Film (2011)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
The director of Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) has turned, in middle-aged success, to a suspense thriller about plague, casual contact, and the search for a cure.
Movies
Sarah’s Key
Film (2010) Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner Screenplay by Serge Joncour and Gilles Paquet-Brenner Based on a novel by Tatiana De Rosnay With: Kristin Scott Thomas (Julia Jarmond), Mélusine Mayance (Sarah Starzynski), Niels Arestrup (Jules Dufaure), Frédéric Pierrot (Bertrand Tezac), Michel Duchaussoy (Édouard Tezac), Dominique Frot (Geneviève Dufaure), Natasha Mashkevich (Mme Starzynski), Gisèle Casadesus (Mamé), Aidan […]
Tabloid
Film (2011) Directed by Errol Morris Director of Photography: Robert Chappell Edited by Grant Surmi Music by John Kusiak Kendall Square Cinema Cambridge, MA A woman named Joyce McKinney abducted a Mormon missionary in England in the 1970s and had her way with him. Decades later, as Bernann McKinney, she had her favorite pit bull, […]
The Trip
Film (2010) Directed by Michael Winterbottom Edited by Mags Arnold and Paul Monaghan Music by Michael Nyman With Steve Coogan (Steve), Rob Brydon (Rob), Claire Keelan (Emma), Margo Stilley (Mischa), Rebecca Johnson (Sally), Dolya Gavanski (Magda) and Kerry Shale (Steve’s United States Agent) Kendall Square Cinema Cambridge, MA An English buddy movie that features dueling […]
The King’s Speech
Film Directed by Tom Hooper Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham-Carter, Jennifer Ehle A great little film about a speech problem and its repair. Of course, the one with the defect was about to become a king, amplifying its significance considerably. Who knew that King George VI had a speech problem? I didn’t, but […]