A Single Man

With Tom Ford at the helm, the very least you'd expect from his adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's novel is a parade of gorgeous men in well-cut suits. Certainly there's enough Kennedy-era period detail here to satisfy the most ardent fan of... Full review

George Falconer has a plan to finish his own life through grief for the loss of his lover. The film looks at his life past and present over the course of a day: the self-contradicting reasons why it's at once too... Full review

Tom Ford's vanity project turns Christopher Isherwood's novel of loss and grief into one long Calvin Klein commercial. The film is so concerned with surface gloss, it's like a parody of the type of film you'd think a fashion designer would... Full review

I attended the North American Premiere of "A Single Man" at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. This is the first foray into film for fashion designer Tom Ford, directing from his own script based on the Christopher Isherwood novel. In... Full review

A stunning outing for Tom Ford. The images are, clearly, out of an aesthete's mind without being shallow, ever. I believe there is a dramatic reason behind every frame. Colin Firth, looking truly handsome, goes through a day of torment with... Full review

Of all the films I saw at the 66 Venice Film Festival, 12 in all, "A Single Man" is the one that stayed with me. I must admit, it wasn't love at first sight. My first reaction was a sort of... Full review

A startling surprise. Tom Ford's debut as a director tells, in exquisite images, a very personal story, based on a short story by Christopher Isherwood. What makes everything fly so high is a fantastic performance by Colin Firth. I've followed Colin... Full review

Tom Ford's debut has an immediate effect and an after effect. We are taken immediately by the "preciousness" of the image. Limpid, exquisite and slightly detached. The after effect is a whole other story. Colin Firth's face comes to haunt you.... Full review

this intelligent, reflective melodrama should reap more plaudits in Toronto.....the tension this creates resonates throughout the film -....it resonates above all because of the way it turns a single man's single day into a spiritual journey from despair to transfiguration.....The film is good at evoking and sparking such complex emotions....to signal moments of hope, life and redemption..... ... Full Review

There's buzz this week over the trailer for the new movie A Single Man and not just over Colin Firth 's performance, which snagged the Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award. ... Full Article

November 10th, 2009 by Wendie Oftentimes I'll put up a heading that makes you wonder what the article is truly about. Not today. Today is a day for blatant statements. ... Full Article

If you like your footage silent and your quotes aplenty, then you're bound to love the trailer for Tom Ford's A Single Man . Yes, that Tom Ford-the American fashion designer turned Gucci posterboy. ... Full Article

The English actor Nicholas Hoult has been working in film and television since he was 6. American audiences may know him for his role as Marcus, the put-upon, round-cheeked 12-year-old who tenderized Hugh Grant 's heartless playboy in the 2002... ... Full Article

Colin Firth (Getty) Colin Firth, who stars in Tom Ford's "A Single Man," will be presented with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Outstanding Performance of the Year Award at Santa Barbara's Arlington Theatre on Feb.13. ... Full Article

Select 2009 Hollywood Awards winners: Actor: Robert De Niro, "Everybody's Fine." Actress: Hilary Swank, "Amelia." Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds." Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore, "A Single Man." ... Full Article