The Guilty
With its single setting and real-time story, The Guilty is a brilliant genre exercise, a cinematic study in tension, sound design, and how to make…
Peter Sarsgaard
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Loving Pablo (2018)
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Shepard
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Wormwood (2017)
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Frank Olson
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Jackie (2016)
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Robert Kennedy
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The Magnificent Seven (2016)
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Bartholomew Bogue
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Experimenter (2015)
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Stanley Milgram
Godfrey Cheshire -
Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
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Father Bill Lombardy
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Black Mass (2015)
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Brian Halloran
Matt Zoller Seitz -
Very Good Girls (2014)
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Joe
Susan Wloszczyna -
Night Moves (2014)
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Harmon
Brian Tallerico -
Lovelace (2013)
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Chuck Traynor
Steven Boone -
Blue Jasmine (2013)
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Dwight
Susan Wloszczyna -
Robot & Frank (2012)
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Robot's voice
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Green Lantern (2011)
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Hector
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Knight and Day (2010)
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Fitzgerald
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Empire (2010)
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Jack
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An Education (2009)
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David
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Orphan (2009)
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John Coleman
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009)
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Cleveland
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Elegy (2008)
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Kenneth
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Rendition (2007)
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Alan
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The Dying Gaul (2005)
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Robert
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Jarhead (2005)
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Troy
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Flightplan (2005)
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Gene Carson
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The Skeleton Key (2005)
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Luke
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Kinsey (2004)
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Clyde Martin
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Garden State (2004)
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Mark
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Shattered Glass (2003)
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Chuck Lane
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
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Vadim Radtchenko
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The Salton Sea (2002)
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Jimmy The Finn
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The Center of the World (2001)
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Richard Longman
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Boys Don't Cry (1999)
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John
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* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
If I Had an Emmy Ballot 2018
What our TV critic would nominate for Emmys for the 2017-18 season.
Great Cast of The Looming Tower Overcomes Narrative Flaws
A review of Hulu's first-rate The Looming Tower, starring Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Peter Sarsgaard, and Michael Stuhlbarg.
Sober Assessment: Jeff Daniels, Peter Sarsgaard & Lawrence Wright on The Looming Tower
An interview with the stars and writer of "The Looming Tower."
CIFF 2017 Preview: 45 Films to See
A list of films and special events to check out when attending this year's Chicago International Film Festival.
Scientific Cinema: Michael Almereyda on "Marjorie Prime"
Writer/director Michael Almereyda on adapting the sci-fi play "Marjorie Prime" for his latest idiosyncratic project.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 5, 2017
The latest on Blu-ray, including "American Honey," "Sully," "Snowden" and "The Magnificent Seven."
An Emotional Journey: "Jackie" Gets a Special Screening in Washington, D.C.
A report from a special Washington D.C. premiere of "Jackie," featuring a Q&A with director Pablo Larraín and Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman.
TIFF 2016: “Jackie,” “Lady Macbeth,” “Forever Pure”
On three unexpected entries in our TIFF coverage this year.
Nick Hornby's Screenplays and the Female Experience
How Nick Hornby became one of the most valuable writers for women in Hollywood.
NYFF 2015: "Bridge of Spies"
A review of Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies" from its NYFF premiere last night.
TIFF 2015: “Black Mass” & “Legend”
A review of the two TIFF 2015 gangster movies: "Legend" and "Black Mass".
Great Cast Keeps NBC’s “The Slap” Engaging
A review of NBC's "The Slap."
TIFF 2014, Day Three: "The Humbling," "Pawn Sacrifice"
A report on day three of TIFF on "Pawn Sacrifice" and "The Humbling."
Network Identities: Sundance, SyFy and Netflix Launch Programs That Play to Their Strengths
What do "Sharknado 2," "The Honorable Woman," and "The Killing" say about the increasingly diverse TV landscape?
If I Had An Emmy Ballot 2014
Picks for the best of the 2013-14 television season, in the form of a Dream Emmy ballot.
