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MAGGIE’S PLAN

August 23, 2016 By Leave a Comment

MAGGIE’S PLAN

The eponymous Maggie of MAGGIE’S PLAN is a wisp of a winsome waif, a college career counselor with a gentle demeanor and a determined resolve that can move mountains. As played with a solemn quirkiness by Greta Gerwig, she is a woman who aims to live both honestly and ethically. Alas, her aim is less… Read More »

Tagged With: adultery, artificial insemination, divorce, marriage, motherhood, romance, subterfuge

5 TO 7 with Victor Levin

April 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment

5 TO 7 with Victor Levin

When I spoke with Victor Levin by phone on April 3, 2015, I was surprised to learn that one of the thing that I appreciated most about his feature film directorial debut, the practicality of the women of the piece about extra-marital affairs in contrast to the shock evidenced by the men, was not something… Read More »

Tagged With: adultery, Anton Yelchin, Berenice Marlohe, comedy-drama, Glenn Close, narrative, New York City, romance, Victor Levin

How to Wield A CANDLESTICK

April 6, 2015 By Leave a Comment

How to Wield A CANDLESTICK

It takes a great deal of moxie to begin a film by referencing Hitchcock in both title sequence and score, but director/co-writer Christopher Presswell’s CANDLESTICK does just that, and then, with an impudent wink at the audience, does a more than credible job of making good on its promise. An intelligently crafted plot, driven by… Read More »

Tagged With: adultery, Andrew Fitch, British film, Chritopher Presswell, Isla Ure, Nigel Thomas, suspense, thriller, Tom Knight

3

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

3

3 is a German variation on the classic French bedroom farce. As such, in addition to the leaping from metaphorical bed to metaphorical bed with all the attendant cross-purposes and miscommunications, there are also robust and tantalizing morsels of semiotics, synchronicity, existential identity, with a romantic spirit at work that not only invokes, but also… Read More »

Tagged With: adultery, romance, semiotics, sex

Nicolaj Arcel Reveals A ROYAL AFFAIR

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Nicolaj Arcel Reveals A ROYAL AFFAIR

Nikolaj Arcel’s big break, internationally that is, came when he was tapped to co-writer the screenplay for the Swedish version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. When I spoke with him by phone on October 22, 2012, it was inevitable that we would get to that film after discussing A ROYAL AFFAIR. And when we… Read More »

Tagged With: 18th-century history, A ROYAL AFFAIR, adultery, based on a true story, Bodil Steensen-Leth, book to screen, Danish royal family, Denmark, En kongelig affære, Enlightenment, Nikolaj Arcel, Prinsesse af blodet, scandal, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

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