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Articles tagged "milos forman"NewsMilos Forman looks back on a life in filmmakingby Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][10.Apr.08] :. One of the leading lights of the Czech New Wave of the 1960s, Miloš Forman faced an uncertain future in 1968, when the creative and social freedoms of the Prague Spring were crushed under...  News‘Goya’s Ghost’ director witnessed parallels to the Inquisitionby Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][26.Jul.07] :. Miloš Forman first heard about the Spanish Inquisition when he was a student in Prague. “It was probably my first shock as a citizen,” says the 75-year-old, two-time Oscar winning...  DVD Film ReviewRagtime (1981)by Nikki Tranter[29.Nov.04] :. Profound as Coalhouse walker's story might be, Ragtime is about far more.  DVD Film ReviewHeartburn (1986)by James Oliphant[12.Jul.04] :. In Heartburn, we're not privy to any clues that Mark might be the unfaithful party, even though we know it's a plot device coming down the track like a Metroliner.  Film ReviewKeeping the Faith (2000)by Ben VarkentineThe directorial debut of actor Edward Norton, Keeping the Faith wastes his considerable talents and those of his co-stars on a script that cannot hold many surprises for anyone who has been to the movies in the last quarter-century. Film ReviewKeeping the Faith (2000)by Josh JonesThe representative New York of Keeping the Faith lies somewhere in between the hyperreal absurdity of NYPD Blue and the boutique-chic, antiseptic Manhattan of Friends. Man on the Moon (1999)by Mike WardFar be it from me to accuse Hollywood of wishful thinking. But as the closing credits for Man on the Moon roll under Andy Kaufman's (Jim Carrey's) timid gaze, it's easy to think the film has been seduced by its own notion that a life of sufficient celebrity can offer freedom from the mortality that afflicts ordinary souls. |
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