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Articles tagged "jennifer jason leigh" DVD Film ReviewMargot at the Weddingby Jesse Hassenger[6.Mar.08] :. Vivid impressions that make us look closely into Baumbach's fascinating, semi-miserable world.  NewsA couple who collaborated on a ‘Wedding’by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][29.Nov.07] :. Noah Baumbach and Jennifer Jason Leigh have been married for a little over two years. And they were an item for a while before that. When Baumbach had “The Squid and the Whale”... Featured Article Film ReviewMargot at the Weddingby Matt Mazur[27.Nov.07] :. The brisk 92-minute film explores the intensity of the women’s relationship, and how they are inherently tied to one another, whether they like it or not.  Film ReviewMargot at the Weddingby Cynthia Fuchs[20.Nov.07] :. Margot at the Wedding doesn’t resolve as much as it devolves into a series of arguments and dire revelations.  DVD Film ReviewThe Jacket (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[25.Jul.05] :. Jack's experience fragments so radically and time turns so out of joint that you might think he's insane, as do his white-coated doctors.  DVD Film ReviewThe Machinist (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[9.Jun.05] :. Trevor is an image disappearing, more about reduction and loss than self-knowledge and identification. The Jacket (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Mar.05] :. It's an apt description of how war, waged by the Organization for the Organized, works on its warriors, victims and heroes both. The Machinist (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Oct.04] :. The Machinist digs so deeply into its protagonist's mind that it's difficult to see a way out. In the Cut (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Feb.04] :. 'It's all a series of mistaken identities, and how our thinking is like that, that we think we've seen something, but we actually haven't quite seen it all.'" In the Cut (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Nov.03] :. Their affair proceeds as the steamy-seeming trailers suggest it will, in the interest of promoting Ryan's 'breakout' self-exposure. The Big Picture (1989)by Stephen Tropiano[18.Oct.02] :. 'I don't know you, I don't know your work, but I think you're very talented.'" Road to Perdition (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Jul.02] :. The perfectly grim surface evokes eons of pain, as well as a highly stylized contemporary sensibility, not so much cynical as skeptical and self-aware. The Anniversary Party (2001)by Kirsten Markson...plays like a Hollywood version of 'The Real World', neatly edited and set in a striking but sterile home, but with few surprises. |
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