The Soloist
Running Time 109 minutes
Written by Susannah Grant
Directed by Joe Wright
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Lisagay Hamilton
Joe Wright’s The Soloist, from the screenplay by Susannah Grant, is based on the book The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music, by Steve Read More
In the middle of the Golden-Globe nominated Atonement, a 5 1/2-minute shot unfolds as Robbie, a British World War II soldier (played by James McAvoy), steps on France’s Dunkirk beach, where the final point in the British retreat from the Germans is portrayed as a grim circus of defeat and chaos. Through cinema history, Read More
This year’s Golden Globe nominees were announced today. And while Joe Wright’s historical romance Atonement cleaned house, garnering 7 nods in this round, there was still room enough for Jodie Foster. After learning of her best actress nomination for her role in Neil Jordan’s The Brave One today, Ms. Foster, 45, apparently reacted Read More
While The Golden Compass (No. 1) will be stealing headlines this morning for its lackluster performance—$26 million nationally ($420,000 of that from Manhattan) to offset its reportedly $180 million budget—this weekend’s box office receipts portended the rise of two Academy Award contenders: Jason Reitman’s Juno (No. 2) and Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Ian McEwan Read More
Atonement Is My Favorite of the Year!
BY REX REED
The genuinely talented Joe Wright has made a film to make us believe in movies again. MORE …
Must I Atone for My Love of Atonement?
BY ANDREW SARRIS
From Read More
Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt think stripping for the camera—any camera—is poor form. But Keira Knightley sure doesn’t seem to mind. For Interview’s December/January issue, the Atonement star says sayonara to her fashionable frippery. (Never mind that she looks like actress Famke Janssen’s evil, thigh-clamping character in GoldenEye on the cover; Read More
ATONEMENT
Running time 123 minutes
Directed by Joe Wright
Written by Christopher Hampton
Starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy
Despite all expectations, 2007 is turning out to be a sorry year for movies. That’s why Atonement has rejuvenated my flagging energy at the very last minute. Elegantly directed by Joe Wright Read More
