Inside ''Late Bloomers,'' a tonally wobbly romantic comedy about the indignities of aging, is a somber marital drama struggling to get out. Much of the lurking gravity is etched on the attractive faces of its two stars, William Hurt, 62, and Isabella Rossellini, 59, who play Adam and Mary, a couple married 30 years experiencing the pangs of late...
Some people argue passionately over which is the Great American Novel, ''Moby-Dick'' or ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'' A new mini-series based on Herman Melville's novel tries to have it both ways, adding a fillip of Mark Twain to the immortal tale of Ahab and the white whale. That's at least what seems to be going on in the opening scene...
Spun around politics, sexual identity and cinema, ''Kiss of the Spider Woman,'' nominated for four Oscars and the winner of one in 1986, is the consummate art film. But is it a collectible work of art? Those who own it are trying to find out. In an unusual twist even for a picture outside the norms -- its Oscar-winning lead, William Hurt, paused...
William M. Hurt (født 20. marts 1950) er en amerikansk skuespiller der bl.a. har vundet en Oscar for bedste mandlige hovedrolle for filmen Edderkoppekvindens kys.