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Human Desire Becomes Almost Kinky In 'The Duchess of Langeais'new
If you've been feasting on a steady cinematic diet of superhero blockbusters this summer, this adaptation of Honore de Balzac's novel, directed by lesser known (in this country) French New Wave alumnus Jacques Rivette, is like switching to Melba toast after too many banana splits.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
07-29-2008 |
Reviews
'Mamma Mia!' Cast Sings Much Evilnew
Like those freakish deep-sea creatures living happily in a toxic soup of methane brine miles beneath the water's surface, the cast of Mamma Mia! is unaware they're living in an equally noxious ABBA-rich environment.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
07-22-2008 |
Reviews
The Lebanese 'Fried Green Tomatoes'new
It's nothing we haven't seen before, women in joyous, sensual solidarity that's only slightly marred by the preservative tang of a manufactured moment. But there's something about the mise-en-scene that erodes our reluctance to sink into whatever this luxuriant movie has to offer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
02-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
'The 11th Hour' Directors Hope to Deliver a Global Warningnew
The film distinguishes itself from other talking-head documentaries not only by the sheer emotional fervor, but also by demonstrating that our species can engineer its survival.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Coming in Lastnew
The other Truman Capote movie isn’t just second fiddle -- it’s awful.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Douglas McGrath, Infamous
Monsters Inknew
Bennett Miller’s movie plumbs the personal toll that Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood took on its subjects and its author.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
