About Author: Thelma Adams

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Critic’s Pick: ‘Frances Ha’

Posted on May 21, 2013 | No Comments
While bromances flourish – doctors, racecar drivers and superheroes bond regularly — memorable movies about best girlfriends are a rare species. But in that environment, “Frances Ha,” the brilliant black-and-white...
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The Counteroffer: ‘Stories We Tell’

Posted on May 10, 2013 | No Comments
Must-See Movies Beyond the Blockbusters Watching “Stories We Tell” feels like sharing a comfy couch beside a close friend — who happens to be an amazing storyteller with a show-stopping...
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Adams on Reel Women: ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ — it isn’t pretty!

Posted on June 10, 2012 | No Comments
Beauty is a bitch. That’s always animated the Snow White story: Vanity and jealousy drive the evil stepmother queen to slip Snow White that poisoned apple. Now, along comes “Snow...
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Adams on Reel Women: Maiwenn Pulls no Punches in ‘Polisse’

Posted on June 10, 2012 | No Comments
Americans want the French with baguettes and berets,” the actress-writer-director Julie Delpy (“Before Sunrise”) told me last month, “The way French people handle sexuality is too controversial for American audiences.”...
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Movie Review: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

Posted on May 26, 2012 | No Comments
I try to love Wes Anderson. Really. I do. Give me “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” any day, or “Rushmore;” even “The Royal Tenenbaums.” But his latest twee tableau shortchanges story...
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Adams on Reel Women: The Cannes Sex Scandal part deux

Posted on May 25, 2012 | No Comments
Fact: Men directed all 22 films in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival. Fact: The only woman to win that coveted prize was Jane...
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Dark Shadows in Bright Suburbs: Why I Grew up Watching ‘Dark Shadows’

Posted on May 20, 2012 | 1 Comment
In seventh grade, I had a routine: go to my friend Katy’s house, do our advanced math homework, play Yahtzee and watch “Dark Shadows.” After the credits, I would run...
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Thelma Adams on Reel Women: What Does Cannes Have Against Women?

Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments
No one ever claimed that women had bridged the director’s-chair gender gap, but it’s a complete kick in the can that this year’s Cannes Film Festival has not a single...
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Melancholy Baby: Kirsten Dunst in “Melancholia,” commentary by Thelma Adams

Posted on December 4, 2011 | 1 Comment
Kirsten Dunst, like Drew Barrymore or Lindsay Lohan, is a blond that grew up in front of the camera – arguably the most gorgeous, and certainly the finest actress of...
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Interview With Vincent Cassel

Posted on February 22, 2011 | No Comments
From his angry young man in La Haine (1995), to his Capoeira-loving Ocean’s 12 sidekick and his Cesar-award winning Mesrine, Vincent Cassel, 44, gives his all: head, heart and muscle....
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