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    Jan 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  1. 'Quartet': Dustin Hoffman's directing debut has sterling cast, so-so script ★★ 1/2

    Murder most foul is one thing. Murder most fair is another. The veteran hambones starring in "Quartet" get away with murder most fair, through eye-bugging delight in a double-entendre in close-up (Billy Connolly); charmingly distracted line readings (Pauline Collins); underplaying so dry it becomes a form of overstatement (Tom Courtenay); and an air of unconquerable hauteur, leavened by tinges of regret (Maggie Smith).
    Murder most foul is one thing. Murder most fair is another. The veteran hambones starring in "Quartet" get away with murder most fair, through eye-bugging delight in a double-entendre in close-up (Billy Connolly); charmingly distracted line readings...

    Tags: Music, Billy Connolly, Murder, Michael Gambon, Dustin Hoffman

  2. Jan 24, 2013 |Column| RedEye
  3. 'Quartet' review: The perfectly fine musicians' hotel

    <strong>** (out of four)</strong>
    ** (out of four) Obviously someone like Keith Richards would never check into a retirement home for musicians. He's lived like a rock star, and he'll die like a rock star. No, in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, “Quartet,” only...

    Tags: Billy Connolly, Music, Maggie Smith, Dustin Hoffman, Keith Richards

  4. May 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  5. Dustin Hoffman directorial debut 'Quartet' acquired by Weinstein

    24 Frames
    The Weinstein Co. announced Friday morning that it had acquired the U.S. and Latin American rights to "Quartet," which marks the official feature directorial debut of two-time Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman ("Kramer vs. Kramer," "Rain Man.")...
  6. Sep 13, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel
  7. Dustin Hoffman directs! ‘Quartet’ in the UK

    Frankly My Dear - Orlando Sentinel
    As close to the mark as those who work with him say his role in “Tootsie” was — smart, “participating” in every film decision, arguing — Dustin Hoffman has never stepped behind the camera to direct his fellow actors....
  8. Oct 12, 2010 | Chicago Tribune
  9. 'A Life in the Theatre' on Broadway: Entertaining 'Life' fails to show full toll of years on the stage

    The Theater Loop
    T.R. Knight and Patrick Stewart at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. BROADWAY REVIEW NEW YORK — Like those of plumbers or tax collectors, the working days of actors eventually string together into a life — “A Life in the......
  10. May 3, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  11. Winners of Gold Derby Film Decade Awards announced

    Gold Derby
    Our forum posters are not content merely to bestow annual awards for the best film and TV. Now they look back over many years to declare the best of 2000-09. Yesterday they unveiled the winners of their Gold Derby Film Decade Awards. See reactions in this...
  12. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News
  13. AT THE CAPITOL THEATER: English 'Quartet' comes off charming, sardonic

     Dustin Hoffman's directing bow at 75 finds a perfect match in the well-heeled subject of "Quartet," a charming tale of aging musicians whose passion for life continues undiminished in a stately English manor filled with humor, caring and of course...

    Tags: England, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Dustin Hoffman, Entertainment

  14. Sep 10, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  15. Quartet

    Variety
    An ebullient encore not only for its central foursome -- Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Billy Connolly and Maggie Smith -- but also for the distinguished musicians who comprise the rest of the ensemble, "Quartet" shows retirement hasn't diluted the drama...

    Tags: Michael Gambon, Dustin Hoffman, Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment, Sheridan Smith

  16. Sep 7, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  17. Hoffman's 'Quartet' to close San Sebastian: Helmer-thesp to receive 60th Anni Donostia Award

    Variety
    MADRID -- Dustin Hoffman's "Quartet," the actor's directorial debut, will close the 60th San Sebastian Film Festival. The Spanish festival will also present Hoffman with a Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award for lifetime achievement. Ironically,...

    Tags: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Gambon, Dustin Hoffman, Entertainment, Movies

  18. Aug 16, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services
  19. Fellowes to deliver BAFTA/BFI lecture: Frank, Straughan, Morgan, Helgeland get with program

    Variety
    LONDON -- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the British Film Institute has announced the line-up for their third annual Screenwriter Lecture Series. The series will launch Sept. 27 with Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes ("Downton...

    Tags: Charlie Kaufman, Julian Fellowes, Paul Laverty, Downton Abbey (tv program), Guillermo Arriaga

  20. Jan 5, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant
  21. Alexandru Mihail Directs "The Seagull" at Yale School of Drama

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    Hartford Courant
      Alexandru Mihail directs the Yale School of Drama production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" Jan. 24 to 28 at 8 p.m. at the University Theatre, 222 York St., New Haven. There is a 2 op.m. performance on Saturday, Jan. 28. The cast includes Josia...

    Tags: Bucharest (Romania), Peter Shaffer, Drama (genre), Arts and Culture, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)

  22. Sep 12, 2002 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. Arena Players, Center Stage deserve to take bows

    Sun Theater Critic
    The new theater season marks milestone anniversaries for two Baltimore theaters. Center Stage turns 40, and Arena Players, billed as "the nation's oldest continuously operating African-American theater," turns 50. The fare at both is eclectic, and,...

    Tags: Moss Hart, Music Theater, Edward Albee, Festive Events, Poetry

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