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Articles tagged "neil jordan" NewsJodie Foster explains why her new movie is ‘subversive’by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)][17.Sep.07] :. That’s her word, not ours. Sitting in a posh suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel over a lunch of smoked salmon and blinis, the two-time Oscar winner points her fork as she makes her argument....  NewsAt Toronto fest, 2 directors talk about their New York-based filmsby Howard Gensler [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)][17.Sep.07] :. TORONTO—New York, New York, it’s a helluva town. Two films at the Toronto International Film Festival take two different bites of the Big Apple, but both show it to be a violent, seedy...  Film ReviewThe Brave Oneby Cynthia Fuchs[14.Sep.07] :. For all the hubbub about the sensational girl shooter, The Brave One is almost more interesting for its flaws and omissions.  NewsWoman with gun: Jodie Foster in ‘The Brave One’by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][6.Sep.07] :. Jodie Foster is in Queensland, Australia, on the phone, in a room looking over the ocean. It’s early morning, and a storm is blowing. “There’s rain and huge waves—sideways...  Film ReviewBreakfast on Pluto (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[16.Dec.05] :. As tends to happen in Neil Jordan's films about spirited outsiders, Kitten's sense of limbo doesn't limit him as much it inspires him to resist expectations.  Film DVD ReviewThe Good Thief (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Aug.03] :. 'I wanted to create a world that doesn't quite exist, you know, a world of nighttime clubs and nighttime criminality.'" The Good Thief (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Apr.03] :. Doubles all stakes of the original film, and more elaborately, of the remaking process. The End of the Affair (1999)by jserpicoThis is a diary of hate, reads Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) aloud as he simultaneously types these same words onto a page. Contrary to what you might expect following such a declaration, however, there is no violent emotion displayed in this introductory scene; no screaming, no violence, no melodrama. The End of the Affair (1999)by Cynthia FuchsOn its surface, Neil Jordan's film of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair is about love. In particular, it appears to be about heterosexual love, or maybe the similarities and disjunctions between spiritual and physical manifestations of such love. |
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