The Reader
Channeling Werner Fassbinder Starring: Kate Winslet, David Kross By Robert Patrick Director Stephen Daldry’s newest film, The Reader, is impressive in every sense of the word – save for the expressionless title. Stilted on voluminous scenes of eroticism, it somehow skillfully sidesteps pitfalls of mindless perversion, becoming one of the best films of the year. Strange, especially considering that the movie was destined for...
Australia
Nicole Kidman OK; Movie Good Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman By Robert Patrick Australia, in a sweeping narrative not unlike Hollywood’s archetypical epics of old, interweaves deep tones of romance with equal part action. The movie’s mastermind, Baz Luhrmann, probably channeled the late director David Lean – famous for such monolithic films as Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge over the River Kwai and Doctor Zhivago – in his...
