Click here to listen to the interview. There are many reasons I adore the trio who has brought us the Cornetto Trilogy. At the top of the list is that I can ask a question involving western hegemony and Marxist dialects and get a scintillatingly brilliant answer about the pros and cons of the corporatization… Read More »
ATONEMENT
ATONEMENT is as close to perfection as mere mortals can aspire to. This translation to the screen of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Ian McEwan flawlessly captures the complex and powerful play of emotions that propel the story while annotating it with a visual component that amplifies rather than distracts. The plot hinges on what… Read More »
Chiwetel Ejiofor Dons KINKY BOOTS
Chiwetel Ejiofor is a charming man with an easy laugh. He’s also a man that isn’t afraid to take chances. In KINKY BOOTS he wears stilleto heels higher than many women would attempt and he not only makes it look easy, he makes it look fun. And don’t forget that this is a guy who played… Read More »
The ATONEMENT of James McAvoy & Joe Wright
The power of words, the questioning of received wisdom, and the reasons behind a recurring porcine motif were all on the table when I talked with James McAvoy and Joe Wright about ATONEMENT on November 28, 2007. They were by turns philosophical and whimsical while discussing how to use naughty words in an elegant film, filming the… Read More »