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Articles tagged "frances mcdormand" Film ReviewMiss Pettigrew Lives for a Dayby Cynthia Fuchs[5.Mar.08] :. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day sends a lonely, sanctimonious governess from dejection to delight within a mere 24 hours.  NewsLeiber and Stoller: They are music, and they write the songsby Luaine Lee [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][24.Apr.07] :. PASADENA, Calif.—You don’t expect that some of the world’s most definitive rock `n’ roll music would come from a couple of white Jewish boys who met when they were just 17....  Film ReviewAeon Flux (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Dec.05] :. No way could the live action Aeon manage the hairstyle of the animated Aeon, much less the scary wasp waist and freaky-deaky sexual exploits.  Film ReviewNorth Country (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Oct.05] :. As the film more or less locks you into Josey's perspective, it appears that even the bleak environment denotes her perpetual exhaustion.  DVD Film ReviewSomething’s Gotta Give (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Mar.04] :. Something's Gotta Give is best when it backs off the cute dialogue and the actors create their own moments. Film ReviewSomething’s Gotta Give (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.Dec.03] :. Overstays its welcome, yes, but worse, it pretends like it's news when it isn't. Fargo (1996)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Sep.03] :. This is the film's genius, its simultaneous emulation and excavation of true crime's obsession with dull or spectacular minutiae, coupled with a refusal to make such details cohere into master plans and meanings. City by the Sea (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[6.Sep.02] :. All these horrors in one family might easily lead to questions concerning genetics and proclivity, codes of masculinity and violence. Almost Famous (2000)by Mike WardMaybe in the deceptive world of fame (or almost-fame), this is the best version of intimacy available, although it's easier to attribute it to the characters' superficiality, and maybe a certain starry-eyed idealism on Cameron Crowe's part. Almost Famous (2000)by Ben VarkentineAnd yet, for a rock 'n' roll film set in the '70s, Almost Famous has surprisingly little sex and drugs on screen (though both are much discussed). Even when two or three of the 'band-aids' decide to deflower William, mainly to alleviate their boredom, it comes off more like a slumber party game than an act of real sexuality. Aeon Flux (2005)by Cynthia FuchsThe writers' commentary track is smart, instructive, and funny. The film is less so. Blood Simple, The Directors’ Cut (1984/2000)by Tobias PetersonThough shot on a shoestring budget by first-time feature filmmakers, the movie encapsulates all that has come to typify the Coen brothers' style: engaging narrative, inventive direction, and the juxtaposition of grim violence with moments of sublime, sometimes surreal, human behavior. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)by Cynthia FuchsWhile Ed confides his dissatisfaction, you also get a glimpse of how he sees the world, the camera peering down at scalps or neck napes, apparently always in need of trimming or cutting or buzzing. Wonder Boys (2000)by Todd R. RamlowCurtis Hanson's Wonder Boys is very much concerned with the boys its title declares (or, rather, with a certain sort of boyish behavior). More to the point, it actually seems to wonder, as we do and as the characters do, what is to be done with them. Wonder Boys (2000)by Jonathan BellerHey there. If you find yourself pushing on past middle age and wondering why all your potential has only gotten you just where you are and not one iota farther, then Curtis Hanson's new film Wonder Boys may be your sunset tonic. |
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