Articles tagged "kevin macdonald"

Film Review

State of Play

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Apr.09] :. In this new universe where facts are mutable and ends are means, so-called ethical triumphs can only be short-term.

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News

Pitt bowed out, replaced by Mr. Right, Crowe

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[14.Apr.09] :. “It’s funny with this film,” says Kevin Macdonald about his taut conspiracy thriller “State of Play,” starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck and opening Friday,...

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Film DVD Review

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

by Emma Simmonds

[20.Apr.07] :. Based on Giles Foden’s novel of the same name this bold, visceral cinematic-bodyblow takes a political maelstrom and a maniacal dictator and squeezes them into the mould of a genre-picture.

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The Last King of Scotland (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Sep.06] :. That Nicholas is also capable of great horrors, specifically in that he lets others act it for him and gets away with it, makes him, at some level, even more troubling than Amin.

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Touching the Void (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jun.04] :. Joe Simpson says, 'I'd forgotten how difficult it was. I've told the story so many times, it's just become a fiction.'"

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Film Review

Touching the Void (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jan.04] :. Each climber can come to terms with 'what happened,' but neither can know the entire truth of it.

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One Day in September (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

By tracing these failures, 'One Day in September' represents compelling links between sports (in general and specifically Olympian) and violence, as a basis for cultural exchange.