In the following review, Moore praises Egoyan's exploration of the nature of family in Family Viewing, but finds fault with his use of prostitution to suggest alienation.
All is not well in ...
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In the following essay, Harcourt, who teaches at Carleton University in Ottawa, traces the themes and cinematographic techniques characteristic of Egoyan's films and places the director'...
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In the following interview, Egoyan discusses the nature of the film industry, his approach to filmmaking, and the influence of Canadian identity.
Widely regarded as Canada's leading independ...
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In the following essay, Johnson considers the unique voice in Egoyan's films and explores the sources of his recurring cinematic themes.
Lunch with Atom Egoyan. He arrives late, on the run i...
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In the following review, Romney praises Egoyan's work in The Adjuster, particularly his skillful use of repetition.
[In The Adjuster,] Noah Render, an insurance loss adjuster, lives in the o...
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In the following review, Taubin explores the recurring themes common in The Adjuster and Egoyan's earlier films.
The protagonist of The Adjuster, Atom Egoyan's discomforting fourth fe...
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In the following review, Wall discusses the central plot and thematic material in Calendar.
Canadian director Atom Egoyan is a quiet man who avoided a press conference after the initial screening o...
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In the following review, Chang describes the history behind Egoyan's Calendar and explores the film's major plot elements.
Atom Egoyan won the Moscow Prize for The Adjuster in 1991. T...
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In the following essay, Johnson explores Egoyan's career, influences, and the filmmaker's concerns about his future.
Rolling up to a movie premiere in a limousine is a familiar ritual...
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When Jane Campion was honored onstage at the Cannes Film Festival with about 30 other major directors Sunday, she was the lone woman of the bunch. And she's still not used to how strange that feels...
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Today is Thursday, July 19, the 200th day of 2007. There are 165 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 19, 1848, a pioneer women's rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, N...
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Becoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system.And it shows in ...
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narcissistic dream of all time,” laughed Sarah Polley with a self-deprecating eye-roll. The 28-year-old actress was speaking about the effusive, heady reception her directorial debut, Away Fr...
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Michael Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, from a screenplay by Martin Hardy, based on The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne, turns out t...
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Michael Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, from a screenplay by Martin Hardy, based on The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne, turns out ...
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