt — Watch
The wait for a new project from Spike Jonze might be over sometime soon. The Oscar winner was spotted at FYF Fest in Los Angeles over the weekend filming portions of Frank Ocean’s appearance. The...
View ArticleEric Zumbrunnen, Editor on Every Spike Jonze Movie, Dies at 52
Eric Zumbrunnen, film editor and longtime Spike Jonze collaborator, has died at age 52 following a battle with cancer. The editor worked on every Spike Jonze feature, either by himself or with...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Almost Directed ‘Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls,’ but Jim Carrey...
Countless potentially great director/movie pairings never came to pass, from David Lynch helming “Return of the Jedi” to Cary Fukunaga tackling “It.” Here’s another for the list: Spike Jonze and “Ace...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Shoots An Amazing Live Dance Film Starring Mia Wasikowska and...
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” got a shot of adrenaline last night when Spike Jonze showed up to shoot a live music video starring indie darling Mia Wasikowska and Lakeith Stanfield. Jonze...
View ArticleJim Carrey’s Artist Life: Inside His Friendship With Spike Jonze, Dense...
It was already an exciting evening at MOMA on Tuesday night when Jim Carrey, Spike Jonze, and Chris Smith sat down for a Q&A following a screening of “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond.” Then...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Returns For A Surreal Apple Short Film Starring Double FKA Twigs...
Spike Jonze still hasn’t announced any formal plans for his next feature film, but he is making the wait a little easier with the debut of a new commercial for Apple’s HomePod system. Anyone familiar...
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Delicate’ Music Video Faces Backlash Over Similarities to...
Taylor Swift unveiled the new music video for her song “Delicate” during the iHeart Radio Music Awards on March 11, and it didn’t take long for the nearly four-minute clip to amass over 10 million...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Behind the Scenes: Watch the Director Choreograph and Film His...
Spike Jonze broke the internet earlier this month with the release of his Apple short film, “Welcome Home.” Starring FKA Twigs, the project acted as a commercial for Apple’s new HomePod speaker system...
View ArticleJonah Hill Scrapped His Original Plan for ‘Mid90s’ After Spike Jonze Offered...
When you’re making your directorial debut, it helps to have famous friends who happen to be Oscar-winning filmmakers. Jonah Hill is behind the camera for the first time on a feature with “Mid90s,”...
View ArticleSpike Jonze Directs Idris Elba in Charming Comedy Short Film for Squarespace
Idris Elba and Spike Jonze? Sounds like a match made in heaven. The pair teamed up recently on a new advertising campaign for Squarespace, the website building and hosting company, which kicked off...
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