Nan Martin Articles

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced its list of 2007 nominees earlier today. The only major surprise was the inclusion of Emilio Estevez's Bobby — instead of Stephen Frears' The Queen (right) — in the "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture" category, even though no individual performance from Bobby was singled out for SAG award consideration. Also, critics' favorites such as United [...]

Big Eden (2001) Direction and screenplay: Thomas Bezucha Cast: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay, Louise Fletcher, Nan Martin, George Coe     Having perhaps watched way too many Frank Capra films while growing up, first-time writer-director Thomas Bezucha has come up with a drippy romantic fable — one bathed not in corn chowder but in maple syrup: Big Eden. In this overlong romantic comedy, [...]

  FILM Gosford Park d: Robert Altman; scr: Julian Fellowes Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India d: Ashutosh Gowariker; scr: Mulholland Dr. d, scr: David Lynch   CHECK THESE OUT The Curse of the Jade Scorpion d: Woody Allen Monster's Ball) d: Marc Forster; scr: No Man's Land d: Danis Tanovic; scr: ACTOR Woody Allen (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion) Gael García Bernal [...]