Movie reviews – House of SpeakEasy NYC

Post March 4, 2016

The Eyes Have It: The Danish Girl as Book and Movie

The Danish Girl David Ebershoff Penguin, 2015 (originally published 2000); 304pp The Danish Girl Directed by Tom Hooper UK/US/Belgium, 2015; 119 minutes The eyes have it. In the recent, Academy Award-winning film version of The Danish Girl, Eddie Redmayne’s dazzled, oceanic gaze — coyly averted, abruptly direct — tells a whole story of its own. As Lili, the real-life female […]

Post December 15, 2015

Tarantino’s White Hell

The Hateful Eight Directed by Quentin Tarantino Release date: December 25, 2015 Running time: 182 minutes (roadshow version, screening in the 70mm format); 176 minutes (digital version, sans overture and intermission) Rated R for strong bloody violence, a scene of violent sexual content, language and some graphic nudity PERVASIVE SPOILERS Most of the characters in […]