Articles tagged "benicio del toro"

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Things We Lost in the Fire

by Matt Mazur

[14.Mar.08] :. The film’s treatment of how one navigates the grief process, and the hidden trauma that follows inexplicable loss, is sensitive and thought-provoking.

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A few words with ‘Things We Lost in the Fire’ star Benicio Del Toro

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[22.Oct.07] :. Benicio Del Toro is a man of few words, both on and off the screen. Since making a major impression as the often indecipherable criminal Fred Fenster in 1995’s “The Usual Suspects,”...

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Things We Lost in the Fire

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Oct.07] :. The film intersperses the evolving liaison between Jerry and Audrey with their memories of Brian, suggesting he's their connective tissue even if he is lost.

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Sin City (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Aug.05] :. Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs.

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Sin City (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Apr.05] :. Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead.

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21 Grams (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Dec.03] :. In 21 Grams, the fragmentation is pronounced, chaotic to the point of mathematical precision.

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The Hunted (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Aug.03] :. 'For me,' declares Friedkin, just hearing the Dylan lyric spoken by Johnny Cash is worth making a film for.

 

The Hunted (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Mar.03] :. Benicio Del Toro looks appropriately haunted in The Hunted.

 

Snatch (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Sep.02] :. Snatch is all about attitude and style. And guys, lots of guys.

 

The Pledge (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Whenever you see a man looking anguished and alone in the opening shot of a film, and especially if he’s surrounded by wide open space—dirt, snow, sky, whatever—it’s a pretty...

 

Snatch (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Snatch is all about attitude and style. And guys, lots of guys. Aggressive and jumpy, packed with brutish hooligans and feckless crooks, it’s a guys’ throw-down movie and then...

 
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Traffic (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

As if a force unto themselves, beyond all legal, social, moral, or even political powers, drugs cross borders, produce wealth, cost lives. Drugs are a system, and they never stop moving.

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The Way of the Gun (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

“For the record, I’ll call myself Mr. Parker, and my associate will be Mr. Longbaugh.” By the time Parker (Ryan Phillippe) names himself, about three minutes into The Way...

 
 
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