Sarah Polley Articles

THE SWEET HEREAFTER Review: Part I Another side story focuses — of course — on the lone man in town, Billy Ansell, who, out of principle, refuses to be part of Stevens’ suit. Played by the always engaging Bruce Greenwood, Billy is a widower involved in an adulterous affair with the owner of the local motel, Risa Walker (Alberta Watson, who has an utterly pointless [...]

THE SWEET HEREAFTER (1997) Direction: Atom Egoyan Cast: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Caerthan Banks, Maury Chaykin Screenplay: Atom Egoyan; from Russell Banks' novel Oscar Movies Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, The Sweet Hereafter By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Some films are well crafted but lifeless. Others err by believing they can too readily make an audience care for [...]

Delphine Chanéac, Adrien Brody, Splice Splice, the new film by Canadian director Vincenzo Natali, is a revitalizing standout in the long-suffering genre of sci-fi/horror. Instead of veering into predictable B-movie, torture-porn tendencies, Splice is a serious, insightful commentary on scientific and human ethics. It is also self-effacing, ghoulishly funny, and fearless in its willingness to be shocking and thought-provoking without insulting its audience. Having said [...]

Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Splice SHREK no. 1; GET HIM TO THE GREEK, KILLERS Soft Debuts; SEX AND THE CITY 2 Crashes: Box Office At no. 6, new entry Marmaduke, about a talking dog with Owen Wilson's voice, earned a disappointing $11.3m at 3,213 theaters — the widest release among the new movies — according to Box Office Mojo. It seems unlikely that Marmaduke will [...]