If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Jane Campion marks yet another first-rate filmmaker ("The Piano") who when faced with an uphill climb to get such idiosyncratic smart-films as "Bright Star" financed and released, has transitioned to long-form television. It's a sheer delight to see her stretch out in a six-hour mini-series format with "Top of the Lake" (Sundance Channel, March 18), a gorgeous mystery thriller set in the New Zealand vacation country where Campion spent her summers growing up.
- By Anne Thompson
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- February 1, 2013 4:28 PM
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Love reading your stuff Anne! Honest, funny...there should be a documentary on the accommodations
I still havenât seen the first Star Trek of 2009, so I havenât been compelled to go see this one