The Last September

Saw this, appropriately enough, on St. Patrick's day (along with the more interesting Omagh), and found it difficult to tune in to anybody in the movie. It does have two great actors of the UK screen: Maggie Smith (being serious,... Full review

Absorbing screen play. Not easy, not especially familiar to many of us but extremely thought-provoking, given the Anglo-Irish theme and the time in which the film is set. An excellent cast led by the magnificent Maggie Smith who simply oozes... Full review

Slow-moving and extremely melodramatic film, but still interesting. Rare in that it compares a girl's (as opposed to the more common male narratives) coming-of-age to a nation's coming-of-age.There is a certain amount of James Joyce-ian cruelty and mocking towards the... Full review

"The Last September" tells of the beginning of the end of the Anglo-Irish, circa 1920ish, in Cork, Ireland by examining the clockworks of one family of privilege surrounded by rebellion, on the cusp of degentrification, and trying to keep a... Full review

The story is convoluted. But the strength (and the JOY) of this film is the manner in which it has so genuinely captured an era and a place, the Ireland of 1920. The camera work is unique. It came as... Full review

The narrative is a mess but there are many fine visuals and isolated moments of deep emotional intensity. Michael Gambon and Maggie Smith were excellent, but Jane Birkin and Fiona Shaw have some of the most powerful scenes, with their... Full review

Not everyone is familiar with the unique place of the Anglo-Irish in Ireland, and some of my companions expressed trouble following who was who, and how were they related. It took a while to get past this, I suppose. But... Full review

"The Last September" is set in County Cork, Ireland in 1920, just prior to the institution of the Irish Free State, the days of Michael Collins. (Mr. Collins and the other scions of the revolution are notably absent in this... Full review

Having tried to read the novel on which this movie was based and not enjoyed doing so all that much, this film was an unexpected delight. While Bowen's style is often tedious, Banville's adaptation moves along at a sprightly pace... Full review

A great great film on many levels. As always, Maggie Smith turns in an amazing performance, as she has consistently done so throughout her career. Jane Birkin, Fiona Shaw and Michael Gambon also are wonderful to watch. The story itself... Full review

In any event, it gives this beautifully wrought drama a resonant finish.....Performances are impeccable in their inflections and nuances..... ... Full Review

It's a handsome film, photographed by the talented Slawomir Idziak. LAST SEPTEMBER, THE Rated:R For movie details, please click here . In the film, the sky is gray, everyone behaves oh-so properly and there's zero sense of exhilaration. ... Full Review

For all the attention paid to wind, rain and landscape, The Last September never draws a natural breath. The fatal weakness, however, lies right in the film's heart. ... Full Review

But despite this emphasis on the themes of viewing oneself and others, The Last September digs no deeper than the surface reflections of the lofty creatures it depicts. She is persistently courted by a British police officer (David Tennant), whose lower economic status doesn't sit well with Lois' guardians. ... Full Review

The Last September's primary flaw, however, is the ill-defined Lois herself. But despite this emphasis on the themes of viewing oneself and others, The Last September digs no deeper than the surface reflections of the lofty creatures it depicts. ... Full Review

Dame Maggie Smith has been one of the few certainties among the adult cast members of the Harry Potter franchise. Though her part in each film is small, she's always there, warm and comforting. ... Full Article

Love, politics, and class at once bring together and tear apart an extended family in this period drama. In 1920, Ireland is in the midst of a political upheaval, as upper class Anglo-Irish Protestants are driven from the country by... ... Full Article

A Trimark Pictures, Matrix Films and Scala Presentation in Association with Bord Scannan Na Heireann/The Irish Film Board and Radio Telefis Eireann; Executive Produced by Nik Powell, Neil Jordan, Stephen Woolley and Peter Fudakowski; Co-Executive Produced by Georges Benayoun; Produced... ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Trimark Pictures It would come as no surprise to me to learn that Deborah Warner, the director of The Last September , is an admirer or Krzysztof Kieslowski's work. ... Full Article

Strolling around Merchant Ivory territory, The Last September is ostensibly a study about the final days of the Anglo-Irish nobility, who upheld Londons rule of Ireland from the Middle Ages to the 1920s. ... Full Article

Lois and her pseudocousin, Laurence Carstairs (Jonathan Slinger) -- he is Lady Myra's nephew, so Lois and Laurence aren't actually related -- straddle the two worlds of the conquerors and the conquered in a way that their elders don't. ... Full Article