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KINSEY

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

KINSEY opens with the face of Peter Sarsgaard in close-up looking directly into the camera and asking questions of a sexual nature. An offscreen voice stops him when he uses a euphemism for a sexual act. No, says the voice that we will shortly learn is Kinsey’s, it won’t work unless you are completely straightforward,… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Bill Condon, bio-pic. drama, class structure, director, history, human sexuality, interview, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, narrative, prudery, social attitudes, study of human sexuality, weight gain, writer

THE SAVAGES

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There are so many remarkable things about Tamara Jenkins’ THE SAVAGES that it’s hard to know where to start. The masterful performances are a given by pros Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jon and Wendy, siblings uncomfortable with the idea of family. There is also a subtly optimistic script about the end of… Read More »

Tagged With: aging parent, cinema, death scene, end-of-life decisions, film, Laura Linney, THE SAVAGES

Bill Condon Studies KINSEY

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Bill Condon Studies KINSEY

A word of warning. Like KINSEY, the film he wrote and directed, Bill Condon is direct when discussing the research that his title character carried out on human sexuality. Also like the film, it’s done with erudition, insight, and spiced with a pointed wit. When we spoke on October 28, 2004, the converstation naturally turned to… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Bill Condon, bio-pic. drama, class structure, director, history, human sexuality, interview, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, narrative, prudery, social attitudes, study of human sexuality, weight gain, writer

Laura Linney & THE SAVAGES

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Laura Linney & THE SAVAGES

Laura Linney can raise the cinematic IQ of any film in which she appears by at least 50 points. The same ravishing blend of smarts, wit, and sponteneity is equally apparent in person. When I talked with her on October 5, 2007, about THE SAVAGES, I was finally able to ask her about something I’d always… Read More »

Tagged With: aging parent, cinema, death scene, end-of-life decisions, film, Laura Linney, movie, narrative, plastic bag, risks, suffocation, THE SAVAGES

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