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Posts Tagged ‘film’
Good Guy, Bad Guy
Text by Andrew Rodgers When the forgettable film Rules of Engagement was released six years ago, it was almost universally panned, but Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan had some kind words for one of the film’s supporting players, Guy Pearce. In his review, Turan singled out Pearce’s “impressive” work in the film and […]
Altman’s Voice Of America
Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly in Robert Altmans A Prairie Home Companion The iconic director examines garrison keillor’s historic radio program. Text by Yon Motskin If there is such a thing as a quintessential Robert Altman picture, his latest might just be as close it gets. The iconic director is best known for painting […]
The Moral World of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Text by Hannah Eves It’s a rare honor for a director to win multiple Palmes d’Or, the highest prize for a film competing at that grande dame of foreign film celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival. Yet after winning with 1999’s Rosetta, Belgian brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne joined a list of film luminaries (including Francis […]
Art School Confidential
Text by Steven Snyder He has created worlds this unusual before – lairs of the bizarre, the wacky, the cynical and the angry. But director Terry Zwigoff has never before filmed his dreamscapes from the eyes of someone who didn’t embrace the low-key, low-energy and low-brow ways standard in Zwigoff’s films. Just consider his repertoire. […]
When Buscemi Reigns, He Pours
Text by Mila Zuo Steve Buscemi. Nearly a household name, but only a few fans could name every single contribution he’s made to theater, film and television. To say that the “Indie King” (as doting fans on the Internet call him) has carved out a prolific career would be a vast understatement – but for […]
