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Jonathan Levine

‘Warm Bodies’ makers Jonathan Levine, Dave Franco and Analeigh Tipton talk zombies

Warm Bodies
“Warm Bodies” is a new kind of zombie movie — the hero actually is a zombie. And he’s not just any hero. He’s a romantic lead who falls in love with a human girl. Writer-director Jonathan Levine (“50/50”) and actors Dave Franco and Analeigh Tipton recently visited The City to chat about the movie, opening today, which is based on a young-adult novel by Isaac Marion. For Levine, zombie movies are about collective vs. individual consciousness. Read More

‘50/50’ is a candid cancer comedy

How impressive is “50/50,” a movie that could easily have wallowed in the weepiest clichés and pressed all the tear-jerking buttons, but foregoes them for something subtler and more honestly moving? Here, improbably, we have a comedy about a young man, fit and fastidiously health-conscious, floored by a cancer diagnosis and faced with even odds to survive. Read More
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