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Motherhood certainly agrees with Thurman, who is mom to two kids by ex-husband Ethan Hawke. At the cusp of 40, she looks radiant even with disheveled brown hair and non-sexy librarian glasses. The action hero goddess is virtually unrecognizable, but there’s something strangely appealing about...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Motherhood | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

Her character is Eliza, a West Village misfit and ex-writer-turned-mommy trying to maintain a marriage, two children, and some semblance of creative vitality—not to mention sanity—amidst the chaos that is the existence of a stay-at-home mom. The film follows...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Motherhood | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

Thurman’s Eliza is immediately compelling because she seems to lack the trappings of most stay-at-home movie moms. She’s not utterly selfless or wise, nor does she worship her children or possess a burning desire to appear perfect to the outside world. In...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Motherhood | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

Unfortunately, most of what feels genuine and true about Thurman’s character is lacking in the film’s narrative. Eliza’s day begins ordinarily enough as she buys groceries and party decorations for her daughter’s sixth birthday party, later deciding to...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Motherhood | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

“Ergo” is the story of three men—the widower Wacholder, his stepson Aslan, and the tenant Leo—living at “Custom House No. 8,” a dilapidated lodgment by an unnamed river. Much of the plot is...

Author: By Shijung Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Austrian Lind’s ‘Ergo’ a Labor of Post-War Melancholy | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

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