A woman shows how the resistance struggle is her highest priority when she doesn’t accompany a man back to America or Britain, where their love affair could safely continue: Lilli Palmer, Cloak and Dagger; Linda Hayes, Conspiracy; Nancy Coleman, Desperate Journey; Norma Shearer, Escape; Merle...
and certainly Cocteau spoke of this being the deeper meaning behind the story, stating that “I understood that ‘La Belle et la Bête’ was the story of the real love that transcends appearances.”
Watching the documentary film, “ruth weiss: the beat goddess” you can’t help but fall in love with “ruth.” She is a contemporary of Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Burroughs, and others. Why is her name not familiar? You start to wonder why she has been a stranger all these ...
James Poe’s adaptation of Brooks’ play is a prime example of how to capture the essence of a play while expanding its potential through the medium of the cinema. And if ever a play was more suited to the screen than to the stage, it wasFragile Fox.However, though Poe’s screenplay ...
Director Karel Reisz’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman is a story within a story, comprised of a lush Victorian era period drama told in parallel with a contemporary fictional behind-the-scenes making of the film, complete with rehearsals, meal breaks and an affair between the co-stars. Meryl...
She would seek solace in the love of her friends and family. But as she describes it, Vincenza also used the example of Sophia’s grace to help her get through the days and find the strength to persevere. For Vincenza, the words “What would Sophia Loren do?” have truly helped her ...
You have to wonder how this film ever got made. Then again, with John Huston involved, I’d believe anything. It broke every rule that existed for a film. It was bleak, there was no genre, no love story, no women, no happy ending, but a downbeat one by all accounts. There were...
“I found it heart warming and endearing, especially because of his daughter’s direction of the film. If you are interested in the art of this period, I think you will love this documentary.”– Katrina Olson, katrinaolson.ca :This is the harrowing, heartbreaking, ultimately affirming story...
We do not have to love the artist to love and admire their art. Rowling and Dahl inspire the imagination. They delight their readers. They celebrate bravery in the face of evil. They encourage adventure. And yes, you can take great offence in some of the characters in their books, or ...
As a biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, it’s a haphazard affair; as an extension of Scott’s late career obsessions, an ironic study in being human even when affecting to transcend that state, it’s something like a triumph. Whatever else one might say about Scott as he keeps pushing back ...