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Articles tagged "vanessa redgrave" Film DVD ReviewAtonementby Matt Mazur[3.Apr.08] :. There are so many perspectives to be considered in this film, that it might be said director Joe Wright had one too many cooks in the English country estate’s proverbial kitchen.  Film ReviewAtonementby Cynthia Fuchs[7.Dec.07] :. The lingering deaths of soldiers and the lost causes they embody serve as tragic backdrops to the less compelling plot points embodied by Briony and her characters.  Film ReviewEvening (2007)by Mike Scalise[6.Jul.07] :. More troubling than Evening's technical failures, the film suffers from a host of cynical political and social themes that undercut the drama throughout.  NewsClaire Danes didn’t miss her chance to meet Redgraveby Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][21.Jun.07] :. In “Evening,” Claire Danes didn’t exactly work with Vanessa Redgrave. It was like she got to be Vanessa Redgrave - or, more precisely, the woman Redgrave plays. A handsome...  Film ReviewThe White Countess (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Jan.06] :. The final Merchant/Ivory collaboration is set in 1936 Shanghai and revisits the filmmakers' usual concerns -- loss, desire, and nostalgia for a moment that never quite existed.  Film DVD ReviewWetherby (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.'" Deep Impact: Special Collector’s Edition (1998)by Cynthia Fuchs[5.Oct.04] :. Mimi Leder's Deep Impact is both less and more than a science fiction-styled disaster melodrama. The Gathering Stormby Tracy McLoone[7.May.02] :. The point in 'The Gathering Storm' is that Churchill is 'human', that he has faults. Cradle Will Rock (1999)by John G. NettlesTim Robbins has never been shy about being one of them damn Hollywood liberals -- pro-union, anti-death penalty, solidly Green, married to Susan Sarandon. The Pledge (2001)by Cynthia FuchsWhenever you see a man looking anguished and alone in the opening shot of a film, and especially if he’s surrounded by wide open space—dirt, snow, sky, whatever—it’s a pretty... |
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