Articles tagged "ethan hawke"![]() Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 FeaturePart 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)by PopMatters Staff[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair. Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 ![]() Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs FeatureCinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 2by PopMatters Staff[14.Oct.08] :. Day Two - A demanding Decalogue overflowing with everything: from fascinating international fare, misbegotten masterworks, some out of the blue bafflers, and that seminal show about “nothing”. Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs ![]() Film DVD ReviewBefore the Devil Knows You’re Deadby Matthew Sorrento[5.Jun.08] :. What a quirky pair of brothers do Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke make. PopMatters Pick![]() Film DVD ReviewGattacaby Shaun Huston[19.Mar.08] :. This film is quietly provocative, well crafted, and a subtle meditation on the future. ![]() PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 FeatureA Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 ![]() NewsSidney Lumet knows how to get some satisfactionby Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][9.Nov.07] :. “It’s not one of your average feel-good movies,” says Sidney Lumet with a satisfied grin, speaking of his latest—the ferociously dark, wildly entertaining, “Before the... Before the Devil Knows You’re Deadby Cynthia Fuchs[26.Oct.07] :. Family tensions run high throughout Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. The Hottest Stateby Cynthia Fuchs[31.Aug.07] :. For a film set mostly inside one character's head, The Hottest State spends a lot of time on the road. Monkey Business (Part 4: August)by Bill Gibron[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)by Brian Holcomb[8.Mar.07] :. This was never intended to be a conventional movie, but more like a personal industrial film illustrating the process that brings the corpse of a cow to your dinner table. Fast Food Nation (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Nov.06] :. Unabashedly didactic, Fast Food Nation points out the cruel lot of immigrant laborers without rights. Lord of War (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Sep.05] :. As Yuri plainly gets off on risk, he's also broadly representative of cavalier attitudes toward risk concerning vulnerable individuals and communities. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[21.Jan.05] :. What still works is the edgy distrust-into-respect that develops between the killer and the cop. Before Sunset (2004)by Michael Healey[2.Jul.04] :. Before Sunset illustrates the beautiful and frustrating complexity of human hearts seeking love and meaning in a life we know to be transient. Taking Lives (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Mar.04] :. In Taking Lives, the enigmatic Illeana (Angelina Jolie) is introduced indirectly. Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawkeby Nikki Tranter[16.Sep.02] :. Though Hawke often expertly captures some charming and lush moments, 'Ash Wednesday' is not supposed to be a great work of literary genius (as some of his 'But, he's a Hollywood pretty boy!' detractors seem to think), just an uncomplicated tale of the tribulations of young people in love. Objective achieved. Waking Life (2001)by Ben VarkentineThroughout Waking Life, the pictures rarely, if ever, stop moving, flowing, breathing -- attention has been paid to the animated environments, not just the characters in the foreground. Waking Life (2001)by Cynthia FuchsInterpolations Waking Life begins with two kids (Trevor Jack Brooks and Lorelei Linklater, daughter of the film’s director Richard Linklater) playing a paper hand-puzzle game.... Tape (2001)by Cynthia FuchsWhat it gets you thinking about, while you watch it and for some time afterwards, is whether anyone can ever know what has 'happened,' and more disturbingly, how the tendency to want such knowledge can be violent. Training Day (2001)by Cynthia FuchsPlausibility is plainly not Training Day's concern. It's more interested in images and ideas than practicalities. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)by Renee Scolaro RathkeSnow falling on cedars. The image is a beautiful one and director Scott Hicks and director of photography Robert Richardson certainly work it in their new film, which offers repeated tableaux of the... Hamlet (2000)by Beth ArmitageHamlet often speaks in a voice-over or directly to the video camera that he is rarely without. Sometimes we see the results of these 'video diaries' as he rewatches them on his monitor -- his own Real World confessional. Hamlet (2000)by Cynthia FuchsI confess to feeling a certain dread when I first heard that Ethan ('I have this planet of regret') Hawke was starring in Michael Almereyda's updated-and-abbreviated Hamlet. |
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