Articles by Laura Francis

Whale Rider

Niki Caro

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

"When I was born, my twin brother died and took our mother with him." And so begins Nikki Caro's wrenching, resplendent second film, Whale...

Nicholas Nickleby

Douglas McGrath

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

Young Nicholas Nickelby and his family enjoy a comfortable life until they have the rug pulled out from them. First, by the family patriarc...

Past Perfect

Daniel MacIvor

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

Cecil and Charlotte sat on a plane. Cecil and Charlotte were happy again. And all the king's horses and all the king's men conspired to mak...

Chicago

Rob Marshall

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

Velma Kelley (Catherine Zeta-Jones) blanked out, killed her sister and then her lover. Roxie Hart (Rene Zellweger) whacked her furniture sa...

The Billy Wilder Collection

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

Billy Wilder was one of Hollywood's most daring filmmakers, who overcame his limited knowledge of English to become one of the best and mos...

The Hours

Stephen Daldry

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

"Mrs. Dalloway said that she would buy the flowers herself in the morning," and thus begins the densely filled journey of The Hours, Stephe...