Articles tagged "michael winterbottom"

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A Mighty Heart

by Stuart Henderson

[16.Nov.07] :. At last, all we have is the horror we began with. Pearl will be beheaded, for nothing, and the world gets a little darker.

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A Mighty Heart (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Jun.07] :. In images of the street and daily Karachi life, the movie finds drama that is "unfamiliar" but also crucial, suggesting the complexity of the task set before investigators in Danny's case.

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Kidnapped journalist’s murder leads to Jolie film

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Jun.07] :. SAN FRANCISCO—“I write this book for you, Danny, because you had the courage of this most solitary act: to die with your hands in chains but your heart undefeated. “I write this...

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The Road to Guantánamo (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jan.07] :. While the movie has been termed a "docudrama" for its mix of reenactments, interviews, and archival news footage, it is not nearly so easy or easygoing about "truth" as such a label suggests. The film's complex form corresponds to its story, in the sense that "truth" is precisely what troubles it.

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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Feb.06] :. The film controverts various theories of writing and reading, production and reception.

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9 Songs: Unrated Full Uncut Version (2004)

by Dan Nishimoto

[13.Jan.06] :. Through sex, specifically the surrender and exposition of self through this oldest human hobby, Michael Winterbottom communicates the beauty and pain of a relationship.

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9 Songs (2005)

by Jesse Hassenger

[29.Jul.05] :. 9 Songs knows the limits of its material, and doesn't test them.

 

Code 46 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jan.05] :. According to screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, 'The 20th century was the Freud century, and the 21st century's going to be the genetics century.'"

 

Code 46 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Aug.04] :. William's seeming gift of empathy is a deception: anyone could do his job, if properly infected.

 

In This World (2002)

by Elbert Ventura

[9.Oct.03] :. Attempting to put a human face on the refugee crisis, Winterbottom puts a premium on legibility.

 

24 Hour Party People (2001)

by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

[9.Aug.02] :. Tony Wilson lived for the explosive moment.

 

The Claim (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Here the primary players are caught between forging their futures (individual and communal) and regretting their pasts, conjuring up a civilization in an unforgivably brutal environment.

 
 
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