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Articles tagged "neil labute"![]() 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 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. ![]() Film ReviewPossession (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Aug.02] :. While the plot of Possession concerns yearning and fervor, its tone is provocatively detached. ![]() Film ReviewNurse 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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