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    Jan 24, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Quartet': Dustin Hoffman's directing debut has sterling cast, so-so script ★★ 1/2

    Murder most foul is one thing. Murder most fair is another. The veteran hambones starring in "Quartet" get away with murder most fair, through eye-bugging delight in a double-entendre in close-up (Billy Connolly); charmingly distracted line readings (Pauline Collins); underplaying so dry it becomes a form of overstatement (Tom Courtenay); and an air of unconquerable hauteur, leavened by tinges of regret (Maggie Smith).
    Murder most foul is one thing. Murder most fair is another. The veteran hambones starring in "Quartet" get away with murder most fair, through eye-bugging delight in a double-entendre in close-up (Billy Connolly); charmingly distracted line readings...

    Tags: Entertainment, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Murder

    2. Jan 24, 2013 |Column| RedEye

  2. 'Quartet' review: The perfectly fine musicians' hotel

    <strong>** (out of four)</strong>
    ** (out of four) Obviously someone like Keith Richards would never check into a retirement home for musicians. He's lived like a rock star, and he'll die like a rock star. No, in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, “Quartet,” only...

    Tags: Entertainment, Keith Richards, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (tv program)

    3. May 4, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Dustin Hoffman directorial debut 'Quartet' acquired by Weinstein

    24 Frames
    The Weinstein Co. announced Friday morning that it had acquired the U.S. and Latin American rights to "Quartet," which marks the official feature directorial debut of two-time Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman ("Kramer vs. Kramer," "Rain Man.")...
    4. Sep 13, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. Dustin Hoffman directs! ‘Quartet’ in the UK

    Frankly My Dear - Orlando Sentinel
    As close to the mark as those who work with him say his role in “Tootsie” was — smart, “participating” in every film decision, arguing — Dustin Hoffman has never stepped behind the camera to direct his fellow actors....
    5. Oct 12, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  5. 'A Life in the Theatre' on Broadway: Entertaining 'Life' fails to show full toll of years on the stage

    The Theater Loop
    T.R. Knight and Patrick Stewart at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. BROADWAY REVIEW NEW YORK — Like those of plumbers or tax collectors, the working days of actors eventually string together into a life — “A Life in the......
    6. May 3, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Winners of Gold Derby Film Decade Awards announced

    Gold Derby
    Our forum posters are not content merely to bestow annual awards for the best film and TV. Now they look back over many years to declare the best of 2000-09. Yesterday they unveiled the winners of their Gold Derby Film Decade Awards. See reactions in this...
    7. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  7. AT THE CAPITOL THEATER: English 'Quartet' comes off charming, sardonic

     Dustin Hoffman's directing bow at 75 finds a perfect match in the well-heeled subject of "Quartet," a charming tale of aging musicians whose passion for life continues undiminished in a stately English manor filled with humor, caring and of course...

    Tags: Albert Finney, Literature, Entertainment, BBC, Michael Gambon

    8. Jan 5, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Alexandru Mihail Directs "The Seagull" at Yale School of Drama

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    Hartford Courant
      Alexandru Mihail directs the Yale School of Drama production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" Jan. 24 to 28 at 8 p.m. at the University Theatre, 222 York St., New Haven. There is a 2 op.m. performance on Saturday, Jan. 28. The cast includes Josia...

    Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Yale University, Entertainment, Bucharest (Romania), Peter Shaffer

    9. Sep 12, 2002 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Arena Players, Center Stage deserve to take bows

    Sun Theater Critic
    The new theater season marks milestone anniversaries for two Baltimore theaters. Center Stage turns 40, and Arena Players, billed as "the nation's oldest continuously operating African-American theater," turns 50. The fare at both is eclectic, and,...

    Tags: Charles Busch, Minority Groups, Condos and Houses, Edward Albee, Theater

    10. Jan 11, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. WGA announcements

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Five out of the six Directors Guild of America feature film nominees -- Joel and Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Penn and Tony Gilroy -- were also nominated Thursday for Writers Guild of America awards for their screenplays. The Coen brothers...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Gaming, Paul Thomas Anderson, Strikes, Unions

    11. Feb 11, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'Atonement' wins top British film award

    The sweeping World War II romance &quot;Atonement" won Britain's top film honors on Sunday.
    The sweeping World War II romance "Atonement" won Britain's top film honors on Sunday. The movie, which won the Golden Globe for best dramatic film and is nominated for seven Oscars, went into the ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall vying for 14...

    Tags: Film Festivals, Helen Mirren, Gaming, BBC, England

    12. Feb 20, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Oscar-nominated writers went deep in portrayals

    Character is destiny. Score one for Heraclitus, whose succinct aphorism seems especially apt in describing screenwriters' path to the Oscars this year.
    Special to The Times
    Character is destiny. Score one for Heraclitus, whose succinct aphorism seems especially apt in describing screenwriters' path to the Oscars this year. While taut plotting and visual ingenuity were certainly in abundance in this year's crop of...

    Tags: Cormac McCarthy, Entertainment, Film Festivals, Tony Gilroy, Gaming

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