Why do children play with dolls? One reason is that they like to make up stories and act them out. Dolls serve as permissible figures that allow children to become comfortable with who they, and others, are and to explore what this humanity might mean in an attempt to figure out how to inhabit it.…
Elsa Zylberstein and Kristin Scott Thomas Don’t get me wrong, I love my country, but when it comes to testing the acting chops of any thespian, I’d say French cinema is the primary place to go about such measures.No fancy props.No extreme special effects.A lot of close up, careful camera work that relies on the…
Dear Poets, I’m looking for a few good films that offer up poetic content, to put it vaguely, or a representation of a poet that doesn’t completely romanticize the poet, disintegrating the person in the process… films with a poetry angle, please! Thanks, Amy ~~~ Gysin’s “The Cut-ups” of course trumps Cronenberg’s take of “Naked…
AMY KING 