Martin Compston

Film Review: 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' is a compact caper

2010-08-05 16:36:23

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Young thief steals show in heart-wrenching 'Sister' ★★★ 1/2

2013-01-03 00:00:00

For 12-year-old Simon, the resilient central character in the Swiss drama "Sister," the ski season is a time of particular purpose. His daily gondola-lift rides to a tony mountaintop resort are not about sport but a matter of enterprise, a way of...

'The Disappearance of Alice Creed'

2010-10-21 13:00:00

Currently getting strong notices for "Tamara Drewe," Gemma Arterton ( "Quantum of Solace") spends lots of time restrained as the disappeared Alice in writer-director J. Blakeson's melodrama. The character belongs to a rich British family targeted for a...

Gemma Arterton Enters Battle Of Wills In 'Disappearance Of Alice Creed'

2010-07-28 00:00:00

Actress Gemma Arterton stopped by the studio to talk about her role as the title character in the upcoming film The Disappearance of Alice Creed. Fans will remember Creed from her roles in Prince of Persia, Clash of the Titans and as Bond girl...

Movie review: 'Red Road'

2007-05-03 00:00:00

4 stars (out of four) We have to tread very carefully here. The remarkable thriller "Red Road" plants tiny slivers of expository information just so, at precise and artful junctures in its story. Much (though hardly all) of the film's effectiveness...

'Red Road'

2007-04-13 00:00:00

A spellbinding, intelligent thriller that takes its time to get where it's going but is well worth the trip, "Red Road" is the feature debut of British filmmaker Andrea Arnold, who won an Oscar for her short film "Wasp." Part of the Advance Party Concept,...

Fast-Paised review: 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'

2006-10-10 16:19:35

Writer-director Dito Montiel adapts his novel of the same name about his 1980s New Yawk adolescence, starring Shia LaBeouf as Montiel as a teenager and Robert Downey Jr. as the grown-up version. Channing Tatum, Chazz Palmenteri, Dianne Wiest, Rosario...

'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'

2006-09-29 00:00:00

Drawing loosely upon his own coming-of-age in Astoria, Queens, Dito Montiel with "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" traverses familiar territory with a fresh and intense perspective that wrests new meanings from the New York ethnic working-class...

'Sweet Sixteen'

2003-05-23 00:00:00

Ken Loach believes the truth will set you free. A man whose independence, vigor and passion for naturalism have inspired several generations of British filmmakers, he's been a socially conscious director for nearly 40 years. Loach's best films -- "Kes,"...

Movie review: 'Sweet Sixteen'

2003-06-11 00:00:00

4 stars (out of 4) Ken Loach, maker of the British masterpieces "Kes" and "My Name is Joe," is a great filmmaker who plays an entirely different game than almost all commercial moviemakers of the English-speaking countries, In "Sweet Sixteen," he's at...

No Rating; 1:37 running time In the rarefied air of leisure and wealth, Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) is a skinny stealth figure, and back in the lower altitudes he's an assured salesman, hawking the gear he's stolen to neighborhood kids.

2013-01-03 00:00:00