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Roger Ebert November 12, 1973. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “A Delicate Balance” is a play about a family in which that balance has been clung to precariously for too many years. It’s a family of four: Tobias, the patriarch, who has constructed a respectable middle-class shell around his empty interior; Agnes, his wife ...
A Delicate Balance Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Judith Crist New York Magazine/Vulture. TOP CRITIC. [A Delicate Balance has] a cast of stars...
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When an activist, Z (Yves Montad) is killed during a violent demonstration, authorities rule it to be a fatal car accident but considering the political atmosphere, others suspect foul play. With the assistance of a photojournalist (Jacques Perrin), the Examining Magistrate (Jean-Louis Trintignati) uncovers the truth behind Z's death and their hone...
At the start of the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States, seven military pilots including John Glenn (Ed Harris) are selected for a mission, Project Mercury. While other flight crews and rockets have been unsuccessful, the team is determined to become the first human flight team to reach space and make global history. The Right...
Tony Manero (John Travolta) lives a basic, normal life still living at home with his parents and working at a local paint store but lives for the weekends. Every weekend, he and his friends go to a disco where Tony always shines and when there's an announcement about an upcoming dance competition, he partners up with a lovely and talented dancer, S...
Minnesota car salesman, Jerry (William H. Macy) has found himself in massive debt, and out of desperation, he hires two crooks (Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife and collect the ransom from her wealthy father. Everything goes according to plan until the kidnappers end up killing a state trooper and the whole scheme starts to fall ap...
Comedian, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) reflects on his relationship with a struggling singer, Annie (Diane Keaton) examining the rise and fall of their once-promising relationship. Through humor and sentimental emotion, Singer tries to understand where things when wrong exploring how they met, fell in love and the uncontrollable obstacles they faced i...
Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) is a boxer who has the potential to become the next middleweight champion. As he works his way towards his professional dream, his self-destructive behavior and obsessive rage outside the ring could cost him everything he has worked for including his wife and family. Raging Bull is a biopic based on the 1970 memoir by ...
In 1968, David "Noodles" Aaronson (De Niro) returns to his old stomping grounds in New York City and while his friends are no longer around, he feels he has some unfinished business he needs to settle. As Noodles makes his way through the city, he reflects on rising from being a bootlegger to one of the city's most powerful gangsters. Once Upon a T...
Mookie (Spike Lee) works at a local pizzeria in Brooklyn owned by Sal (Danny Aiello) who only allows Italian actors on his restaurant's Wall of Fame. Since Sal's shop is in a now prominently Black neighborhood, his wall becomes a symbol of racism and hatred. With racial tensions already high, things come to a head on a hot summer day when Mookie's ...
Ever since he was a kid, Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) had always wanted to be a gangster and when he starts working for local crime boss (Paul Sorvino) he works his way up through the ranks. Hill along with his friends, Jimmy (De Niro) and Tommy (Pesci) go on to live luxurious lifestyles racing through the fast lane but like all good things, it eventual...
Nazi Party Member, Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) arrives in Poland where he opens a factory hiring a staff of Jewish workers. When the Nazis start rounding up Jewish residents, Schindler's factory is at risk of closing but due to his situation, he's granted permission to keep his staff. At first, his concern is his livelihood but as the war rages o...
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GENE SISKEL'S MOVIE REVIEWS FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE American Graffiti August 24 1973 THE SCENE was Ravinia Park .last week. A would-be folksinger had completed his last number; a pack of maybe 20 applauding teen-agers stormed the stage in a self-induced frenzy possibly to affirm the wisdom of their ticket purchases; and 20 rows behind them a 27-year-old grumbled to himself, "Stupid kids."
Jun 2, 2022 · Siskel wrote more than 5,000 movie reviews for the Tribune. Here are excerpts from some memorable ones, in chronological order: Aug. 5, 1969: ‘Rascal’. “But children of this television age ...
PG. Drama. Where to Watch. Buy. $7.99. Rent. $1.99. $4.99. Stream. Cast. Katharine Hepburn (Agnes) Paul Scofield (Tobias) Lee Remick (Julia) Kate Reid (Claire) Joseph Cotten (Harry) Betsy Blair...
A Delicate Balance is a 1973 American-Canadian-British drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, and Betsy Blair. The screenplay by Edward Albee is based on his 1966 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name .
