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Articles tagged "catherine deneuve" DVD Film ReviewPersepolisby Marisa LaScala[8.Jul.08] :. This story reaches across barriers in language and experience to viewers who have never suffered exile.  Film ReviewPersepolisby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Jan.08] :. Personal and political history is delivered with a sharp mix of comedy and tragedy (Marjane lies in bed, the "camera" hovering overhead as she declares herself a communist after learning her grandfather was jailed for same).  Column: Channel CrossingsYSL? Why not?by Raphaël Costambeys-Kempczynski[15.Jun.07] :. For Yves Saint-Laurent, clothes are a way of life and not a way of dressing; you may be wearing the most anodyne of dresses, but if you walk with one hand in your pocket then you create a mind-set.  DVD Film ReviewYves Saint-Laurent: His Life and Times (2004)by Vince Carducci[23.Mar.05] :. As much as he ostensibly seems to be in denial about it, Saint-Laurent did bring a new level of aesthetic consciousness to segments of the consumer market where it hadn't before been.  Film ReviewA Talking Picture (2003)by Lester Pimentel[21.Jan.05] :. A Talking Picture is marked lamentably by self-congratulation, cultural pretension, and Islamophobia.  DVD Film ReviewI’m Going Home (2001)by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece[2.Sep.03] :. Explores the ageless, ceaseless, and fruitless desire to find a place of peace. 8 Women (2002)by Elbert Ventura[19.Sep.02] :. Sabotaging the happy play of color, song, and glamour with a deeply felt despair, Ozon has finally made his subversiveness genuinely surprising. I’m Going Home (2001)by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece[22.Aug.02] :. I'm Going Home not only retains its heart, but expands it until the film's emotional power is almost too much to handle. Dancer in the Dark (2000)by Lucas HilderbrandIt seems only a film as schizophrenic as 'Dancer in the Dark' would suit Björk, what with its melancholic moments of quiet and curious explosions of sound. Dancer in the Dark (2000)by Todd R. Ramlow'Dancer in the Dark', for all its fantastical musical excursions and all its tear-jerkiness nevertheless brings home the sobering reminder that justice does not always prevail. The Musketeer (2001)by Cynthia FuchsInstead of being innovative, 'The Musketeer' is appropriative and (save for the very clever fight scenes), straight-up insipid. |
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