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This Weeks Movie Reviews: CACHÉ (Hidden): Written and directed by Michael Haneke. Produced by Margaret Menegoz, Veit Heiduschka. Cinematography, Christian Berger. Editors, Michael Hudecek and Nadine Muse. Production design, Emmanuel de Chauvigny and Christoph Kanter. Costumes, Lisy Christl. Starring Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche with Maurice Benichou, Lester Makedonsky, Walid Afkir. Sony Classics, 2005. R. 121 minutes. Winner, Best Director, 2005 Cannes Film Festival. On the screen, there is a street. It is a street on which nothing seems to happen. All we hear is birdsong, distant footsteps, ambient noise. It is just an empty street until the last possible bearable moment, when a voice speaks. Read more...
ATL Directed by Chris Robinson. Written by Tina Gordon Chism, based on a story by Antwone Fisher. Produced by Dallas Austin, Jody Gerson, James Lassiter, Will Smith, Tionne Watkins. Cinematographer, Crash. Editor, David Blackburn. Production design, Robb Buono. Music, Aaron Zigman. Costumes, Shawn Barton. Starring Tip Harris, Antwan Andre Patton and Lauren London with Mykelti Williamson and Keith David. Warner Brothers, 2006. PG-13. 105 minutes. Despite a title that resembles a corporate moniker or an acronym for a rock band, ATL immediately has two things going for it. One, it's not a race movie. It's a movie about class differences and how we overcome them. As a result, the questions raised by the film — namely, can we escape the places we come from? — are more universally available, allowing the movie to access such varied sources as Romeo and Juliet and Stand by Me. Read more... |
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