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Articles tagged "david strathairn"PopMatters Pick Film DVD ReviewMy Blueberry Nightsby Shaun Huston[28.Aug.08] :. Wong's films are structured around images of characters in repose, of interactions weighted with desire, and of individual memory and fantasy.  Short Ends and LeaderMy Blueberry Nights (2007)by Bill Gibron[29.Jun.08] :. True fans of cinema generally hate dubbed foreign films. Not only do they miss the beauty of the native language, but every rerecording job seems to feature Western actors misinterpreting the...  Film ReviewMy Blueberry Nightsby Cynthia Fuchs[10.Apr.08] :. In Blueberry Nights, attractions are premised on separate losses, cultivations of similar heartaches, and delights in desserts.  Film ReviewThe Spiderwick Chroniclesby Cynthia Fuchs[15.Feb.08] :. No matter how admirable the girl with expertise in fencing or spunky the twins played by Freddy Highmore, this movie is about bad dads.  Film DVD ReviewThe Bourne Ultimatumby Boyd Williamson[7.Jan.08] :. The Bourne Ultimatum is one of the most enjoyable documents of cultural paranoia and political alienation you’ll see this year.  Film DVD ReviewtHarrisons Flowersby Boyd Williamson[7.Aug.07] :. If there were an award given to actors for retaining their dignity in undignified movies, Andie MacDowell would surely win for her performance in Harrison’s Flowers. The Bourne Ultimatumby Bill Gibron[4.Aug.07] :. The Bourne Ultimatum lives and dies by its car chases and fisticuffs, and it has to be said that some of the best examples in the genre exist in this electrifying film. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewThe Bourne Ultimatumby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Aug.07] :. Bourne is the logical product of the secret CIA program that made him, the dark routes by which a desire for surveillance and security gives way to brutal dominion and extreme measures. Fracture (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Apr.07] :. Part police procedural, part courtroom hijinks, and part cunning murder plot, Gregory Hoblit's new movie brings the usual canards. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Mar.06] :. Lamenting the loss of 'people who are uncompromising,' Clooney says, 'For us, this movie is a success if some kid in Austin, Texas sees it, who is studying journalism, and says, 'That's the guy I want to be like.' Then we win.'" Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Oct.05] :. Shot in exquisite black and white, George Clooney's portrait of Edward R. Murrow is partly reverential, partly probing. Blue Car (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Jun.03] :. High schooler Meg (Agnes Bruckner) has good reasons to be angry. Limbo (1999)by Cynthia FuchsPolar bears. Carved totem poles. Eskimo dolls on souvenir shop shelves. Salmon getting their heads chopped off on an assembly line. These are the images that welcome you to 'America's Last Frontier,' or more precisely, to the Juneau, Alaska of John Sayles's latest film, Limbo. As this opening sequence suggests, the frontier is less wild than it once was; nowadays, it's exploited and compromised, shaped and reshaped daily by routine and thoughtless violence. Harrison’s Flowers (2002)by Cynthia FuchsGoes at both war and romance from a decidedly oblique angle. |
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