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Changing Lanes
Film Review April 12, 2002
by Marc Savlov
Description: Roger Michell's previous film, the romantic comedy Notting Hill, gave no indication that the director knew his way around the urban suspense drama as well as the harrowing Changing Lanes...  
by Marc Savlov
"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: William Hurt, Amanda Peet, Sydney Pollack, Toni Collette, Kim Staunton, Samuel L..."
Eyes Wide Shut
Film Review July 16, 1999
by Marc Savlov
Description: Who knows what darkness lurks in the hearts of lovers? Kubrick apparently does, and in his 13th, final, and most eagerly awaited feature film he takes us on a bizarre...
by Marc Savlov
"...Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Todd Field, Marie Richardson, Julienne Davis, Vinessa Shaw and Leelee Sobieski..."
Made of Honor
Film Review May 2, 2008
by Kimberley Jones
Description: Heart-on-the-sleeve sweets mix with pure raunch as Dr. McDreamy stars in this mean-spirited and uncomfortably blue romantic comedy.
by Kimberley Jones
"...Directed by: Paul Weiland. Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison, Chris Messina, Busy Philipps and Sydney Pollack..."
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Film Review June 23, 2006
by Marrit Ingman
Description: The controversial architect is brought into focus by veteran filmmaker Sydney Pollack.
by Marrit Ingman
"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. There’s no in-between with architect Frank Gehry..."
The Interpreter
Film Review April 22, 2005
by Marjorie Baumgarten
Description: Although The Interpreter is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, it's hampered by its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.
by Marjorie Baumgarten
"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron, Jesper Christensen, George Harris and Byron Utley..."
Sabrina
Film Review May 7, 2002
by Alison Macor
Description: Pollack’s remake of the 1954 Billy Wilder romance movie poses no threat to the original Sabrina’s charm, glamour, and wit. While it can’t hold a candle to Wilder’s film, the...
by Alison Macor
"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. Starring: Lauren Holly, Nancy Marchand, Greg Kinnear, Julia Ormond and Harrison Ford..."
Random Hearts
Film Review October 8, 1999
by Marc Savlov
Description: Something akin to viewing dead grass not growing, Random Hearts is that rarest of movies, a moribund Harrison Ford vehicle, stodgily dull, and seemingly endless in its monotony. Pollack (who...
by Marc Savlov
"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. Starring: Peter Coyote, Ariana Thomas, Dylan Baker, Richard Jenkins, Sydney Pollack, Dennis Haysbert, Bonnie Hunt, Charles S..."
The Firm
Film Review July 2, 1993
by Marjorie Baumgarten
Description: With The Firm, Tom Cruise has descended from A Few Good Men to A Few Bad Men. Though he's still working his way through the lawyer genre here, this time...
by Marjorie Baumgarten
"...Directed by: Sydney Pollack. Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn, Wilford Brimley and Gary Busey..."
Husbands and Wives
Film Review September 18, 1992
by Steve Davis
Description: Husbands and Wives deromanticizes modern love, revealing it as a human condition ultimately motivated by logic rather than impulse: the heart may flutter or bleed, but it's a resilient, flexible...
by Steve Davis
"...Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis and Liam Neeson..."
Opie on Top
Screens Blog July 14, 2009
by Kimberley Jones
Description: AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking
"...Previous Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award recipients are Danny Boyle, Oliver Stone and Sydney Pollack...."
Developing Story
Screens Blog July 6, 2009
by Kimberley Jones
Description: AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz
"...Focusing on the art and commerce of film and television writing and production, it provides registrants unparalleled access to the best writers in the field. Past participants include John Milius (Apocalypse Now), Sydney Pollack (Tootsie), Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day), Barry Levinson (Diner), Robert Altman (Nashville), Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich), Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson (Rushmore), Joel & Ethan Coen (Fargo), Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (Shrek), Bryan Singer (X-Men), Oliver Stone (Platoon), and Chris & Paul Weitz (About a Boy)..."
Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade
Screens Story May 8, 2009
by Louis Black
Description: 'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake
"...He didn't remember that he'd even read it. So he read this one that afternoon, and he said, 'Hell, Wiatt, I want to make this movie.' And he called Wiatt, who called Sydney Pollack..."
Recounting Recount
The Gay Place Blog June 18, 2008
by Kate X Messer
Description: Laura Dern's outrageous "Kitty" Harris hits the mark.
"...Supreme Court's coronation of King George II (paint me donkey and color me biased). Sydney Pollack was originally set to direct, but after his passing, the torch went to Austin Powers' director Jay Roach..."
Michael Clayton
Film Review October 12, 2007
by Steve Davis
Description: This smart and thoroughly entertaining film asks the question of where a lawyer’s ethical responsibility to zealously represent a client ends and the societal interest in achieving justice begins.
by Steve Davis
"...Directed by: Tony Gilroy. Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O’Keefe, Denis O’Hare and Ken Howard..."
Avenue Montaigne
Film Review April 20, 2007
by Josh Rosenblatt
Description: A young Frenchwoman moves to Paris from with nothing but the knapsack on her back and the innocent gleam in her eye.
by Josh Rosenblatt
"...Directed by: Danièle Thompson. Starring: Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Laura Morante, Claude Brasseur, Christopher Thompson, Dani, Annelise Hesme and Sydney Pollack..."
Safe Cracking
Screens Story March 30, 2007
by Darcie Stevens
Description: Longtime screenwriter and first-time director Scott Frank on The Lookout
"...Frank (Dead Again, Little Man Tate, Get Shorty) is no stranger to American cinema. For the last two decades, his screenplays have been touched by the likes of Kenneth Branagh, Jodie Foster, Sydney Pollack, and Stevens Soderbergh and Spielberg..."
The Image Formed
Screens Story October 20, 2006
Description: Previewing the 12th Austin Film Festival
"...22. At the conference, David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood) will receive the Outstanding Television Writer Award, Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) will receive the Distinguished Screenwriter Award, and Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) will receive the award for Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking..."
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Film Review December 19, 2003
by Marc Savlov
Description: An authoritative film study of the career of the Little Tramp by the esteemed journalist Richard Schickel.
by Marc Savlov
"...Schickel, Time magazine’s longtime film critic, has crafted what must be the final word on Chaplin’s life and work. Narrated by Sydney Pollack and more than two hours long, it’s both a veritable treasure trove of little-seen footage from both Chaplin’s screen work and his none-too-private life, and it goes a tremendous way toward explaining why the recent re-release of Chaplin’s masterpiece Modern Times (opening in Austin next week at the Dobie) still somehow holds sway over the imagination of audiences like few, if any, modern comedies can..."
Young, Strong, and Getting Stronger
Screens Story October 10, 2003
by Marrit Ingman
"...In the best moments, Martin Scorsese gives a shot-by-shot analysis of A Woman of Paris, and Milos Forman explains how The Great Dictator liberated Europe spiritually after World War II. Schickel's voiceover (narrated by Sydney Pollack) overstates itself from time to time, but Chaplin's work speaks for itself..."
Short Cuts
Screens Column August 1, 2003
by Marc Savlov
"...The 10th annual Austin Film Festival has announced the first batch of films they'll be screening at this year's fest (Oct. 9-16), including Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, Peter Hedges' Pieces of April, Prey for Rock & Roll with Gina Gershon, and the Charlie Chaplin documentary Charles: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, narrated by the essential Sydney Pollack..."
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