Articles tagged "kate winslet"

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Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

by Amaya Rivera

[23.Jul.08] :. An acid-tongued humor, playing towards a number of stuffy British stereotypes.

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Romance & Cigarettes

by Dan MacIntosh

[18.Feb.08] :. Turturro has filled the screen with plenty of song, dance, and sex talk, but this is not your typical love story.

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Titanic: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Jesse Hassenger

[14.Dec.07] :. While it's understandable that after raising one of film history's most massive success stories from the depths of potential financial ruin, Cameron might rest on his laurels a bit, you sometimes get the feeling that he has spent a good chunk of his post-Titanic life still thinking about Titanic.

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Little Children (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[2.May.07] :. Director Todd Field's eye for the minutiae of the everyday is impeccable.

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Finding Neverland (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Mar.05] :. 'Play' is a means to define childhood, to prolong mythic innocence, to grant nobility.

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Finding Neverland (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Nov.04] :. As James Barrie, the Scottish-born playwright most famous for imagining Peter Pan, Johnny Depp appears the consummately charismatic child-man.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.04] :. At once abstract and heartfelt, sincere and weirdly charming, the film unhinges conventions of linear narrative along with romantic comedy.

Enigma (2001)

by James Oliphant

[15.Sep.03] :. Michael Apted speaks of his intent to make the country appear 'beautiful' and, consequently, we're spared shots of bombed-out London or casualties of any kind.

The Life of David Gale (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.03] :. Only Clint Eastwood could have cooked up a more dramatic climax to an innocent-man-on-death-row plot, which he did, in True Crime.

Enigma (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.May.02] :. There comes a point in 'Enigma' where Jeremy Northam shows up and you feel grateful.

Holy Smoke (1999)

by F. L. Carr

In Holy Smoke, Australian writer-director Jane Campion returns to a familiar theme. Once again, she’s looking at a strong-willed, unconventional woman who is at odds with, and nearly...

Iris (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

PULL.

Quills (2000)

by Tobias Peterson

If we believe all that Philip Kaufman's 'Quills' has to tell us about the man, Sade is much more than a randy aristocrat -- he is a champion of free speech and artistic integrity.