Word: schickele
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...grandly impose, McKellen is merely admitting the secret all good actors share: even the greatest play is best approached as an excuse for child's play, where the meaning hides, the actor seeks, and the only potential winners are the audience. Like those at Acting Shakespeare. -By Richard Schickel...
...potholes in the plot. With help from his cinematographer, Nestor Almendros, who perfectly captures the sleazy artiness of those long-ago B pictures, Truffaut runs the course with splendid panache. Confidentially Yours is a smart entertainment, especially for those with a long and indulgent movie memory. -By Richard Schickel...
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...down just short of the point at which she would have attained that truly amazing state of grace where she would have become a suitable speaker for fund raisers in the Hamptons or Beverly Hills. The humblest among us deserves a better apotheosis than that. -By Richard Schickel...