At the Movies: `The White Countess'

AP Worldstream;  December 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......solid ground with "The White Countess," a dramatically inconsistent...Ismail Merchant, "The White Countess" arguably is their strongest...sandwiched between. "The White Countess" pales next to the best...more pronounced in "The White Countess" as they collaborate again ...

THE WHITE COUNTESS

The Village Voice;  December 21, 2005 ;     425 words ...THE WHITE COUNTESS Directed by James...novelist Kazuo Ishiguro's storytelling...dapper. Alas, The White Countess, the final Merchant...film (based on an Ishiguro script) weaves...not just the White Countess-is irredeemably...entertainment at the White ...

'White Countess' impressive swan song for Merchant, Ivory

Oakland Tribune;  January 13, 2006 ;     459 words ......on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Ishiguro also wrote the screenplay for "The White Countess," which helps explain...films of 2005, "The White Countess" is a fitting swan...cast, the intricate "White Countess" centers on two fallen...

'Countess' fitting finale for Merchant-Ivory: 'THE WHITE COUNTESS'...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......chapter in The White Countess -- the last of...his club, the White Countess. If you loved...Wallah -- The White Countess relieves any...the Day. The White Countess is based not...novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of Remains...confidante about the White ...

Beyond the Blockbusters: The White Countess

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  December 21, 2005 ;     281 words ......Fiennes can't enliven "The White Countess," a needlessly dull period...Remains of the Day." "The White Countess," however, calls for...Remains" collaborator Kazuo Ishiguro and working, for the...nightclub scenes. "The White Countess" takes place in a dizzying...the drawing ...

BEAUTY OF `WHITE COUNTESS' IS ONLY SKIN DEEP

The Boston Globe;  January 13, 2006 ;     665 words ..."The White Countess" is the last Merchant-Ivory...Remains" novelist Kazuo Ishiguro provides the original script...difference. In any event, "White Countess" strains to evoke an upscale...stacking the deck, but "White Countess" does remarkably little...he were blind to. "The ...

Merchant-Ivory bid farewell on a somber note Sadness of 1930s Shanghai...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 27, 2006 ;     591 words ......for no other reason, The White Countess would be memorable as the...adaptation of another Kazuo Ishiguro novel (he wrote Remains...Shanghai during the 1930s, The White Countess deals with displaced people...the city in its grip. The White Countess has enough hazy ...

Merchant-Ivory bid farewell on a somber note Sadness of 1930s Shanghai...

Rocky Mountain News;  January 27, 2006 ;     563 words ......for no other reason, The White Countess would be memorable as the...adaptation of another Kazuo Ishiguro novel (he wrote Remains...Shanghai during the 1930s, The White Countess deals with displaced people...the city in its grip. The White Countess has enough hazy ...

WHITE RUSSIAN; One part Merchant to one part Ivory; THE WHITE COUNTESS

Santa Fe Reporter;  February 22, 2006 ;     441 words ......present in their last production, The White Countess, but it's more elaborately concealed...time do the staff and clientele of The White Countess have to revel in peacetime? Ever heard...If you're already in the club, The White Countess is unmissable--but if you are not a...

Final Act; The White Countess, the last film made by famed filmmaking team...

Monterey County Weekly;  January 26, 2006 ;     593 words ......the characters in The White Countess. The movie, which will...realizing his vision. The White Countess, also the name of Jackson...the Day scribe Kazuo Ishiguro, shares that film's theme...around her family. The White Countess becomes more worthy of...in the last act, The ...

'The White Countess'

AsianWeek;  January 18, 2006 ;     498 words ......screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro's vision, Shanghai...Jackson's club, the White Countess, as a meeting place...symbolic as the real White Countess. The danger and...Ring. It's too bad Ishiguro didn't have Matsuda...last year. But Ishiguro should be commended...samurai flicks. The ...

'White Countess' is talky and long

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 17, 2006 ;     378 words ...THE WHITE COUNTESS -- ** -- Ralph Fiennes, Natasha...The Merchant-Ivory film "The White Countess" cobbles together so many story...effective. Japanese novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, who wrote the book that provided...that. He's named the new club the White Countess, a tribute of sorts ...

Impressive cast falls short in "The White Countess".(Daily Break)

The Virginian Pilot;  March 18, 2006 ;     464 words ......ONE GETS THE IDEA that the movie The White Countess aspires to be much like the bar that...died during post-production of The White Countess. He was not only a great artist but...gentlemen in the movie business. The White Countess is the name of a bar established by...

Fiennes sees 'great, great role' in 'White Countess'

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 13, 2006 ;     621 words ......projects that I wanted to do." "The White Countess," the latest collaboration from acclaimed...was one of them. (Tragically, "The White Countess" turns out to be the last offering...respect.) Jackson names his new bar The White Countess in Sofia's honor and gives the still...

"THE WHITE COUNTESS".(Weekend)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  April 6, 2006 ;     134 words ...The White Countess, the final film from the team of Merchant-Ivo...had been completed. THE DETAILS WHAT: The White Countess. WHERE: Manlius. RATING: PG-13 for some...and Ralph Fiennes (center) star in The White Countess.