Marsh discusses the Hawkings’ story, Redmayne’s perseverance, and Theory of Everything’s surprise Oscar buzz.
Meticulous in its adherence to conventional narrative inducement, it only offers a sanded-down and embossed vision of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde’s 30-year marriage.
James Marsh perfectly matches his aesthetic strategies to the story’s shifting moral terrain.
With Project Nim, James Marsh has created a documentary that feels more like a biopic—and one that avoids the genre’s usual pitfalls.
James Marsh’s Project Nim too often trades complex analysis for easy sentiment.
Hula and Natan is so amusingly foul-mouthed that it becomes, in part, a study in the art of the comedic argument.
The Red Riding Trilogy proves that HBO has no monopoly on quality small-screen drama.
The question here is whether it’s a good idea for filmmakers to appropriate as their own the original scores of previous movies.
Though we discussed everything from spirituality to positive con artistry, the subject of living in Chelsea with an albino skunk never came up.
Which is greater, the filmmaker’s laziness or his contempt for his audience?
Even the cops who arrested Philippe Petit were impressed by the young Frenchman’s daring.
The documentary shows that Philippe Petit’s success had as much to do with his skill as a salesman as it did with his otherworldly equilibrium.
It chooses an undemanding route to condemnation, bypassing consequential nuance and rationality in censuring Bible Belt zealots for their cruel, selfish hypocrisies.