The Reader
Running time 123 minutes
Written by David Hare
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, David Kross
Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, from a screenplay by David Hare, based on the semi-autobiographical novel The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink, has lost much of the emotional power of the Read More
The Reader
Running time 123 minutes
Written by David Hare
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, David Kross
The turkey’s in the soup, the retailers are praying for a Merry Christmas, and the year-end movie countdown is in full swing. I’ve still got a Read More
Joan Chen’s Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl , from a screenplay by Yan Geling and Ms. Chen, from the original story “Celestial Bath” (“Tian Yu”) by Ms. Geling, has reportedly displeased the Chinese authorities in Beijing, and no wonder. Xiu Xiu is the most devastatingly implacable indictment of Mao’s Great Cultural Revolution asis possibleto Read More
