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Q&A with ‘Duplicity’ director Tony Gilroy

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[22.Mar.09] :. Tony Gilroy is lapping it up. An Oscar nominee for writing and directing “Michael Clayton,” much in demand as a screenwriter thanks to his adapting the Jason Bourne action films,...

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Duplicity

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Mar.09] :. For all its bright banter and flashbacky fanciness, Duplicity boils down to this rudimentary formula: morality and success are functions of beauty.

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Suspense is ‘Valkyrie’‘s Saving Grace

by Bill Gibron

[23.Dec.08] :. World War II remains the ultimate cinematic backdrop for elements both within and outside the conflict’s control. On the one hand, there are so many fascinating and intricate parts to the...

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Valkyrie

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.08] :. Valkyrie's forward motion is stalled repeatedly by hyperbolically symbolic images, which also undercut some nuanced performances.

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RocknRolla

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Oct.08] :. Violence is the primary form of communication among all the film's macho posturers.

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‘Rocknrolla’ Marks Ritchie’s Return

by Bill Gibron

[30.Oct.08] :. It’s been easy to dismiss Guy Ritchie as of late. The soon to be former Mr. Madonna has done little outside the limelight to distinguish himself, and the career choices he’s made since...

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Fast chat with ‘Rocknrolla’ director Guy Ritchie

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[8.Oct.08] :. TORONTO—Probably better known as Madonna’s husband than as a director of high-style, high-attitude, comic-book-type thrillers (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”), Guy...

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

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.

Recount

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.May.08] :. Recount doesn't quite argue that the system remains infinitely gameable for those who know it, those in power who wish to remain in power.

Tom Wilkinson and Casey Affleck face-off in murky Oscar niche

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[21.Feb.08] :. There are at least two rules about Oscar’s supporting-actor category: One, it’s always more interesting than the other races, and, two, it’s always a bit confusing - a grab bag of...

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is in big demand

by Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)]

[31.Jan.08] :. Ewan McGregor’s been busy. He’s got a handful of films coming out, starting with Woody Allen’s latest, “Cassandra’s Dream,” starring McGregor and Colin Farrell as...

Cassandra’s Dream

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jan.08] :. The first few minutes of Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream are not bad.

Colin Farrell plays against type in new Woody Allen movie

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[14.Jan.08] :. For an actor of just 31, Colin Farrell has squeezed an awful lot of “bad boy” into his brief career. Two-fisted movie roles in films such as “Intermission,”...

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Jan.08] :. From the most sweetly nuanced performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh's career to Cate Blanchett's revelatory portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, the women of 2007 were stellar.

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Jan.08] :. From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.

In suit-hairdo uniform, Tilda Swinton becomes legal evil

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[11.Oct.07] :. TORONTO—Maybe it’s the military lineage (she comes from a long line of generals), but Tilda Swinton is probably one of the few actresses working today who can slip guy-rope into her...

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Michael Clayton

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Oct.07] :. The film's strength lies in its poetic inclinations, its meditation on the ways that money, politics, and fear shape moral choices.

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Dedication

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Aug.07] :. It's Henry's movie, and for all his eccentricities and fixations and rages, he's a very conventional man.

The Last Kiss (2006)

by Nikki Tranter

[19.Mar.07] :. This is not a revised look at new-young-adult ideals: it's an age-old crock.

The Last Kiss (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Sep.06] :. At last, a movie about men who can't commit and women who must.

Separate Lies (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Oct.05] :. Minute for minute, the film has more angst, betrayal, and guilt than most daytime soaps muster in a year.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Sep.05] :. Even if Exorcism doesn't provide outright answers, its 'lessons' -- whether understood as secular or institutional -- seem clear enough.

Wetherby (1985)

by Kevin Jagernauth

[26.Jan.05] :. Crippled by their past and unable to function in the present, these characters represent what David Hare calls 'the part-emotional landscape that is England.'"

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Mar.04] :. At once abstract and heartfelt, sincere and weirdly charming, the film unhinges conventions of linear narrative along with romantic comedy.