New York Film Festival · 2011
5 films · 5 reviews
Unlike many of his other films where there are underlying touches of humor, Polanski plays this one more as a straight comedy.
(Country: France, Germany, Spain, Poland; Year: 2011; Director: Roman Polanski; Writer: Roman Polanski, Yasmina Reza; Stars: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C Reilly)
Keira Knightley... will be tough to beat at next year's Academy Awards for her portrayal of Spielrein
(Country: France, Ireland, UK, Germany, Canada; Year: 2011; Director: David Cronenberg; Writer: Christopher Hampton; Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon)
Payne's premise resembles a dare: How can I make you care for a person who looks and acts like this? He works the Disney device of love at first sight in reverse.
(Country: USA; Year: 2011; Director: Alexander Payne; Writer: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash; Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer)
You could wash your hair, play scrabble and still not miss the point.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Simon Curtis; Writer: Adrian Hodges, Colin Clark; Stars: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Dougray Scott, Eddie Redmayne, Michael Kitchen, Derek Jacobi, Jim Carter, Geraldine Somerville, Miranda Raison, Zoë Wanamaker, Toby Jones, Dominic Cooper, Simon Russell Beale) , Official site
Almodóvar's trademark narrative divergence is in full effect but he keeps a delicious sense of control over his fabulously grotesque concoction.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar, based on the book by Thierry Jonquet.; Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes, Blanca Suárez) , Official site , Trailer
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