The Dead

An exquisite film. They just don't make them like this any more! We eavesdrop on an upper middle class family in Dublin in the early part of the 20th century. They are hosting an after Christmas dinner for their friends... Full review

I have watched thousands of movies in my life and I believe this movie is the most "perfect" movie that has ever been made. By perfect I mean the storytelling, the plot, the acting, the staging, the camera work, etc.... Full review

This is a wonderful evocation of a previous age. True, it is slow moving but that is definitely part of its charm. Stately and elegant - a fitting tribute to an iconic director! Not many films can boast such a... Full review

Superlatives really are a dangerous thing. No sooner do we rashly assert something as being unsurpassable, the object of our veneration immediately becomes just that. James Joyce's concluding story in his book 'Dubliners,' entitled, 'The Dead,' was always going to... Full review

This is truly a remarkable movie. "The Dead" shows us a turn-of-the-century Irish dinner party attended by a host of lost souls. It is a snapshot of people who either loved and lost, or never got to love at all.... Full review

John Huston was seriously ill when he made his final achievement,and it's thoroughly his testament:uncompromising,difficult ,a thousand miles away from crazes and fashions,it will stand as the best "last film" you can ever dream of.A very austere screenplay,no action,no real... Full review

The entire movie, an artful adaptation of one of Joyce's "Dubliners" stories, takes place on the night of January 6 (Epiphany), 1906. Most of the film takes place at an annual party given by three spinsters (two sisters and their... Full review

This is my favourite movie of all time. And I always think of it as John Huston's requiem.I must have seen it at least 20 times and never tire of it. The mood, the script, the singing, the dinner, it... Full review

It's a short movie for such immense feelings. The last 20 or so minutes are among the most intense in the recent years of the industry. Huston (John) is dying and only love can make the difference. The actor's work... Full review

Joyce's literary performance could not be successfully converted into cinema.....Fine performances from everyone, and a self-effacing, enigmatic star turn from Anjelica Huston herself..... ... Full Review

The Dead" is sonorous, moving and deeply funny -- a work of great feeling and beauty. What we see in Huston's direction of "The Dead" is an artist working out of the core of his talent, cleanly and without uncertainty, and bringing to bear the accumulated experience of a long career. ... Full Review

In "The Dead" -- the film, that is -- the characters are uniformly empathetic, doing nothing to make you dislike them, carrying on with their lives quietly. Anjelica Huston as Gretta Conroy has little to do but look radiant (she has a sort of Rorschach beauty -- many see a butterfly, others make lowing noises). ... Full Review

Look at Huston's " The Dead " and you will not see a successful film, but you will see a grand gesture, and you will see the best film that Huston could possibly have made. The words are from James Joyce's " The Dead ," sometimes called the greatest short story ever written in English. ... Full Review

He and Tony in their screenplay did what they had to do, and made it an interior monologue, spoken by the actor Donal McCann , as his wife, having wept, now sleeps on their bed. Mr. Brown ( Dan O'Herlihy ) is a drunk in the classic mold, because of uncomplicated alcoholism. ... Full Review

In the year 1979, writer Flannery O' Connor 's work, "Wise Blood" made it to the silver screen. The screen version of the novel was directed by John Huston and even though it was low budget film, it was greatly... ... Full Article

James Joyce had a theory of "epiphanies" which posited that seemingly insignificant incidents can be the source of profound insights. The Dead , his short story first published in 1914, is his theory proven. ... Full Article

Showing at the NFT as part of a two-month season of his work, 'The Dead' was the last picture to be directed by John Huston . ... Full Article

Regardless of the weather, it will be hot, hot, hot at this all-things-Latin event in Brookline. An outdoor stage and dance floor behind the restaurant will be set up for bands, dancers, grilling, and cocktails. -- June Wulff Enjoy 3... ... Full Article