The REAL faces behind the movies. See pics of the real Virginia Woolf and Nicole Kidman, find out just how real The Hours is, listen to Virginia Woolf's voice.
Joan Anderman, Globe Staff
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(1966) – AFI Movie Club Appearing on the American Film Institute’s lists of the greatest films and cinema’s greatest love stories, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF? (1966) features the talents of two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – legendary star Elizabeth Taylor and director Mike ...
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In 2003, she won the ‘Academy Award’ for ‘Best Actress’ for her portrayal of writer ‘Virginia Woolf’ in the drama film “The Hours” (2002). Among her numerous feature films, Kidman received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical “Moulin Rouge!” (2001) ...
The golden Hours: with Meryl Streep as a lesbian, Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf, and Julianne Moore kissing Toni Colette, The Hours would seem to be the gayest movie ever nominated for nine Oscars. But the actresses and filmmakers argue that transcending such labels is exactly what has made...
Woolf’sEssays •TheCommonReader(1925),•TheSecondCommonReader(1933),•TheDeathoftheMothandOtherEssays(1942),•TheMomentandOtherEssays(1948).•ARoomofOne'sOwn(1929)feministtracts•ThreeGuineas(1938)fromTotheLighthouse •"Sothatismarriage,Lilythought,amanandawomanlookingatagirlthrowingaball."...
听说过Woolf,那个时代为数不多的女权主义作家,活得疯狂死得离奇更使她戴上了某种不可名状的光环。 梅姑的角色最容易理解;朱丽安的角色似乎也能理解,一个同性恋的女人被“完美幸福”的家庭生活困住了,在那个时代只能选择自杀或者离家出走。 伍尔夫在本片里被塑造地像个疯子,开篇是她自杀了。然后我们寻找原因,她有...
Am I more open to the movie, as staid and as measured as it might be, because of my affinity for Woolf and my connection to so many of her more enduring novels? Maybe, but I’d like to think I’m a better critic than that. Button’s drama is superbly acted by its two leads an...