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...together a convincing dramatic collage of her own as the tough and straight-talking Madeleine, a Madeleine that is intellectually, though not emotionally, in touch with Fergus's elan. Yet despite her strong interpretation of the theme, a weakness arose with their non-spoken rapport. Sullivan's often stolid looks during Poulios's passionate monologue's seemed incongruous. Her gestures and portrayal of surprise or rage were often not very convincing...
...GIRL, a comedy so dark that some viewers take it for tragedy. This sly parable starts with a brisk documentary on the transformation of a stick of wood in a box of matches, then spends the rest of its 70 minutes on the transformation of Iris (Kati Outinen), the stolid young woman on the assembly line, into a keg of emotional dynamite. Kaurismaki's almost-silent movie features a cast of rats -- mother, stepfather, brutal beau -- for whom rat poison may be the best antidote. And for U.S. viewers, Match Factory is a splendid introduction to a world-class...
...sleek new high school on the north edge of town has replaced the two stolid, red brick rectangles. And it seems something akin to a death in the family. The desire to stand one last time in the embrace of those weathered friends was simply overpowering...
...feel calculated. Lange gives Blanche an initial strength that makes her breakdown all the more overpowering, and provides the few moments of real magic, describing the breakup of her family home and her hopeless marriage to a closeted homosexual. These scenes, however, are with Amy Madigan, able if stolid as her sister Stella, and Timothy Carhart, woefully miscast but game as the amiable lug Blanche beguiles. The real fault lies with director Gregory Mosher, who achieves the languorous pace of a New Orleans summer -- but not the steam. W.A.H...
Graves' Hotel New York has a stolid maroon, teal and coral facade. Inside, though, the joint comes alive. Giant floor designs of the Mets and Yankees emblems, an arcade evoking the city's subway system, Broadway posters, corridor carpet that looks like carpet on tile, a lamp in the shape of the Empire State Building, and big apples (big apples!) everywhere. It's Gotham without the crime or grime. Pure Gotham, pure Graves, pure Disney...