InClouds of Sils Maria,the conversation on directorial influences and archetypes extends to that grand trope of stage and screen, the aging prima donna. The actress’s predicament may be the most acute—lost roles, lost glamour, fewer chances at love, and, perhaps worst of all, having to w...
familiar from such films as Kaneto Shindo’s kabuki-boundBlack Catand Nobuo Nakagawa’s luridGhost Cat Mansion.Gorgeous’s aunt (played by veteran screen actress Yoko Minamida, who’d appeared in Kenji Mizoguchi’sPrincess Yang Kwei-feiand Imamura’sPigs and...
The four men and one-woman Koehn examined became, as she wrote in her book: “leaders by dint of working on themselves: intentionally choosing to make something better of who they were, even in the midst of crisis, and never losing sight of the larger, dynamic stage on which they found ...
s remembrance of it having ever existed; with her best friend’s help, she investigates the mystery of the disappearing everything, because more than just the lake has vanished, and she worries whether she is the cause of these mass disappearances, illustrated by Angie Hewitt, to Wonderbound ...
Indian tennis’ ageless wonder Leander Paes became the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup as he combined with Rohan Bopanna to not only grab a record 43rd win but also bring the country back in the tie against China. ...
and a more than passable actress. She deserves a place in the pantheon if all that survived of her work was “Beat the Devil,”“Trapeze,”“Woman of Straw,”“Go Naked in the World” and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (from which “Mamma Mia!” sprang.) The star has about 60 othe...
The most disappointing thing about the news that French President Francois Hollande allegedly has been rendezvousing with an actress is that it's a testament to how pathetic some segments of French society are allowing public discourse to become Hollande-Trierweiler Split and The Question of Marri...
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Anatomy of a Fall(2023)– A French murder mystery, with dialog in French and English, is a trial drama with actress Sandra Hüller playing a writer trying to prove her innocence in the death of her writer husband at a chalet in the French mountains. The less I say about this movie, th...
“What a huge surprise turn this story took! I was completely stunned! I truly enjoyed this book and its message.”– Actress Ali MacGraw “He had me at Page One. The amount of heart, human insight, soul searching, and deft literary strength that John Mariani pours into this airtight no...