Walter Salles

New releases: 'On the Road' seeks a style both poetic, realistic

2013-03-24 07:00:00

On the Road Available on VOD beginning Monday Director Walter Salles, screenwriter Jos� Rivera and producer Francis Ford Coppola have given themselves the almost-impossible task of adapting Jack Kerouac's beloved Beat Generation novel "On the Road," a...

Kristen Stewart's 'On the Road' heading back to theaters

2013-03-06 19:33:00

Even casual media consumers probably were aware of "On the Road," Walter Salles' adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel starring Kristen Stewart, in December.� That month, Stewart appeared on numerous TV programs, including "The Daily Show" and "The...

'On the Road' toward mortality: A critic ponders Jack Kerouac

2012-12-27 07:00:00

Time is a key element in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road." "We know time," the protagonist Dean Moriarty (based on Kerouac's friend Neal Cassady) mutters throughout the book, an invocation and a prayer. That's important for a couple of reasons: It...

The Hudson and 'On the Road' are finally in gear

2012-12-08 06:00:00

From inside the rocket-shaped time capsule of a silver 1949 Hudson Super Six, West Hollywood looked astonishingly modern to Brazilian director Walter Salles. Salles, who has devoted the last eight years to adapting Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" for the...

Review: 'On the Road' is achingly romantic

2012-12-20 12:01:00

There are as many visions of "On the Road," novelist Jack Kerouac's vivid anthem to the romance of youthful freedom and the getting of experience as there are readers. It's a book so influential yet so personal that each succeeding generation since its...

Fashion news: Armani, 'Great Gatsby' and Cannes Film Festival

2012-05-24 16:32:48

Cannes 2012: Kristen Stewart says Kerouac changed her life

2012-05-24 16:38:37

Kristen Stewart in 'On the Road': 'I just want ... a baby' [video]

2012-05-23 16:38:53

Cannes 2012: Kanye West, auteur?

2012-05-24 04:37:20

Cannes 2012: Auteurs take a shine to Americana

2012-05-21 21:38:32

Cannes 2012: Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles

2012-05-16 16:37:41

Cannes 2012: Can any film reproduce 'The Artist' magic?

2012-05-16 16:37:40

Sam Riley, left, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund in "On the Road," directed by Walter Salles.

2013-01-04 21:04:00

Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund in Walter Salles' movie "On the Road."

2012-12-26 17:33:05

A young writer travels across the country with a free-spirited friend and his uninhibited girlfriend in this adaptation of the Jack Kerouac beat novel. With Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart. Written by Jose Rivera. Directed by Walter Salles. IFC Films.

2012-11-01 15:06:15