Category Archives: Movie

 

Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell: Secrets and Lies

It’s a wise child, the saying goes, that knows its own father. And its own mother. Diane MacMillan Polley, a Canadian actress and casting director, died of cancer in 1990, when her youngest daughter, Sarah, was 11. But Sarah Polley, a professional performer from childhood, blossomed into a fine young actress: in Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet…

  
  
by | on Sep 06th 2012

Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder: Rapturous, Forbidding, Wondrous

REDBUD PICTURESTo the WonderYear: 2012Director: Terrence MalickStudio: Redbud PicturesActors: Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Javier BardemA flurry of boos followed by cheers greeted the end credits at this morning’s critics screening of To the Wonder, Terrence Malick’s sixth film in a 40-year career that…

  
  
by | on Sep 04th 2012

Daniel Tosh: Sorry for the Rape Joke

Daniel Tosh has wiped the smirk off of his face just long enough to apologize for telling a joke about rape during a comedy show. The host of Comedy Central’s “Tosh.0″ has taken to his Twitter account to issue a mea culpa for his ill-conceived wisecrack at Hollywood’s Laugh Factory.Tosh’s apology comes after an account…

  
  
by | on Jul 13th 2012