Tag Archives: Marion Cotillard

January 1, 2013

THE BEST FILM PERFORMANCES OF 2012

A list of my 15 favorite motion picture performances of 2012. Continue reading →

Filed under 2012 Films, MOVIE REVIEWS

Tagged as Anders Danielsen Lie, Ann Dowd, Anne Hathaway, Best performances of 2012, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denis Lavant, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquin Phoenix, Mads Mikkelsen, Marion Cotillard, Michelle Williams, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rachel Weisz, Tomas Doret

July 22, 2012

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Movie Review)

It is now clear that Nolan has not just been making three films, but telling one story in three-acts. In retrospect, the long setup of the first film, and the unremitting darkness of the second film, were both necessary to set up this triumphant third act. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hardy, Wally Pfister

May 28, 2011

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (2011)

Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen's latest film, is not really about art, and it's not even really about Paris (although it will make you want to go there). It's about the immature longing for the idealized Paris of the 1920s: the fantasy of the expatriate, modernist mecca of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein (all of whom appear in the film). It's about that feeling that there was once a golden age when people really knew how to live, of which our sad modern age is just a pale imitation. Continue reading →