“Prisoners”While his previous film, “Incendies”, was about how people silently deal with the damage from atrocities committed against them, Denis Villeneuve’s latest film, “Prisoners,” is a study in what pushes people over the edge to commit evil acts. Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is not one to suffer in silence, so when his daughter goes missing, […]
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry V’ — Measuring what use the King made of his wilder days
Thea Sharrock offers a radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” with a great lead performance from Tom Hiddleston.
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry IV Part 2’ Review
The Hollow Crown Henry IV Part 2 and Henry IV Part 1 films are Eyre’s masterpiece: the visuals are stunning and visceral and the interpretation of the text is solid.
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry IV Part 1’: Fathers and sons reign in Richard Eyre’s terrific film
Adaptor-Director Richard Eyre has condensed Henry IV Part 1 and 2 into a gripping four hours of TV without losing any of the nuances.
The Hollow Crown: “Richard II” is a great beginning to a near perfect screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy
Ben Whishaw gives an unparalleled performance as Richard II in the first episode of the Hollow Crown, directed by Rupert Goold. Read our review of Rupert Goold’s Richard III on stage, and our interview with Goold on directing film vs. theatre. You can also read our reviews of the next installments: Henry IV Part 1, […]
TIFF 2013 Review: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her tells both subjective sides of the dissolution of a relationship
The modern relationship movie has more and more become an attempt to acknowledge that any relationship story has two subjective sides, which must be told. In Hans Canosa’s Conversations with Other Women, the film finds objectivity through a split screen that ensures a camera is on both its characters at all times: it’s a different […]