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John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
Avoiding the powdered-wig iconography of the founding fathers, this film broadens the view of these revolutionary leaders and their tumultuous times.
22 Jun 2008
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A Tough Road for Hollywood's Female Film Directors
Like most big-time movie directors, Kasi Lemmons had a studio driver to take her to and from the set of her new film, Talk to Me. "He said he'd driven 130 directors," Lemmons recalled. "And I was the first woman director he'd driven."
Mary F. Pols
29 Aug 2007
Film
Away from Her (2006)
Both careful and contrived, Away from Her paints marriage as a series of losses, fulfillments, and compromises, infinitely rewarding and painful.
08 May 2007
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Dont Come Knocking (2006)
A vivid, genuine exploration of a hell-raiser entering his twilight years apologetically and with an open heart.
Matt Mazur
06 Aug 2006
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Dont Come Knocking (2006)
The reunion of Wim Wenders and Sam Shepard, coming some 20 years after Paris, Texas, demonstrates both the change and sameness in their art.
13 Apr 2006
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The I Inside (2003)
You know something's wrong with your film when the most interesting thing in it is a 20-second scene featuring Robert Sean Leonard.
Nikki Tranter
09 May 2005
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My Life Without Me (2003)
Her capacity for intense focus, as Polley observes, makes Ann seem unusual, 'incredibly efficient and practical'.
Cynthia Fuchs
22 Feb 2004
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My Life Without Me (2003)
Ann's decision not to tell seems simultaneously selfless and selfish.
Cynthia Fuchs
19 Nov 2003
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No Such Thing (2002)
Arid and hermetic, it's the first misstep in Hartley's intriguing and varied career.
Elbert Ventura
03 Apr 2002
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