Articles tagged "anne bancroft"![]() Film DVD ReviewThe Graduateby Mehera Bonner[3.Oct.07] :. Forty years after its original theatrical release, The Graduate is still extremely timely and its themes and message are relevant whether in the context of 1967 or 2007. ![]() PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own FeaturePart 2: The Changing Face of Filmmakingby PopMatters Staff[19.Jun.07] :. Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts. PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own ![]() Film ReviewUp at the Villa (2000)by Cynthia FuchsWhat were they thinking? In Up at the Villa, Sean Penn plays a wealthy American rapscallion tearing around 1938’s Europe, arching his eyebrow by way of seducing rich ladies. This would... ![]() Film ReviewKeeping the Faith (2000)by Josh JonesThe representative New York of Keeping the Faith lies somewhere in between the hyperreal absurdity of NYPD Blue and the boutique-chic, antiseptic Manhattan of Friends. ![]() Film ReviewKeeping the Faith (2000)by Ben VarkentineThe directorial debut of actor Edward Norton, Keeping the Faith wastes his considerable talents and those of his co-stars on a script that cannot hold many surprises for anyone who has been to the movies in the last quarter-century. |
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