Vanya on 42nd Street

“So this is Vanya on 42nd Street. This movie is really remarkable because, if you haven’t seen it, basically they shoot it in a dilapidated theater and it is, I think, one of the best portrayals of Chekhov’s work because, as a realist, it wasn’t all about theatrics and melodrama, and this movie is so interesting because it’s really intimate and the camera follows these actors around the space. Julianne Moore is in it, who can do no wrong. And Brooke Smith is really brilliant in this movie.”