Articles tagged "neil labute"![]() Film DVD ReviewLakeview Terraceby Jesse Hassenger[4.Feb.09] :. The movie doesn't stay fixed on its well-drawn sociological cul-de-sac; the score becomes ominous. ![]() News‘Lakeview Terrace’ actress Kerry Washington flies under the radarby Carla Meyer [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][22.Sep.08] :. SAN FRANCISCO - Kerry Washington might be the most famous actress whose name you don’t know. She played the wife of Forest Whitaker’s Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland”... ![]() Film ReviewLakeview Terraceby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Sep.08] :. Lisa (Kerry Washington) is Lakeview Terrace's most dislocated figure, caught between an overbearing father and a frenzied husband. ![]() Short Ends and LeaderView from this ‘Terrace’ is Atypicalby Bill Gibron[19.Sep.08] :. Even with years of consideration and compromise, race remains a far too risky hot button topic. No matter how you present it - comically, dramatically, satirically, metaphorically - the corrupt cloud... NewsNeil LaBute: Making films without apologyby Mark Caro [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][18.Sep.08] :. When playwright Neil LaBute broke through in the film world with his 1997 low-budget hit “In the Company of Men,” here’s how the business worked: Studios sought out new talent and... ![]() Film ReviewThe Wicker Man (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Sep.06] :. "Every time I turn my head," sputters Edward, "there's something that doesn't make any sense." Exactly. The Shape of Things (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.May.03] :. This version of Neil LaBute's ongoing project is crisp and aggressive, occasionally alienating or annoying, that is, effectively unlike other movies. Possession (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Aug.02] :. While the plot of Possession concerns yearning and fervor, its tone is provocatively detached. Nurse Betty (2000)by Cynthia FuchsIt's revealing that Wesley (Chris Rock) remains locked in an ignoble self-image born of gangster and 'hood movies: eager to emulate and please his mentor, he explains his flamboyant violence by saying, 'I'm just trying to make a statement.'" Nurse Betty (2000)by Lesley SmithPerhaps LaBute's willingness to let the audience close enough to his characters, both psychologically and physically, to appreciate such minor-key modulations, is the movie's biggest surprise. |
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