Nine (2009)
A bout of midlife crisis and writer’s block plagues esteemed Italian filmmaker Guido Contini (Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood), coming after a couple of flops that sees him gun-shy when it comes to his creativity,...
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The Age of Innocence (1993)
Based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1920, The Age of Innocence paints a rather unflattering portrait of a society repressed, where upbringing and social standing marked the actual difference between favor and failure among...
Gangs of New York (2002)
Although Scorsese’s epic is full of symbolism and artistic flourishes which give the overall production an artificial feel, I suspect his vision of the America of yesteryear is perhaps a more accurate representation of...
The Bounty (1984)
Another telling of the famed Mutiny on the Bounty, based on Richard Hough’s book, “Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian”, depicting a ship which was taken over by some of the men due to their lack...