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Roman Polanski’s Carnage

Sunday, December 11th, 2011
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There’s always a danger adapting a stage play for film, particularly when the 2009 Broadway version was lauded for its terrific cast, won the Tony

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Pieces—Modern Gothic

Sunday, November 14th, 2010
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Twins, Beatrice and Jack (Louise Collins and Steven Meo), are ten going on thirty…as conceived by Charles Addams or Roman Polanski (repressed, dark, possessed?) influenced

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The Ghost Writer—Art Imitating Life?

Sunday, March 14th, 2010
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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,

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