Articles tagged "sarah polley"

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Short Ends and Leader

Zack Attack

by Bill Gibron

[11.Feb.09] :. How did he do it? How did Zack Snyder go from motion picture no one (well, he did direct a Michael Jordan documentary short and a Morrissey video) to helmer of hits like Dawn of the Dead and...

Short Ends and Leader

 

TV DVD Review

John Adams (HBO Miniseries)

by Chris Barsanti

[23.Jun.08] :. Avoiding the powdered-wig iconography of the founding fathers, this film broadens the view of these revolutionary leaders and their tumultuous times.

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Film Feature

A Tough Road for Hollywood’s Female Film Directors

by Mary F. Pols [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[30.Aug.07] :. Like most big-time movie directors, Kasi Lemmons had a studio driver to take her to and from the set of her new film, Talk to Me. "He said he'd driven 130 directors," Lemmons recalled. "And I was the first woman director he'd driven."

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PopMatters Pick

Film Review

Away from Her (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.May.07] :. Both careful and contrived, Away from Her paints marriage as a series of losses, fulfillments, and compromises, infinitely rewarding and painful.

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Film DVD Review

Dont Come Knocking (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[7.Aug.06] :. A vivid, genuine exploration of a hell-raiser entering his twilight years apologetically and with an open heart.

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Dont Come Knocking (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Apr.06] :. The reunion of Wim Wenders and Sam Shepard, coming some 20 years after Paris, Texas, demonstrates both the change and sameness in their art.

 

The I Inside (2003)

by Nikki Tranter

[10.May.05] :. You know something's wrong with your film when the most interesting thing in it is a 20-second scene featuring Robert Sean Leonard.

 

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.04] :. Don't call it a remake.

 

My Life Without Me (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Feb.04] :. Her capacity for intense focus, as Polley observes, makes Ann seem unusual, 'incredibly efficient and practical'.

 

My Life Without Me (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Nov.03] :. Ann's decision not to tell seems simultaneously selfless and selfish.

 

No Such Thing (2002)

by Elbert Ventura

[4.Apr.02] :. Arid and hermetic, it's the first misstep in Hartley's intriguing and varied career.

 

The Claim (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Here the primary players are caught between forging their futures (individual and communal) and regretting their pasts, conjuring up a civilization in an unforgivably brutal environment.