Friday, May 20 2011
Let the Golden Age Begin: Woody Allen’s Parisian Affair
Allen's Midnight in Paris redefines the traditional summer film, and redefines the auteur yet again...but don't call it a comeback!
Friday, January 8 2010
Everything in its Right Place: The Best Female Acting Performances of 2009
Mazur checks out the year's best female acting and offers up a mostly alternative opinion to the boring Oscar-begging consensus picks including some you might not have heard about, yet.
Wednesday, April 29 2009
Summer of Same: July 2009
In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.
Friday, January 4 2008
La Vie En Rose (La Môme)
Cotillard simultaneously relates the harsh obstinacy and generally acerbic behavior of the songstress while managing to drip humanity and evoke pathos at every turn.
Friday, June 8 2007
La Vie En Rose (La Môme) (2007)
Angry, needy, and almost painfully lovely, Marion Cotillard's Édith Piaf fills all emotional space in La Vie En Rose.
Friday, November 10 2006
A Good Year (2006)
As lovely as she may be, Fanny has her work cut out for her in A Good Year.
Friday, December 17 2004
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
The memory of war -- collective and individual -- is at best a deterrent, at worst, a fantasy to fuel more of the same.




































