In anticipation of the sequel, Marcy and I rewatched the original 1998 movie, a solid historical drama with a healthy Godfather finish and an astounding performance by Cate Blanchett. The new film, also directed by Shekhar Kapur, picks up the story where it left off and sees the Virgin Queen through to the defeat of [...]
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"A fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time.... Kino is an intoxicating Euro-brew, written with enormous skill and dedication." — Frederick Barthelme
"Jürgen Fauth's deft mashup of genre and historical period is both a full-throttle literary thriller of ideas and a contemplative examination of film and fascism. Kino is a debut of great intellectual force."– Teddy Wayne
"A surprising alternative history. Kino brings the golden age of German cinema to light with loving, sometimes gritty, detail and great precision." – Neal Pollack, author of Jewball.
"A delirious melange of conspiracy, magic, sex, history, bad behavior, and cinema, Kino is a stellar entertainment, and Jürgen Fauth is a writer of rare, sinister imagination." – Owen King, author of Reenactment
"A light-hearted romp that leads straight into darkness and back through the shadows on the wall."– Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Movie nuts arise! A happy and felicitous debut."– Terese Svoboda
All posts tagged samantha-morton
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Posted by Jürgen on October 6, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/10/06/elizabeth-the-golden-age/
Free Jimmy
A computer-animation from Norway featuring a junkie elephant, a gang of rabid animal rights activists, hapless stoners, and the Lappish mafia on choppers, with the voices of Simon Pegg, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, and Kyle MacLachlan? Sure, I’ll go see that. Too bad that everything that’s even remotely funny or interesting about Free Jimmy was [...]
Posted by Jürgen on August 24, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/08/24/free-jimmy/
One Megapixel
[tags]razr, photos, flickr, jurgen, astoria, nyc, ira, rats, death, food, corona, samantha morton, dusty domino, ingmar bergan, film forum[/tags]
Posted by Jürgen on January 17, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/01/17/one-megapixel/
Lassie
Yeah, we’ll watch anything with Samantha Morton, even if she sells her son’s beloved collie to Peter O’Toole. What they call “quality family entertainment.” The Loch Ness monster makes a cameo. Lassie. Charles Sturridge, 2005. *** Lassie on Rotten Tomatoes [tags]pets, dogs, kids, film, 3 stars, lassie, samantha morton, peter o’toole[/tags]
Posted by Jürgen on November 28, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/11/28/lassie/
The Libertine
Unwatchable, even with the finger on the fast forward button. Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, and John Malkovich with a ridiculous nose stumble through muddy sets and deliver pompous dialogue; everything has a sepia filter on it. It looked like Depp’s character’s face falls apart in the end. The Libertine. Laurence Dunmore, 2004. * [tags]film, 1 [...]
Posted by Jürgen on September 30, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/09/30/the-libertine/
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