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...this picture. The director, Susanne Bier, whose After the Wedding was a very good film, either can't or won't control him, and he is a shameless performer - constantly suing us for sympathy, by tricks that are either too cute or too crude. He's one of those actors who's always self-consciously acting like an actor instead of behaving like a human being. He's like a kid afflicted by the terrible twos, who having behaved badly then scrunches up his face into a mask of adorability in order to enlist our forgiveness. The result...
That same evening, at Sanders Theatre, a performance by the Kuumba Singers and various alumni musically rejoiced in Faust’s new tenure. The evening was even hosted by actor John Lithgow...
...Kinks. You’ve got one guess who made the film.Right-o folks! It’s the “The Darjeeling Limited,” and it has Wes Anderson’s thumbprints all over it.Along with writer-producer Roman Coppola and actor Waris Ahluwalia, the director spoke this week with reporters at Boston’s Four Seasons Hotel about his approach to filmmaking, skiing in India, and—oh, yeah—his latest flick.LAISSEZ-FAIRE FILMING?Most scenes in “Darjeeling” stem from real events, said Anderson...
...legendary actor and filmmaker participated in a question-and-answer session at Harvard last Thursday, following a packed screening of his new movie “Lions for Lambs” at the Carpenter Center. Joined by two actors in the film, Michael Peña and Andrew Garfield, Redford imparted both his intentions in making the movie and his view of the current political situation in a discussion moderated by Stephen Rosen, the Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs, and Michael Hiscox of the Government Department...
...individual performances are effective, few are memorable—a frustrating fact, given the many Academy Award nominees in the large cast. Meryl Streep’s flat role, in particular, is utterly thankless, as nothing makes her merciless CIA executive the least bit interesting or human. The only actor to shine beyond the constraints of the tired script is Peter Sarsgaard, who plays Witherspoon’s college friend and former lover. Unlike most characters in the film, Saarsgard grapples with moral quandaries in a relatable way, and the actor distinguishes himself in what could have been little more...