[3] November 12, 2012
An entertaining gangster flick with plenty of style, Layer Cake [4] asks us to root for a nameless drug dealer simply because he's less vile than his fellow miscreants – and because he's played by Daniel Craig.
[3] An entertaining gangster flick with plenty of style, Layer Cake [4] asks us to root for a nameless drug dealer simply because he's less vile than his fellow miscreants – and because he's played by Daniel Craig.
[6] There’s no overt violence in A Dangerous Method [7]. But for all its gentility, the latest from filmmaker David Cronenberg is right at home with his longstanding preoccupation with “abnormal” psychology.
[9] Sylvia [10] falls short of being the final word on its subject. Still, the film has some fine moments, particularly a brave performance by Gwyneth Paltrow as Sylvia Plath and a big dose of manly charisma from Daniel Craig as Ted Hughes.
[12] Road to Perdition [13] is a brooding gangster drama – about fathers and sons, damnation and redemption – that continually defies expectations. Superbly photographed and staged, it creates its own detached-but-compelling ambience.
[15] With its gentle humor and forgiving view of human nature, Lasse Hallström’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen [16] is a low-keyed charmer that will leave most of us with bemused smiles plastered across our mugs.
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[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-layer-cake-2004
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Daniel+Craig%22+title:%22Layer+Cake%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18731#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-dangerous-method-2011
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22David+Cronenberg%22+title:%22A+Dangerous+Method%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18728#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-sylvia-2003
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Gwyneth+Paltrow%22+title:%22Sylvia%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18708#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-road-perdition-2002
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Tom+Hanks%22+title:%22Road+to+Perdition%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18700#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-salmon-fishing-yemen-2011
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Lasse+Hallstrom%22+title:%22Salmon+Fishing+in+the+Yemen%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-salmon-fishing-yemen-2011#comments
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=11
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=8
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=9
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=10
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=13
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=14
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=15
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=16
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=61