Diane Lane

This weekend brings Nights in Rodanthe to theaters. It's an unapologetic tearjerker, a love story starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane (click here for Rex Reed's review), based on a Nicholas Sparks novel and directed by...George C. Wolfe?

It's certainly not an obvious partnership. After all, Mr. Wolfe has made his reputation as being an edgy and inventive playwright (The Colored Museum, Spunk, Jelly's Last Jam), theater director (he staged Tony Kushner's Angels in America for which he won the Tony), and producer of the Public Theater (he was the man behind Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk). Nicholas Sparks spins tales of big gut-busting romances like The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember and Dear John.  read more »

Six years after starring together in Unfaithful, Diane Lane and Richard Gere reunited in the weepy love story Nights in Rodanthe (based on a book by king of sentimentality Nicholas Sparks), which premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre Tuesday, Sept. 23. 

Walking the carpet alongside the pair were Law and Order SVU's Christopher Meloni, Harry Connick Jr., and actress Viola Davis. 

"I don't get to smile much in most films; I tend to play very heavy duty characters," Ms. Davis told the Daily Transom.  "But this time, I got to wear make up and a dress, and I got to have a boyfriend.  read more »

Nights In Rodanthe
98 minutes
Written by Ann Peacock and John Romano
Directed by George C. Wolfe
Starring Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Viola Davis, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni

While the rest of the world is having a noisy nervous breakdown, it’s good to know there are still a few folks at the movies selling feel-good fun and falling in love. Proving all is not grim and fatal, Nights in Rodanthe (an unfortunate title if ever there was one) is a classy tearjerker with butter-cream frosting, raised to the level of (maybe undeserved) artistry by the convincing sincerity and no-nonsense honesty of Diane Lane.  read more »

UNTRACEABLE
Running Time 101 minutes
Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Written by Robert Fyvolent & Mark Brinker and Allison Burnett  read more »