“Nell” will surely bring Jodie Foster her third best actress Academy Award nomination. Her performance alone makes this an extraordinary movie not to be missed on the big screen. The title character ...

Earnest and well-intentioned, the film never quite breaks through a membrane into believability, and hence into empathy. Its very texture, so Hollywood-pat and overcrowded with professional beauty, ...

Because Jodie Foster hasn’t taken home an Academy Award in a couple of years, some cynically might suggest that her performance in Nell is a blatant grab for one. Like Holly Hunter – who won the big ...

Jodie Foster’s office on Sunset Boulevard is crammed with budding flowers, gifts from friends and colleagues for her birthday. She just turned 32. “I can’t say, ‘Where did all those years go?’ because ...

MARION - The Classic Film Series sponsored by the Sippican Historical Society and the Marion Council on Aging continues with the showing of “Nell” (1994, one hour, 52 minutes) on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020 ...