The Lady in the Van
Joyce Glasser reviews The Lady in the Van As we watch Nicholas Hytner’s (History Boys, The Madness of George III) film The Lady in the Van, with its screenplay from 81-year-old Alan Bennett and its 80 ...
Tag Archives: Joyce Glasser
A compelling adaptation of Irish novelist Colm Toíbín’s novel, with an Oscar worthy performance from Saoirse Ronan.
Joyce Glasser reviews Brooklyn (November 6, 2015), Cert. 12A, 111 min. What do you have when you strip a film of all violence, nudity, superhuman action heroes, foul language and CGI and you don’t fil ...
“It is better to live like a lion for one day than like a slave for ever’
Joyce Glasser reviews He Named Me Malala In He Named Me Malala, Davis Guggenheim’s (An Inconvenient Truth) absorbing, if somewhat superficial, biopic of the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, ...
Banned Iranian filmmaker delivers a minor masterpiece
Joyce Glasser reviews Tehran Taxi (October 30, 2015) In Tehran Taxi, as in the Royal Academy’s current exhibit of the Chinese conceptual sculptor Ai Weiwei, we witness the green shoots of creative fre ...