A SINGLE MAN (2009) deserves the Best Actor Oscar, and his name is Colin Firth
Dir. Tom Ford
Regal Arbor, 1/23/10, 5:10pm
Having reconciled myself to the fact that Nicolas Cage will not be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, despite giving the year’s best performance in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, I was beginning to think that this category would prove to be a pretty boring one for me [...]
A second viewing of A SINGLE MAN (2009) made me go overboard
I was struck by my second viewing of the film to compare director Tom Ford with Orson Welles. I say this first of all because their first efforts are both very strong. Welles was famous as a very successful person within a different field (theatre and radio), just as Ford is famous in [...]
A SINGLE MAN (2009) a gem in Oscar Season
Dir. Tom Ford
Angelika (New York, NY), 12/22/09, 7:15pm
A Single Man is a surprisingly sweet and touching film. It has been collecting quite a bit of buzz lately, especially for the performance by British tough-guy Colin Firth, and my expectations were quite low when I sat down at New York City’s renowned Angelika Cinema. [...]
