Friday, September 26 2008
Pretty Vacant
The world of The Duchess should have been one of fiery tumult, but little of that foment makes it into this film’s garden party landscape.
Thursday, September 25 2008
The Duchess
The movie, which surely celebrates Georgiana's (Keira Knightley) luxurious "hats and dresses," also solicits your sympathetic frustration and outrage over her oppression.
Tuesday, September 9 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008
From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.
Tuesday, September 2 2008
Babylon A.D.
The fact that Aurora incarnates some extreme other possibility -- be it "light" or darkness, miraculous birth or genocide -- makes her one more "mother of the future."
Thursday, May 1 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008
Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.
Thursday, October 18 2007
Paul Newman’s Influential, Classic Performances in The Hustler and The Verdict
In an era of relatively reserved American cinema, when most actors would be concerned with their images as leading men, Newman was not afraid to experiment and go with his artistic impulses.
Friday, July 7 2006
Heading South (Vers le sud) (2005)
With their newfound sexual empowerment gradually eroded by disillusionment, the women are finally predictable.
Friday, March 31 2006
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (2006)
As in the first film, this premise -- that Catherine's plot is a series of lies -- is mildly interesting.
