4 stars out of 5 -- "Echoes of BRIEF ENCOUNTER abound, and Davies deliberately courts them...it often plumbs similar depths."Total Film "The three leads are superb....Rachel Weisz's lustrous evocation of sensual sorrow gives Hester a distinct cerebral edge."Sight and Sound "Exceptionally well-made and completely fearless in its depiction of the widest range of romantic emotions, this is a film as fiercely committed to passion as its heroine, and that's saying a lot."Los Angeles Times "This compact rendering -- at once feverish and meticulous in its calibration of wanton emotions -- proves just how deep Mr. Daviess knowledge goes."USA Today "Rachel Weisz, as a woman who risks everything for the love of the wrong man, carries the mood and subtext of the material safely tucked in her dressing-gown pocket -- shes vulnerable and self-motivated in all the right measures."Movieline "Davies has been able to shape the stage play to his strengths....It helps that Weisz, in one of her finest performances, opens herself beautifully to vulnerability and folly." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly28.47778
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4 stars out of 5 -- "Echoes of BRIEF ENCOUNTER abound, and Davies deliberately courts them...it often plumbs similar depths."Total Film "The three leads are superb....Rachel Weisz's lustrous evocation of sensual sorrow gives Hester a distinct cerebral edge."Sight and Sound "Exceptionally well-made and completely fearless in its depiction of the widest range of romantic emotions, this is a film as fiercely committed to passion as its heroine, and that's saying a lot."Los Angeles Times "This compact rendering -- at once feverish and meticulous in its calibration of wanton emotions -- proves just how deep Mr. Daviess knowledge goes."USA Today "Rachel Weisz, as a woman who risks everything for the love of the wrong man, carries the mood and subtext of the material safely tucked in her dressing-gown pocket -- shes vulnerable and self-motivated in all the right measures."Movieline "Davies has been able to shape the stage play to his strengths....It helps that Weisz, in one of her finest performances, opens herself beautifully to vulnerability and folly." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly28.47778
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"Russell's visual extravagance owes more to silent film expressionism than any British realist tradition."Film Comment16.01291
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Musician (3/96, p.90) - "...Russell achieved...an integration of his two personae. He caressed the melody even while underscoring it with down-home rasps and scratchy yowls. Velvet and sandpaper, perfectly matched..."Musician (3/96, p.90) - "...Russell achieved what eluded him on ASYLUM CHOIR: an integration of his two personae. He caressed the melody even while underscoring it with down home raps and scratchy yowls..."14.89178
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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "FROM BEALE STREET TO OBLIVION could be the record that finally breaks down some mainstream barriers."14.12306
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No Depression (pp.92-93) - "[A]n endlessly amused singer and guitarist who entertains us with his elastic sense of time and simple but deeply weird guitar interjections....He breaks rules because he's interested, as are many Memphis musician, in playing the molecules instead of the notes."13.8525
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Dirty Linen (8/03, p.56) - "...Russell is a man who can write. MODERN ART is recommended for anyone who wants a lesson in how to tell a good story in song..."10.68424
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Down Beat (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "A talented jazz singer with pop connections deserving of wider recognition, Russell gets right to the heart of songs out of the Great American Songbook."Living Blues (p.46) - "Russell has a warmly resonant alto voice that she applies with relaxed timing and few frills to a thoughtfully chosen set of tunes from various eras and genres."10.66936
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Uncut (11/01, p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...He's a songwriter of rare imagination..."No Depression (5-6/01, p.125) - "...11 finely honed vignettes...Tex-Mex, edgy folk, and a little electric rock....Russell focuses around the action of his new home on the El Paso/Juarez frontier..."10.6522
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Down Beat (9/95, p.46) - 5 Stars - Excellent - "...Tracing his improbable evolution from teenage Krupa wannabee to avant-garde icon...Hal and NRG turn flecks of swing, bop, cool, bossa nova and free-jazz inside out....the music bristles with a pinpoint precision that belies its air of reckless abandon..."Option (5-6/95, pp.127-129) - "...a musical autobiography that captures his skewed vision in all its glory. It traces his 60-year musical journey, playing swing, then bop, then free, with the life-affirming frenzy and humor that made Russell unique..."10.62015
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