Saoirse Ronan's nuanced portrayal of Briony Tallis in Atonement captures the complexity of a character torn between ambition and guilt. Ronan's performance highlights the fine line between youthful ...
Atonement: Drama. Starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. Directed by Joe Wright. (R. 130 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) At first, "Atonement" seems as though it's going to be one of those English ...
Atonement is the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel. Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Vanessa Redgrave, it starts on a very hot day in 1935 when 13-year-old Briony sees her ...
Sometimes props are just props—but sometimes they are silent storytellers. Sometimes they are a part of the exposition; sometimes they are in the scene to soak up the tension, conflict, and emotion ...
The story of the long tracking shot would be best told in one take. Our camera could begin with Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil,” pass through Jean-Luc Godard’s “Week End” and Martin Scorsese’s ...
The dispute over dropping a beloved Christian song from a new Presbyterian hymnal has widened into a multidenominational tussle, with Baptists joining the fray. At issue are various Christian ...
David Amigoni received funding from RCUK (now UKRI) for his work on ageing and late-life creativity. He is affiliated with The Conversation UK as Chair of its Editorial Board. In Ian McEwan’s ...
The High Holy Days and Penitential Period are upon us, marking the beginning of the Jewish New Year, highlighted by Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, our Day of Atonement. As a practicing psychiatrist for ...