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Marc Forster

A collection of 3 posts
Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Sigur Ros, Kite Runner, DiCaprio/Scorsese, Wonder Whedon

Anne and I spent the weekend in beautiful Bellingham, Washington, writing and drinking coffee and reading good books. We had the privilege of spending time with Luci Shaw, a marvelous poet and an inspiration to us both. I also listened to a lot of great music. And then I promptly
12 Sep 2005 1 min read
Finding Neverland (2004)
Film Reviews

Finding Neverland (2004)

Finding Neverland is about the importance of hanging on to belief in something that transcends the empirical world. It's a gentle, graceful, and unsentimental motion picture that comes to us, believe it or not, from Marc Forster, who brought us the heavy-handed, implausible, indulgent Monster's Ball.
14 Dec 2004 5 min read
Film Reviews

Monster's Ball (2001)

[This review was first published on the original Looking Closer website on May 12, 2002.] * In Monster’s Ball, Billy Bob Thornton plays Hank, a corrections officer carrying intense racial prejudice in one hand and a sidearm in the other. Hank’s aging father Buck (Peter Doyle) constantly reinforces the
11 May 2004 3 min read
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