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Articles tagged "peter sarsgaard" Film ReviewRenditionby Cynthia Fuchs[19.Oct.07] :. Rendition is worried about torture. Specifically, it's worried about Americans torturing other people while saying they're not.  Film ReviewYear of the Dog (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[2.May.07] :. Even as the film makes Peggy's life appear simple, the complexities she feels become clear in her responses to events that appear, at least at first, quite beyond her control.  Film DVD ReviewFlightplan (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[27.Jan.06] :. The contrast between Kyle's multiple layers of loss and the flurry of life that goes on without her is briefly compelling.  Film ReviewJarhead (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Nov.05] :. Jarhead doesn't lose sight of this basic truth of war. More effective weapons only deepen its despair. Film ReviewFlightplan (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Sep.05] :. Jodie Foster's face is the most frequently used and most powerful effect in Flightplan.  Film ReviewThe Skeleton Key (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Aug.05] :. For anyone with even passing knowledge of Southern gothics, Violet (Gena Rowlands) is all red flags. Kinsey (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.May.05] :. Not only is the character difficult by heroic biopic standards, but his story combines radical thinking, extraordinary generosity, and supreme egotism. Garden State (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Dec.04] :. Natalie Portman brings to this sad, strange, vibrant girl her own remarkable, brilliant energy. Kinsey (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[19.Nov.04] :. At its best, Kinsey turns nearly impressionistic, as when it represents the doctor's increasingly convoluted relationships with his team. Garden State (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Jul.04] :. 'As far back as I can remember,' Large sighs, 'I've been medicated.'" Shattered Glass (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Nov.03] :. It is less interested in Glass' personal psychology than in the political and professional environment that rewards it. Empire (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Dec.02] :. Of the many crazy clichés in Empire, Isabella Rossellini's big fat hair has to be the loony-tunesiest. K-19 (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[18.Jul.02] :. For all its efforts to offer other views, 'K-19' is an all too average U.S. war movie. The Salton Sea (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.May.02] :. Danny's story is part noiry nightmare, part scam saga, and part junkie-underground travelogue. Boys Don’t Cry (1999)by Cynthia FuchsAs the charismatic protagonist in Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry, Brandon embodies the ongoing dilemma of masculine identity. This dilemma is exacerbated by the fact that, when you see him riding that pickup truck, some fifteen minutes into the film, you already know that 18-year-old Brandon's efforts to act like a boy are complicated by the fact that he is, biologically speaking, a girl, born Teena Brandon. The Center of the World (2001)by Cynthia FuchsThese lost souls meet when he visits the conspicuously named Pandora's Box, the club where she's employed, and he's so taken by her (lap dance) that he asks her to come to Vegas with him for three days: no strings and lots of money. |
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