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THE SHAPE OF THINGS

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Neil LaBute starts his latest film, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, off with a sly dig at what the story is going to be about. His stars are not given character names in the credits, they’re listed as “actress” or “actor” in much the same way that credits traditionally list “director” or “writer”, both of which… Read More »

Tagged With: comedy, darwinism, gender relations, intelligence, narrative, nature of reality, Neil LaBute, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, sexual politics, stage to screen

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

The difference in outlooks between Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) and his late wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), can be summed up in a conversation they have while driving on the squalid streets of Kenya’s capital where Justin, a British diplomat, is stationed. Tessa wants him to stop and give a lift back to her village to… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, book to film, cinema, colonialism, drama, film, foreign service, global responsibility, Hugh Jackman, human rights, metaphysical love story, movie, narrative, Oxford, politics, Rachel Weisz, THE FOUNTAIN, time travel

Larysa Kondracki Reveals THE WHISTLEBLOWER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Larysa Kondracki Reveals THE WHISTLEBLOWER

For her first film, Laryisa Kondracki went with her gut and chose a topic that she felt passionately about. THE WHISTLEBLOWER is based on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a police officer taking a lucrative contract to be a peacekeeper in Bosnia who discovered unsettling corruption and refused to be scared into silence. The… Read More »

Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Bosnia, corruption, David Strathairn, debut film, director co-writer, Eilis Kerwin, Kathryn Bolkovac, Larysa Kondracki, Rachel Weisz, Serbia, sex trafficking, UN Peacekeepers, Yugoslava

Rachel Weisz Describes THE SHAPE OF THINGS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Rachel Weisz Describes THE SHAPE OF THINGS

Rachel Weisz radiates intelligence as intensely in person as she does in her film roles. Hardly surprising considering that she took top honors at Cambridge. When I spoke with her on April 14, 2003, it was to promote THE SHAPE OF THINGS, but I couldn’t help asking about another film of hers that was also about… Read More »

Tagged With: Cambridge, comedy, CONFIDENCE, gender relations, intelligence, ladder tattoo, narrative, nature of reality, Neil LaBute, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, sexual politics, stage to screen, university

Rachel Weisz Tends THE CONSTANT GARDENER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Rachel Weisz Tends THE CONSTANT GARDENER

With Rachel Weisz, you can always count on an intelligent conversation. The actress who took firsts at Oxford (think an A, but much, much rarer), has more than proven her versatility over the years from historical dramas such as THE LAND GIRLS and ENEMY AT THE GATES, to raw social commentary in THE SHAPE OF THINGS… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, book to film, cinema, colonialism, drama, film, foreign service, global responsibility, Hugh Jackman, human rights, metaphysical love story, movie, narrative, Oxford, politics, Rachel Weisz, THE FOUNTAIN, time travel

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