Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, based on the novel by Robert Harris, clearly demonstrates that Roman Polanski, at 77 and under house arrest in Switzerland, has not lost his directorial ability to tell a good story. In The Ghost Writer, Pierce Brosnan plays Adam Lang, a former British Prime [...]
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Abnormal Psychology. Week 2 of the New York Housewives was a refresher course in this favorite college staple. Back in the day we called it “Nuts and Sluts.” You can probably figure out which housewife falls in what category.
Last week we learned that Ramona is “renewing herself.” As [...]
Films from Sweden rarely become cultural events in New York. Brace yourselves. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Swedish film with English subtitles based on the best selling book by Steig Larsson, opens tomorrow. Get your tickets now. This is one movie you don’t want to miss.
Larsson’s trilogy has [...]
When Abraham Lincoln said over 150 years ago, “What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself,” he could have easily been talking today about Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. The quote certainly provides some insight into how one of the year’s most anticipated films ended up as such [...]
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When Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland opens on Friday, March 5, the film will join many others that have sought to bring Lewis Carroll’s tales to the screen. “In terms of adapting [these books], it’s tricky,” says Andrew Sellon, President, Lewis Carroll Society of North America. “As written, they are [...]
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A movie about a 350-pound African-American girl physically abused by her mother and sexually abused by her father seems like a long shot to win over audiences. In an environment where daily stress causes people to seek out escapist entertainment like Avatar or feel good movies like The Blind Side, [...]
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Like Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren is a favorite choice come awards season. At a time when older actresses see fewer starring roles come their way, Streep and Mirren turn up again and again in high-profile vehicles that display their talents to great advantage. Like Streep, Mirren often portrays cultural icons, [...]
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By Charlene Giannetti
Every war produces a plethora of films. World War II gave us everything from 1947’s The Best Years of Our Life to 1998’s Saving Private Ryan. We relived the Vietnam War through Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Oliver Stone’s Platoon, and Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket. Now Hollywood [...]
By Charlene Giannetti
The sartorial touches in A Single Man remind us that the director is Tom Ford whose name is synonymous with luxury fashion. Planning his suicide, George, played with heartbreaking restraint by Colin Firth, carefully lays out the clothes for his coffin, leaving a note: “Tie in a Windsor [...]
By K.C. Woods
It is taking every ounce of willpower I have not to visit Google and type in one very popular, seasonal four-letter word. (No, not L-O-V-E but rather L-O-S-T.) I am refraining. Tuesday night’s LOST episode surely sparked a frenzy on internet message boards around the [...]
