Canadian master David Cronenberg strips Hollywood bare in this wicked satire of the movie business. Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore, awarded Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival for this role) is a desperate middle-aged actress scheming to land the lead in a remake of a film her mother starred in years ago.

Interview with 'Maps To The Stars' writer Bruce Wagner

'Maps to the Stars' Trailer

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Around this imploding star revolves a constellation of shady Tinseltown types: Dr. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), a TV psychologist and self-help guru whose teen-idol son is going off the rails; Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), a pyromaniac who gets hired as Havana’s assistant; Jerome (Robert Pattinson), a limo driver, struggling actor and aspiring screenwriter; and various wives, agents, and phantoms who stroll periodically through the carnage. Gleefully dissecting a milieu driven by all the wrong values, MAPS TO THE STARS peels back Tinseltown’s skin-deep facade to reveal a dystopia that’s at once utterly alien and eerily recognizable. (Toronto International Film Festival)

About the Film

Writer:Bruce Wagner
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams
Run Time: 111 min
Year Completed: 2014
Country of Origin: Canada, Germany