| The King is Alive Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B+) |
| KING IS ALIVE, THE (director/writer: Kristian Levring; screenwriters: Anders
Thomas Jensen/based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear; cinematographer:
Jens Schlosser; editor: Nicholas Wayman Harris; music: Sly Diva; cast: Miles
Anderson (Jack),...more |
| The King is Alive Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| The fourth and final of the original Dogme 95 films, and the first to both
be shot outside Denmark and feature non-Danish acting talent, The King is
Alive is just as ambitious as its heavily hyped cinematic brethren, but like
the last two (Mifune and The...more |
| The King is Alive Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| Stranded in Africa's equivalent of the Australian outback, a busload of
tourists decides to stage an impromptu performance of Shakespeare's "King
Lear." more |
| The King is Alive Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| A missed plane changes the itinerary of a small group of European and American
tourists so they're put on a bus to make their next connection. Liz (Janet
McTeer, "Tumbleweeds") frets that the journey is taking too long and is fed
comforting words by her...more |
| The King is Alive Review |
| by Robin Clifford |
| A disparate band of travelers is stranded in a remote part of northern
Africa. They take the only means of transportation, a bus, across the
desert to safety. But, a faulty compass causes them to stray 500 miles out
of their way when the bus breaks down....more |
| The King is Alive Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Since she used to work in the theater, Gina (Jennifer Jason Leigh)
eagerly accepts the chance to play the central role of Cordelia in "King
Lear." Her unexplained theatrical job might well have been at a place
called something like the Pussy Cat...more |
