Articles tagged "john gielgud"

TV DVD Review

Edward the King

by George Tiller

[3.Nov.08] :. As stunning a tour de force as I Claudius but not quite as salacious. It’s Queen Victoria’s fault for running a proper household.

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The Anton Chekhov Collection

by Jennifer Kelly

[25.Sep.08] :. A superbly acted, exhaustively complete summary of the great Russian’s dramas that provides real depth of insight into the plays and their possibilities.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[17.Jan.08] :. PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.

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Film DVD Review

Harvest of Sorrow

by Chadwick Jenkins

[27.Sep.07] :. Tony Palmer’s wonderfully constructed film captures the mood of “lateness” that pervaded the career of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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Film DVD Review

Gandhi (25th Anniversary Edition) (1982)

by Shaun Huston

[6.Apr.07] :. The filmmakers tend to aestheticize, rather than dramatize, Gandhi's politics, but despite its superficialities, Gandhi remains eminently watchable a quarter of a century after its original release.

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Alice in Wonderland (1966)

by Scott Thill

[1.Dec.03] :. Trapped by time, engaged in meaningless caucuses until they're utterly spent, the adults here are really just interested in beheading each other.

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