Ineptly written by Abi Morgan and haphazardly directed by Phyllida Lloyd, The Iron Lady, purportedly having something to do with Margaret Thatcher, the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister (1979-90), is one big—and drearily long—head-scratcher. While it alludes to actual social, political and geopolitical events in which Thatcher participated, it has no sense of period […]
Daily Archives: April 11, 2012
Only an imbecile or a mental case would mistake writer-director Asghar Farhadi’s long, involved, moderately involving Jodaeiye Nader az Simin for one of the glories of Iranian cinema, of which there are thrillingly and movingly many; but at least now, at last, an Iranian film has won the foreign-language film Oscar. Indeed, this highly intelligent […]
Dennis Grunes 