Woolf at the Door

By Jennifer Makowsky

Both Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Michael Cunningham's The Hours offer an illuminating look at the choices we make, the roles we play, and the hours that hinge our lives together. [1 March 2009]

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Shameful Exposure

By Chris Barsanti

A fiery Kate Winslet saves morality tale in 'The Reader' while a similarly powerful Meryl Streep can't do the same for the overly certain 'Doubt'. [11 December 2008]

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The Annihilating Feminine: Kate Winslet Gets Nasty in The Reader

By Matt Mazur

In Winslet’s clever, low-key performance, all of the character’s ambiguousness remains intact, making Hanna her most complicated, mature creation to date. [8 December 2008]

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The Reader

By Cynthia Fuchs

Most obviously, Hannah is unfathomable, the feminine object Michael must figure out and overcome in order to "become a man." [10 December 2008]

The Hours (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'What I learned seeing the movie is that yes, you do lose that ability to go into people's minds, but you gain Meryl Streep's ability to separate an egg, in a way that tells you everything you need to know about who that person is at that point.'" [14 July 2003]

The Hours (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The women are also functions of a coherent narrative, made comprehensible as embodiments of historical patterns. [16 January 2003]

Billy Elliot (2000)

By Renee Scolaro Rathke

Behind a triumphant tale of self-discovery is a subtext of anxiety that ultimately enhances what might have been a pretty ordinary film. [1 January 1995]

Short Ends and Leader: Unclear Motives Make this ‘Reader’ Unrewarding

Short Ends and Leader: Holo-Cost

‘The Reader’ is more nuanced than its detractors give it credit for being [13 April 2009]

How Kate Winslet outdid herself to garner an Oscar nomination [12 February 2009]

Oscars ignore ‘The Dark Knight,’ except for Ledger nomination [23 January 2009]