"Oscar(r) winner* Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) is "a joy to watch" (Newsday) as a defiant idealist in this "moving, often hilariouscoming-of-age story" (Vogue) from writer-director Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity). Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Camilla Belle (Practical Magic), Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys), Jason Lee (Almost Famous) and Jena Malone (Saved!) co-star. Jack (Day-Lewis) and his 16-year-old daugh ..."
"MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (DVD + Blu-ray) Directed by Stephen Frears In Stephen Frears groundbreaking and hugely successful drama, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), the son of a Pakistani immigrant, embarks on a venture to renovate his uncle's laundrette with the help of his childhood friend, ex-National Front member Johnny (Daniel Day -Lewis). Written by Hanif Kureishi (The Buddha of Suburbia), My Beautiful Laundrette's bold exploration of sexua ..."
"Set in the turbulent streets of Lower Manhattan in the mid-nineteenth century, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York depicts the politically corrupt and volatile social climate of New York during the early years of the Civil War. While the North is fighting in the South, the difference between the insular opulence of uptown life and the lawless destitution of those living downtown becomes more intolerable. Irish immigrants and emancipated ..."
"Un modèle de transposition cinématographique du roman pourtant réputé inadaptable de Milan Kundera. Un miracle d'intelligence et de sensualité que l'on doit à l'alliance inattendue du scénariste de Luis Bunuel, le Français Jean-Claude Carrière, et celui des Aventuriers de l'arche perdue, l'Américain Philip Kaufman, par ailleurs réalisateur de Soleil levant. Résultat : une fresque ample et intimiste, qui mêle avec brio événements politi ..."
"Un modèle de transposition cinématographique du roman pourtant réputé inadaptable de Milan Kundera. Un miracle d'intelligence et de sensualité que l'on doit à l'alliance inattendue du scénariste de Luis Bunuel, le Français Jean-Claude Carrière, et celui des Aventuriers de l'arche perdue, l'Américain Philip Kaufman, par ailleurs réalisateur de Soleil levant. Résultat : une fresque ample et intimiste, qui mêle avec brio événements politi ..."
"Director Roger Donaldson (Thirteen Days) has breathed vibrant new life into the classic story of the mutiny on the Bounty. With a dream cast--Mel Gibson, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier, Liam Neeson, and Daniel Day-Lewis--and a script by Robert Bolt (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), The Bounty takes a revisionist tack through the well-charted waters of an oft-told tale. Hopkins's Captain Bligh is no raving sadist in the Ch ..."
"Daniel Day-Lewis won a much-deserved Oscar for his wily, passionate performance as Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, whose cerebral palsy kept him confined to a wheelchair. Filmmaker Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) adapts Brown's own autobiography for this spirited piece, focusing on the sometimes-difficult fellow's formative years in his large family and in love with sundry women. Day-Lewis is inspired, and Brenda Fricker ..."
"Belfast, 1990 : Danny Flynn, un boxeur prometteur emprisonné pour ses liens avec les terroristes de l'IRA, revient dans le quartier de son enfance et tente de refaire sa vie après 14 années passées derrière les barreaux. Il s'associe avec son ancien entraîneur pour fonder un club de boxe, tandis qu'il se rapproche de son ex-petite amie, dorénavant mariée à l'un de ses meilleurs amis, activiste de l'IRA en prison... Le réalisateur irland ..."
"Un modèle de transposition cinématographique du roman pourtant réputé inadaptable de Milan Kundera. Un miracle d'intelligence et de sensualité que l'on doit à l'alliance inattendue du scénariste de Luis Bunuel, le Français Jean-Claude Carrière, et celui des Aventuriers de l'arche perdue, l'Américain Philip Kaufman, par ailleurs réalisateur de Soleil levant. Résultat : une fresque ample et intimiste, qui mêle avec brio événements politi ..."
"Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis gives an impassioned performance in this riveting drama that mirrors one man's 15-year struggle and ultimate triumph over a terrible injustice. Oscar winner Emma Thompson co-stars in this gripping film the Los Angeles Times calls, "A politically charged 'Fugitive.'" In the Name of the Father tells the true saga of Gerry Conlon. A petty thief in strife-torn '70s Belfast, Gerry's main interests are ..."
"Yet another potent (although critically underrated) drama from Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis, the Irish director and British star (respectively) of My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father. The story focuses on Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a promising boxer who had been imprisoned at age 18 for associating with IRA terrorists. After serving a 14-year sentence, he returns to his Belfast neighborhood at a time when local IRA leader Joe ..."
"Belfast, 1990 : Danny Flynn, un boxeur prometteur emprisonné pour ses liens avec les terroristes de l'IRA, revient dans le quartier de son enfance et tente de refaire sa vie après 14 années passées derrière les barreaux. Il s'associe avec son ancien entraîneur pour fonder un club de boxe, tandis qu'il se rapproche de son ex-petite amie, dorénavant mariée à l'un de ses meilleurs amis, activiste de l'IRA en prison... Le réalisateur irland ..."
"Yet another potent (although critically underrated) drama from Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis, the Irish director and British star (respectively) of My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father. The story focuses on Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a promising boxer who had been imprisoned at age 18 for associating with IRA terrorists. After serving a 14-year sentence, he returns to his Belfast neighborhood at a time when local IRA leader Joe ..."
"magine living in a world where life is governed by intricate rituals; a world "balanced so precariously that its harmony [can] be shattered by a whisper" (Wharton); a world ruled by self-declared experts on form, propriety and family history - read: scandal -; where everything is labeled and yet, people are not; where in order not to disturb society's smooth surface nothing is ever expressed or even thought of directly, and where commun ..."
"The Salem witch trials of 1692 are brought vividly to life in this compelling adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, directed by Nicholas Hytner ("The Madness of King George"). A group of teenage girls meet in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. While the other girls attempt to cast love spells, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) wishes for the death of her former lover's (Daniel Day-Lewis) wife. When their ceremony ..."
"It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet. A wide and apparently an impervious boundary of forests severed the possessions of the hostile provinces of France and England. The hardy colonist, and the trained European who fought at his side, frequently expended months in struggling against the rapids of the stream ..."