Chance and Choice, Biology and Theology in Alexander Payne’s Election Lesley Brill September 2012 Feature Articles Looking back from Election (1999) to his first feature film, Payne saw Citizen Ruth (1996) as “something of a dry run for” the later one. (1) Indeed, although Election is arguably a richer, more subtle work tha...
M. Night Shyamalan: A Preliminary Report Lesley Brill March 2008 Feature Articles The director of The Sixth Sense and Lady in the Water has experienced the highs and lows of critical and box-office reception. Brill takes stock of his career through an impressively detailed analysis of his features to date.
