By Sara Vilkomerson 9/08/09 11:41pm

The Other Star of Bright Star

This Friday, audiences at the Toronto Film Festival will get to see Bright Star, the latest from writer-director Jane Campion, a breathtakingly beautiful film about the doomed love affair between 19th-century Romantic poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, the outspoken girl next door. Undoubtedly, the already-buzzy chatter about the film, building since its premiere and Read More

By Andrew Sarris 11/10/03 12:00am

Ambitious Cub’s Rise and Fall: Shattered Glass Cuts Fact From Fakery

Billy Ray’s Shattered Glass , from his own screenplay, based on Buzz Bissinger’s September 1998 Vanity Fair article, impressed me much more than I’d expected, particularly after reading some adverse reviews by my esteemed colleagues. I had the same experience recently with Veronica Guerin , another film about a journalist. In both films, many critics Read More