Articles tagged "the duchess"![]() Short Ends and Leader‘Duchess’ is Merely Half-Hearted Historyby Bill Gibron[9.Oct.08] :. There’s a very good reason why most period pieces don’t work. Aside from the obvious disconnect from modern social constraints and complications, contemporary audiences just can’t... ![]() Column: The ScreenerPretty Vacantby Chris Barsanti[26.Sep.08] :. The world of The Duchess should have been one of fiery tumult, but little of that foment makes it into this film’s garden party landscape. ![]() NewsAttention grabber: Keira Knightley as ‘The Duchess’by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][25.Sep.08] :. TORONTO - In pirate movies - and you may have caught Keira Knightley in a few - the hero or heroine swats away the meddlesome hordes with jaunty strokes of a sword. Knightley, the 23-year-old Brit... ![]() Film ReviewThe Duchessby Cynthia Fuchs[25.Sep.08] :. The movie, which surely celebrates Georgiana's (Keira Knightley) luxurious "hats and dresses," also solicits your sympathetic frustration and outrage over her oppression. ![]() The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview FeatureTalk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by Bill Gibron[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview |
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