Take This Waltz (movie)

Sarah Polley explores her uprooted, twisted family tree

2013-05-11 07:00:00

Two days after her 11th birthday, Sarah Polley lost her mother to cancer. The death came as a shock, even though her father and older siblings had watched Diane Polley battle the disease for months. As she grew up in Toronto under the care of her father,...

Home theater: 'Take This Waltz,' 'Certified Copy' offer off-beat romance

2012-05-22 16:38:35

Interview: Kevin Smith isn't the silent type

2013-05-14 00:00:00

When you ask people who clearly are upset what's wrong, they typically will reply "nothing," because they don't want to talk about it — or they will take the opposite approach and tell you exactly what's got them down, starting from beginning to end...

'Stories We Tell': Director's look at family's secrets, lies and love ★★★★

2013-05-16 08:17:00

Everywhere in the culture, there's another monologuist or filmmaker placing herself at the center of a question, or a series of questions: What's up with my family? How did I get here? How can one charismatic family member hold so many secrets? Sarah...

Sarah Polley: Family secret becomes a quest for 'Stories We Tell' filmmaker

2013-05-16 07:31:00

All families have their mysteries, their complications. Some more overt than others. For the most part, though, we go through life not really questioning the certainties. These are our parents. These are our siblings. These are the stories we tell....

'Take This Waltz' explores the five-year itch: Can love and desire endure? ★★★

2012-07-12 00:00:00

Five years into their marriage, the freelance Toronto writers played by Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in "Take This Waltz" have drifted, rudderless, into a harbor that is anything but safe. They're cute together, but the act has begun to curdle:...

'Celeste and Jesse Forever': What comes after? ★★★

2012-08-09 08:25:00

Like the recent "Take This Waltz,"directed and written by Sarah Polley, the new American indie "Celeste and Jesse Forever" begins and ends with an unspoken question: Is this mismatched couple meant to stay together? Set in a universe of restless...

'Take This Waltz' review: People gotta stay cool around hot neighbors

2012-07-12 00:00:00

***1/2 (out of four) “You used to get it in your fishnets; now you only get it in your nightdress.” -- Arctic Monkeys, “Fluorescent Adolescent” The crushingly true drama “Take This Waltz” does not include the above...

Family is never complicated, right? Just kidding. Director Sarah Polley ("Away From Her," "Take This Waltz") opens the door to her own family and explores the possibility of her late mother having an affair with a man who is secretly Polley's father.

2013-04-23 11:20:00

R; 1:56 running time I see why "Take This Waltz" has been described by some as exasperating. Some of it is; some of it is intentionally so. Margot's itchy dissatisfactions aren't always explained or justified.

2012-07-12 07:51:00

It's no "Away From Her," but writer-director Sarah Polley's follow-up has plenty of wonderful and wonderfully sad moments.

2012-07-12 00:00:00