Director Bill Condon on "The Fifth Estate"
Director Bill Condon talks about telling true stories, and why we are all fascinated with them.
#174 July 1, 2013
Marie writes: The West Coast is currently experiencing a heat wave and I have no air conditioning. That said, and despite it currently being 80F inside my apartment, at least the humidity is low. Although not so low, that I don't have a fan on my desk and big glass of ice tea at the ready. My apartment thankfully faces East and thus enjoys the shade after the sun has crossed the mid-point overhead. And albeit perverse in its irony, it's because it has been so hot lately that I've been in the mood to watch the following film again and which I highly recommend to anyone with taste and a discerning eye.
#171 June 12, 2013
Marie writes: Welcome to "Good Books", an online bookseller based in New Zealand. Every time you buy a book through them, 100% of the retail profit goes directly to fund projects in partnership with Oxfam; projects which provide clean water, sanitation, develop sustainable agriculture and create access to education for communities in need. To increase awareness of Good Books' efforts to raise money for Oxfam, String Theory (New Zeland based agency) teamed up with collaborative design production comany "Buck" to create the first of three videos in a digital campaign called Good Books Great Writers. Behold the award winning animated Good Books Metamorphosis.
Through Glass, darkly
If you haven't heard about Stephen Glass, who was a former employee of the New Republic, you may think he is a nice lad who occasionally screws things up while you watch him at the beginning of "Shattered Glass" (2003). Sometimes it's not easy to be angry about him because he is so sweet and considerate to the people working with him. If it seems they find a problem or error caused by him, he quickly admits and apologizes to them while looking like he is nervous about whether they won't like him any more for that. He frequently asks to them as if he wanted to check that: "Are you mad at me?"
Los Angeles Film Festival 2012
Los Angeles is a behemoth or, better, an octopus, with tentacles stretching 468.67 square miles, a fact that shocked me when I moved here in 1990. That meant that it was bigger than the distance consumed by driving to and from Chicago from my hometown, Kewanee (150 miles southwest), and back again. I soon realized that one could easily live an entire lifetime in Los Angeles and never see it all. This also meant that so much was always going on, including really desirable events, many of which would most certainly be missed.
#121 June 27, 2012
Marie writes: It was my birthday June 25th. Unlike Roger however, I'm a Crab not a Gemini. So to celebrate and with my brother's help (he has a car), I took my inner sea crustacean to Barnet Marine Park on the other side of Burnaby Mountain... and where our adventure begins....
#64 May 25, 2011
Marie writes: There's a glorified duck pond at the center of the complex where I live. And since moving in, my apartment has been an object of enduring fascination for Canadian geese - who arrive each Spring like a squadron of jet fighters returning from a mission in France, to run a sweeping aerial recon my little garden aka: playhouse for birds... (click to enlarge)
#57 April 6, 2011
Marie writes: ever stumble upon a photo taken from a movie you've never seen? Maybe it's an official production still; part of the Studio's publicity for it at the time. Or maybe it's a recent screen capture, one countless fan-made images to be found online. Either way, I collect them like pennies in jar. I've got a folder stuffed with images, all reflecting a deep love of Cinematography and I thought I'd share some - as you never know; sometimes, the road to discovering a cinematic treasure starts with a single intriguing shot....
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Cinematography: Harry Stradling(click images to enlarge)
#38 November 24, 2010
Marie writes: The local Circle Craft Co-operative features the work of hundreds of craftspeople from across British Columbia and each year, a Christmas Market is held downtown at the Vancouver Convention Centre to help sell and promote the work they produce. My friend and I recently attended the 37th Christmas Market and where I spotted these utterly delightful handmade fabric monsters by Diane Perry of "Monster Lab" - one of the artist studios located on Salt Spring Island near Washington State...it's the eyes... they follow you. :-)
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Ebert's Oscar predictions: Bullock, Bridges, Waltz and Mo'Nique (2010)
The Academy Award nominations will be announced bright and early on Tuesday, and in some categories they’ll be almost a formality. Four of the inevitable nominees in the acting categories seem to be shoo-ins for Oscars.
