To the surprise of no one, it sounds like Vincent Gallo is still a creep. Or he’s still interested in the most extreme forms of method acting possible—or some combo of the two. It’s up for the reader to judge here, as IndieWire reports (via Rolling Stone) that three actresses have gone to the Screen Actors Guild to file formal complaints against Gallo for creating a hostile work environment during auditions for the upcoming film “The Policeman.” It sounds, as per usual, that the actor took things too far.

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Remember Vincent Gallo? After a steady career acting, Gallo really broke out in 1998 with the release of his indie darling, “Buffalo ‘66.” Five years later, he returned with another directorial effort, the controversial drama, “The Brown Bunny.” But since then, he’s been a bit under the radar, with smaller acting roles and lesser-known directorial gigs. Well, it appears the actor-filmmaker is set to star in his most high-profile film in a decade, “Shut In,” but the feature is already bound to be controversial, well before it hits theaters. 

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To say filmmaker Vincent Gallo is a controversial figure in the industry is a vast understatement. As an actor, he appeared in many films. However, it’s his work as a writer-director that really got his name in the conversation. After a successful debut film, “Buffalo ’66,” Hollywood was ready for the emergence of Gallo as a great filmmaker. Then, in 2004, Gallo released “The Brown Bunny.” That’s when everything started to go downhill for him.

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Knock knock. Who’s there? A new episode of Indie Beat!

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This time around we spoke with filmmaker Adam Keleman!

The director started out with a bang, having his first short film “Going Back” premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in 2010. This short follows a failed model returning to her hometown after a long time away, focusing on all the discomfort and awkwardness that entails.

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Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmush, Harmony Korine, Lars von Trier, Vincent Gallo, Larry Clark, and most recently Whit Stillman — these are some of the names that Chloe Sevigny has worked with across her career. However, working with such distinctive filmmakers has not been the greatest of experiences for Sevigny who, on the eve of revealing her directorial debut “Kitty” at Cannes, gets candid about the difficulty of working with such exacting directors.

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Watch: 2 Bonkers Trailers & New Pics For 'The Legend Of Kaspar Hauser' Starring Vincent Gallo

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Vincent Gallo Joins Japanese Thriller 'Human Trust' Co-Starring Kôichi Satô & 'Oldboy' Star Yu Ji-Tae

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Watch: Trailer For Forgotten & Unreleased 2007 Vincent Gallo Sex Comedy 'Oliviero Rising'

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Vincent Gallo To Star In Alexandre Nahon's 'Don't Shoot The Piano Player,' Michael Rapaport In Talks To Join

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The jury’s president Quentin Tarantino, who once dated Coppola back in the late ’90s and obviously has no hard feelings said the decision was unanimous among the tribunal. “This was a film that enchanted us from our first screening,” Tarantino said during the award ceremony, according to The San Francisco Chronicle via Indiewire.

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Director Mike Mills has exceptional taste and always has. He started out as a designer and music video director (various hip ’90s/’00s collaborations for Sonic Youth, Elliott Smith, Air, Beastie Boys, Beck, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cibo Matto, Blonde Redhead) and then moved on to feature filmmaking.

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The Contemporary World Cinema program has certainly grabbed our attention with a number of high-profile films catching our eye. Receiving North American premieres are two highly anticipated titles (at least by us anyway), Kelly Reichardt’s gritty western tragedy “Meek’s Cutoff” and Tom Tykwer’s “Three.” A couple of intriguing titles making their World Premiere are Icíar Bollaín’s post-modern “Even The Rain” starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Bent Hamer’s (“Kitchen Stories”) latest “Home For Christmas.” The inconsistent but always fascinating Tsui Hark will unveil “Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame” to North American audiences while a selection of films that played Cannes earlier this year including Feng Xiaogang’s “Aftershock,” Pablo Trapero’s “Carancho,” Oliver Schmitz’s “Life, Above All,” Sergei Loznitsa’s “My Joy” and, pretty much already a lock for a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination (the critics loved this one at Cannes), Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods And Men.”

The Masters program also offers a selection of titles from some established auteurs led by Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s head-scratching wonder “Uncle Boonme Who Can Recall Past Lives,” Ken Loach’s Iraq war drama “Route Irish,” Jean-Luc Godard’s total mindfuck “Film Socialisme.” Other titles of note include Jerzy Skolimowski’s Vincent Gallo-as-terrorist film “Essential Killing,” Catherine Breillat’s latest take on a fairy tale, “Sleeping Beauty,” Lee-Chang Dong’s “Poetry” and Jia Zhang-ke’s total snoozefest “I Wish I Knew.”

Over in the Vanguard section are a number of titles from new talents on the horizon.

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The sure-to-be-controversial film centers on Gallo’s Afghan protagonist and Taliban member, Mohammed, who is taken captive by the Americans after killing three American soldiers in Afghanistan and then transferred to Europe for interrogation, only to escape from his captors on a continent he does not know.

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The film centers on Gallo’s Afghan protagonist and Taliban member, Mohammed, who is taken captive by the Americans after killing three American soldiers in Afghanistan and then transferred to Europe for interrogation only to escape from his captors on a continent he does not know. The likes of Zach Cohen, Yiftach Ofir and Emmanuelle Seigner also co-star.

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Written and also starring Peter Facinelli (“Twilight” franchise, “Nurse Jackie”) the film will follow “a New York City pickpocket who is confronted by a pregnant woman with whom he had a one-night stand.” No word yet on what roles Gallo and Madsen would be taking on. The film will be directed by Michael Corrente (“Brooklyn Rules,” “American Buffalo”) and will shoot next month.

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In fact, the actor/filmmaker/musician was just hired initially to just star in Pete Red Sky’s “The Funeral Director,” as was Alison Lohman who eventually dropped out. But Gallo eventually took a producing credit and helped bring in the rest of the (mostly unknown) cast.

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According to Haaretz (via /Film), the film centers on Gallo’s Taliban member protagonist as he kills three American soldiers in Afghanistan, is taken captive by the Americans, transferred to Europe for interrogation only to escape from his captors on a continent he does not know. Sounds like a perfect role for the controversial actor.

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Depp, who previously worked with Kusturica on the excellent and underrated “Arizona Dream” way back in 1993, would play the lead role, and would act in Spanish. Depp’s “Desperado” co-star, Salma Hayek, is being courted for a role as well, probably as the six fingered woman (Javier Bardem was also rumored to be apart of this at one point too; it remains unclear what his involvement is now if any).

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– HBO has greenlit Martin Scorsese’s 1920’s set “Boardwalk Empire.” Scorsese helmed the pilot and may look at directing more of the 11 ordered episodes in his collaboration with producer Mark Wahlberg (“Entourage”) and writer Terence Winter (“The Sopranos”).

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“Buffalo ’66” is one of our favorite films of 1998 and “The Brown Bunny,” while not perfect is still a startlingly original work. We want more and more from him, and preferably original works that he writes and directs with the wicked humor of ’66’.

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