Word: compston
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...piece of work, our Liam. As played by a nonactor named Martin Compston, he's not exactly handsome, but there's something about his spirit--wit and energy and an often comical inventiveness. Given a break or two, he could have become, you imagine, one of those rough-hewn entrepreneurs whose rags-to-riches stories so enliven capitalism's history...
...cautionary teen tale, Sweet Sixteen, directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty (winner of Cannes' Scenario prize), is distinguished by its clear-eyed sympathy for a bright kid who thinks he can win his mum's love only by dealing drugs. The Scottish star, non-actor Martin Compston, 17, is marvelous - a screen natural. A few works offered blessed escape. Escape into musical rapture: the Bollywood drama Devdas, one of the most visually ravishing films ever made. Escape into brilliant technique: Alexander Sukorov's Russian Ark, which takes a tour of St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum, and three...