I updated the gallery with a first bunch of pictures I collected and got donated while I was offline. There are much more donations to come so please check back. For now I want to thank Green for donating the scans of Rachel in the recent Telegraph Magazine August 2009. Thanks so much!

I also added captures of “The Lovely Bones” trailer and featurette plus some latest candids. Enjoy and btw. thanks a lot for all the donations Lorna, going to add them as soon as possible!

EDIT: For those who haven´t noticed yet, I also added the clip of “The Lovely Bones” Featurette with an interview with Rachel to the Media Archive.

Gallery Links:
“The Lovely Bones” Trailer Captures (15)
“The Lovely Bones” Featurette Captures (9)
Rachel signing autographs in London – Candids 2009 (2)
Telegraph Magazine August 2009 Scans (7) *HQ

The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10-19 this year and on hand will be a ton of films vying for distribution or hoping to get some early word of mouth to ensure their fall and winter releases satisfy the box-office expectations or guide the way to an Oscar nomination. As a result, we here at RopeofSilicon have received 73 new images from 18 of the films that will be screening at this year’s festival and these films include the likes of everything from Niki Caro’s The Vintner’s Luck to Grant Heslov’s The Men Who Stare at Goats, two Werner Herzog pictures in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Calls New Orleans and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, as well as something for horror fans with new looks at Jennifer’s Body as well as a gallery for [REC] 2.

Along with each preview over the following four pages I have also included the trailer if it is available as well as the synopsis, the cast and the director for each film. By clicking on the picture links, a new browser window will open so you can browse the images and close the window to return to this article and continue the preview.

Agora will be featured at the Toronto Film Festival 2009.

Wow, I just came back home and found out that the first trailer of Rachels upcoming movie “The Lovely Bones” got released and it looks amazing! Another Oscar worth role of hers. Be sure to check out the trailer. The trailer has been added to the Media Archive, screencaptures coming soon. The trailer is first brought to you by Apple.Com.

I´m officially offline from now on because our move to the new flat starts tomorrow and I wont have an internet connection for some weeks. I hope you enjoyed the last updates and you are now up to date on everything Rachel and “A Streetcar Named Desire”.

While I´m offline please enjoy the following articles donated by the great Lorna Mitchell, a new still from the theatre and some new candids which show Rachel leaving the theatre. Enjoy and please check back!

Gallery Links:
Rachel leaving the theatre,  London July 29, 2009 – Candids (12)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Stage Pictures (1)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Article Independent (2)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Article Guardian (3)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Article Daily Mail (1)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Article Daily Express (1)
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Article Daily Telegraph (1)

It was a monster movie that put her on the Hollywood map and her portrayal of an activist who puts her life on the line that won her an Oscar. Now Rachel Weisz is back on stage relishing an altogether different challenge – the daunting role of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Are you trying to freak me out here?’ Rachel Weisz rocks back in her seat, her dark eyes widening, and gives a playful laugh.

We have been talking about the role of Blanche DuBois, which she is playing on stage at the Donmar Warehouse, as one of the great character studies of modern theatre – monstrous, pathetic, delusional and dipsomaniacal – and of the actresses who have played her in the past: Jessica Tandy, who first tackled the role on Broadway in 1947; Vivien Leigh, who immortalised her on film in 1951; and Glenn Close, who was the last actress to play Blanche on a London stage, seven years ago. Blanche is the actress equivalent of Hamlet, the ultimate yardstick – a role in which you sink or swim.

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