Critical Essay by Elizabeth Sussex
Anderson's work is based on the assumption that art is real', and that cinematic art is 'poetry'…. What is meant by 'poetr...
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Critical Essay by Judith Crist
Anderson has shown such sensitivity and perception in the filming of [In Celebration], in barely opening the sets but doing so with an intensity of atmosphere that is o...
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Critical Essay by Gordon Gow
The social and the psychological elements of David Storey's In Celebration build rather slowly but nevertheless very strongly to an emotional peak which is tremend...
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Background InfoBorn in
Edinburgh
on November 30 1922,
George
Crowden
was a bright boy whose interest in drama was apparent from an early age. Having appeared in school plays, he pursued acting ...
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The New York Film Society of Lincoln Center continues its month-long series of reappraisals of gifted—and even honored-in-their-own-time—film icons, with a four-film revival May 25 and ...
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Selected home-video releases:"Bridge to Terabithia"Fantasy comes alive in this family hit adapted from the acclaimed children's novel by Katherine Paterson, the screenplay co-written by her son, pl...
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Even for someone as painfully—ridiculously—attractive as author Taylor Antrim, the process of picture-taking can still be painful. Posing for an Observer photographer last week, leaning...
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