Movies
Justin Chang reviews “A Quiet Passion,” directed by Terence Davies and starring Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine and Jodhi May.
April 20, 2017
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PBS gets a grip on Henry James’ oft-interpreted classic “The Turn of the Screw,” with Jodhi May as the governess who sees things when they’re not there--or are they?
Feb. 26, 2000
The Danish movie “Pelle the Conqueror” today won the Golden Palm award as best film of the 41st Cannes Film Festival.
May 23, 1988
“Sister My Sister” is a flawless film of astonishing power and impact created from a steadily increasing tension combined with acute observation of human behavior and attention to detail.
July 14, 1995
Thirteen-year-old Jodhi May had completed precisely two hours of acting lessons when she was cast in “A World Apart.”
July 2, 1988
“All this hand-wringing, playing Joan of Arc, is an excuse for being a terrible mother,” a South African police interrogator says witheringly to journalist Diana Roth in “A World Apart” (Beverly Center, AMC Century 14), a haunting, deeply moving film of conscience and consequence.
July 1, 1988
If you look at a cross section of summer films, you can’t help but be struck by the opportunities that British actors have, playing characters of interest and substance at relatively young ages.
July 24, 1988
Some years ago American writer Charles Cohen came up with the idea that an interplay between the unfolding of the Fyodor Dostoevsky novel “The Gambler” and the fevered, dramatic circumstances under which it was written could make a compelling film.
Aug. 13, 1999
Entertainment & Arts
A genuine tragic hero emerges in A&E;’s abridged version of Hardy’s ‘Casterbridge.’
Aug. 16, 2003