Columns
Tuesday, February 23 2010
Chéri: Out of the Boudoir
Frears and Hampton puts the viewer into Chéri in a very real and sensual manner, paying homage to Collette's luxuriant corporeal details.
Monday, April 21 2008
Love in the Time of Record Shops
Technology may have changed the way we obtain music, but as Nick Hornby's High Fidelity reminds us, it can never alter our love affair with the medium.
Reviews
Wednesday, March 30 2011
Stephen Frears Has a Bit of Fun with 'Tamara Drewe'
True to its origins, this film isn't a rom-com or a Britcom, but more of a comic soap.
Friday, June 26 2009
Chéri
Chéri's saga of bad parenting ostensibly has to do with designs and rituals of love.
Tuesday, June 16 2009
The Hit
This opens as a full-on gritty gangster film, but radically shifts gears to become a psychedelic head trip about questioning self-identity.
Monday, April 30 2007
The Queen (2006)
When acting the part of a living icon, the aim is to achieve "likeness" rather than the "like", to interpret rather than replicate.
Wednesday, October 4 2006
The Queen (2006)
The several shots of Elizabeth II driving her SUV over bumpy roadways are quite the highlight in The Queen.
Blogs
Tuesday, October 20 2009
Chéri (2009)
The tragedy of faded beauty has long been a source of literary melodramatics. While limiting in its assessment of female value, it does strike a…
Sunday, July 27 2008
The Deal (2003)
While it's not novel to say so, politics remains a truly unique animal. While typically set up to give all sides a voice in how…
