Treasure of the Sierra Madre
[See “Entry from July 7, 2010” under “My Diary”]
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A disappointing outing for one of the greatest directors working today
Mrs Dalloway is directed by Marleen Gorris, the Dutch director of the unrelentingly feminist Antonia’s Line, from a screenplay by Eileen Atkins. The screenplay, so far as I can tell, is very faithful to Virginia Woolf’s novel, so fans of Mrs Woolf may enjoy it. The rest of us may take it as Ms Gorris…
A haunting account of an act of terrorism from an age which, in retrospect, seems relatively free of it
There’s a lot going on in this mesmerizing Korean movie, yet all appears as still as the mountain lake on which it is set.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s movie is not so good as its record breaking box office receipts in France would suggest, but Audrey Tautou is irresistible