From The New York Times:
Pawn, Prize and Beauty, So Submit She Must
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: April 14, 2011
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There are times when the lights are low and the bodices have been gently loosened that “The Princess of Montpensier,” a rousing amalgam of ambition, moods and genre conceits, looks like one of those old-fashioned diversions in …
From Salon.com:
“The Princess of Montpensier”: A delicious French bodice-ripper
A gorgeous cast and a vivid glimpse of 16th-century love and life make “Princess of Montpensier” a delight
by Andrew O’Hehir
Every name-brand French director has to take on the historical costume drama sooner or later — and don’t start groaning about it, either. You …
From THE NEW YORK TIMES:
On the Road, Packing Querulous Erudition
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: March 10, 2011
The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s delicious brain tickler, “Certified Copy,” is an endless hall of mirrors whose reflections multiply as its story of a middle-aged couple driving through Tuscany carries them into a metaphysical labyrinth.
The …
From THE NEW YORK TIMES:
Three to a Bed, but No Funny Stuff
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: February 24, 2011
“Heartbeats,” a fluffy romantic soufflé, is introduced by an epigraph from the French poet Alfred de Musset: “The only truth is love beyond reason.” Well, I suppose if you’re as young and as besotted with cinematic …
Between the Lines of Daily Living, Connecting the Dots That Matter
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: February 3, 2011
Low-key and lovely, the independent movie “Cold Weather” opens with a shot of raindrops clinging to a pane of glass, a fitting introduction for a movie about characters who are revealed gradually, as if through …
