World
India's Muslim Film Stars Bridge Religious Divide
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Movie Reviews
'Pippa Lee': Escaping The Past, Unsure Of The Future
November 25, 2009 Without any clear sense of herself, Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) has been shaped by others — first her peers, then her husband and children, always living solidly in the present. But with her older husband's health failing, Pippa is forced to confront and ultimately define her identity in a film that gives her a chance to do just that.
Law
Polanski Wins Bail, Remains In Swiss Jail For Now
November 25, 2009 A Swiss court granted Roman Polanski bail on Wednesday, accepting $4.5 million to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet. The film director, who faces extradition to the U.S., will stay in prison for up to 10 days while the Swiss government decides whether to appeal.
Movie Reviews
At The End Of The World, Another 'Road' To Trudge
November 25, 2009 In an apocalyptic-movie age, The Road is the doomiest. A close translation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, the film tracks a father and son as they fight to survive in an ash-gray world haunted by death and global destruction. Critic David Edelstein says that in its depiction of unbearable extremity, John Hillcoat's film achieves a kind of sublimity. (Recommended)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Movie Reviews
'Me And Orson': Welles, He's Quite A Character
November 24, 2009 Zac Efron is the nominal draw in Me and Orson Welles, a backstage drama set during the iconic director's 1937 production of Julius Caesar. But while Efron might bring the audiences, it's Christian McKay's turn as Orson Welles that's the real crowd-pleaser.
Movie Reviews
Exploring The Politics Of 'Defamation'
November 24, 2009 Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir's documentary is a bracing inquiry into arguments about the prevalence of anti-Semitism today. If the filmmaker displays an anthropologist's openness to complicated truths, he also has a contrarian's impish appetite for the opposing view — the more intemperately expressed the better, it would seem.
Movie Reviews
A 'Ninja Assassin,' Out For Blood (And Revenge)
November 24, 2009 Splattered blood and severed limbs abound, but James McTeigue's new martial-arts extravaganza is more video game than convincingly violent action flick. Hardly realistic, but still a hoot for martial-arts fans, Ninja Assassin makes an entertainingly edgy option among more saccharine seasonal fare.
Sam Fuller, Embodying The Best Of Pulp Fiction
November 24, 2009 Martin Scorsese said of Sam Fuller's work, "If you don't like the films of Sam Fuller, then you just don't like cinema." The maverick screenwriter and director died in 1997, but a new 7-disc selection of his work embodies what's most enjoyable and enduring about pulp fiction.
For Disney's New Princess, Short Courtiers Swarm
November 24, 2009 Lots of young fans — and many of their moms and dads — are excited about the arrival of Tiana, the heroine of The Princess and the Frog, the latest animated Walt Disney film. It's more than just a new movie to many: Tiana is Disney's first African-American princess, a role model many parents have been waiting for for a long time.
John Hillcoat, Chasing Humanity On A Grim 'Road'
November 24, 2009 Based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Hillcoat's new movie is a dystopian tale of survival in a physically and morally ravaged world. The director talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about the challenges of visualizing a post-apocalyptic landscape — and why the bleak tale is really a story of human goodness.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Movie Interviews
Wes Anderson Covers New Ground With 'Mr. Fox'
November 23, 2009 Director Wes Anderson has worked on a lot of film projects, but with his latest film, Fantastic Mr. Fox, he ventured into new territory: animation. Anderson says that making a stop-motion picture is the most involved filmmaking he's ever done, but he also says that the process has "a sort of magic."
Sunday, November 22, 2009
