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A cavalcade of costumes
cincinnati.com –
2009-01-25
Just in time for the Oscars race, the Taft Museum of Art has a taste of film glamour for local fashionistas. The small, 36-piece Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen opens Saturday, turning the spotlight on costumes from... ... Full Article
Unveiling Versailles
variety.com –
2006-05-14
It took about six months for the producers of "Marie-Antoinette" to negotiate their own version of a latter-day Versailles treaty. The terms were very favorable, too. ... Full Article
"Picasso' survives bad script
sfgate.com –
1996-10-04
At first I thought that the trouble with "Jefferson in Paris," that James Ivory-Ismail Merchant-Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Classics Illustrated comic, was the casting of thuggish Nick Nolte as the cultured author of the Declaration of Independence. Now that I've seen ... Full Article
AN American blonde of television and tabloid fame looks down from a billboard here, her lips parted, her hands cradling a meaningful-looking gun. "Don't Call Me Babe!" reads the ad copy for her new film, offering a prime example of... ... Full Article
NICK NOLTE as a hockey player.Nick Nolte as a crooked cop.Nick Nolte as a sanitation crew member.Nick Nolte as a nightclub bouncer. ... Full Article
Jefferson in Paris (PG-13)
washingtonpost.com –
1995-04-07
As beautifully staged as all Merchant-Ivory films, "Jefferson in Paris" is nevertheless a disaster, intellectually infuriating and thoughtlessly racist. In this script, which bowdlerizes a crucial juncture in Thomas Jefferson's life, the Founding Father merely founders (and fathers). The film ... Full Article
Nick Nolte has done far, far better things than this lavish Merchant-Ivory costume drama, set in France just prior to the 1789 Revolution. It was Jefferson who had drafted the pivotal American Declaration of Independence in 1776. ... Full Article
The actress is probably best known for her portrayal of Cathy in Maurice Pialat's 1991 biopic Van Gogh. She was nominated for a best newcomer Cesar (French Oscar), an award she got the nod for for Mina Tannenbaum and Beau... ... Full Article
For those who cringe at the very idea of another corset-and-crumpet tale from the Merchant-Ivory producer-director team (which transformed literary splendor into cinematic elegance with A Room With a View , Howards End , and The Remains of the Day... ... Full Article