Reviews
-
Topics:
2 Days in Paris Review, by Stephen Holden of The New York Times
The metabolism of Julie Delpy's biting romantic comedy "2 Days in Paris" runs full tilt from the opening scene, of lovers asleep on a fast train from Venice. Once they awaken, the pace accelerates even further, and you strain not to miss a word of...
more -
Topics:
In the Shadow of the Moon Review, by stephen Holden of The New York Times
When the Apollo 11 astronauts toured the world after their July 1969 moon landing, recalls Mike Collins, the pilot of the mission's command module, he heard the phrase "We did it" everywhere they went. The "we," he remembers in David Sington's doc...
more -
Topics:
Across the Universe Review, by Stephen Holden of The New York Times
From its first moments, when a solitary dreamer on a beach turns to the camera and sings, unaccompanied, the opening lines of the Beatles' song "Girl," Julie Taymor's '60s musical fantasia, "Across the Universe," reveals its intention to use the B...
more -
Topics:
Grace is Gone Review, by Stephen Holden
For most of its 85 minutes "Grace Is Gone," a small, tender film about contemporary parenthood in wartime, carries off a delicate balancing act. How do you portray the tragic effects of the Iraq war on the home front without sounding shrilly parti...
more -
Topics:
Transsiberian Review, by Stephen Holden of The New York Times.
"Transsiberian" is a handsomely remodeled variation of a cherished genre you might call the mystery-train movie. Updated by the director Brad Anderson ("The Machinist"), who wrote the screenplay with Will Conroy, it skillfully manipulates familiar...
more
zadler24
