Based on Nick Hornby’s 2009 novel, “Juliet, Naked” is a sweet, amiable little romance about second chances and new beginnings.
Ethan Hawke
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Film preview: ‘First Reformed’
Paul Schrader’s searing theological drama deals honestly with the subject of spirituality, wrestling with metaphysical questions in a way far deeper than typical “faith-based” cinema.
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Film review: ‘Maudie’
Wonderful performances from Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke distract from some storytelling shortcomings in “Maudie,” a gentle biopic of Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis. The film opens in the 1930’s rural village where Maud (Hawkins) lives with an overbearing aunt, after her family decided the arthritic Maud would be unable to take care of […]
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Film review: “Maggie’s Plan”
The world of academia is given a light skewering in the charming “Maggie’s Plan,” a screwball-ish romantic comedy from writer-director Rebecca Miller (daughter of playwright Arthur Miller). Revolving around a love triangle between self-involved, intellectual Brooklynites, the film calls to mind the works of Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach. Maggie (Greta Gerwig) wants to be […]
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Film Review: “Boyhood”
The process behind the creation of “Boyhood,” the remarkable new film from director Richard Linklater, is nearly as extraordinary as the film itself. Assembling his cast for a few days at a time, the film’s shoot lasted for a total of 45 days, but those days were spread out over the course of 12 years […]
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“The Purge”
Like it or not, popular film, like other popular arts, often reflects important currents and significant truths appropriate to its time and place, providing a telling commentary on its cultural context. All those familiar summer blockbusters, for example, suggest some not entirely inspiring notions about the movie-going public’s demand for the constant bombardment of sound […]
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“Before Midnight”
It’s been 19 years since movie audiences were first introduced to Jesse and Céline, the chatty, opinionated couple played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who have been the focus of the now three movies in Richard Linklater’s “Before” series of films. In 1994’s “Before Sunrise,” we watched as the pair met by chance aboard […]
