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	Secretary (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is a film about what many consider to be deviant behavior (sado-masochism and bondage-discipline, not your usual Hollywood romantic fun and games) that most will concur is uncommon in the workplace.
		The lawyer and his secretary are sexualized in a way few have experienced and those who have don't talk to folks outside their circle.
		A very different film that I rate 8/10 on a personal scale where I value the deep and tortured acting projecting the absorbing conflict of this sexualized working (initially) relationship.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0274812 (507 words)

	Film Reviews on CLUAS - Secretary
		These menial duties are made more demanding when the secretary in question has her arms suspended in some form of S and M crucifixion manacle, but nevertheless she executes the task with aplomb and with no small degree of satisfaction, one feels.
		The secretary is so taken with the idea of it all that she voluntarily dumps her self-mutilation kit into a river.
		Given the emotional disparities of the film’s protagonists, the theme of the story could be that there is someone out there for everyone, so in essence what we have here is a flly comical love story.
	www.cluas.com /cinema/secretary.htm (838 words)

	Picturing Justice. Secretary by Rob Waring
		This film ought to be part of any course or program intended to prepare lawyer for the challenges of running a practice without trampling the self-respect of their staff.
		Yet, this film challenges modern boundaries by presenting its heroine as a special case, a former mental patient whose illness is far worse than her submission to the obsessive domination of her boss.
		For example, although the secretary quickly grows to need the abuse dealt by her boss, deliberately making mistakes to bring on his wrath, off screen that perception is a huge part of the problem in abusive situations.
	www.usfca.edu /pj/secretary_waring.htm (686 words)

	EvilSponge: Film: Secretary
		It could be that he insists his secretary use an old-fashioned typewriter.
		Some critics have said that the film is too slow at times, but I find that director Steven Shainberg employs hesitation and trepidation very artfully.
		In the final analysis, Secretary is a love story because two very damaged people fall in love and discover that their imperfections fit each other perfectly.
	www.evilsponge.org /movies/Secretary.htm (689 words)

	IMDb user comments for Secretary (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She goes for the interview, and after seeing the previous secretary run out in tears and hearing the questions in the interview, it is apparent that the lawyer, E. Edward Grey (James Spader), is a bit of a creep.
		The early scenes in the film may be a bit disturbing for some in the audience, mainly because we feel a bit like voyeurs peering in on the couple, almost as if they were zoo animals or subjects in some sort of psycho-sexual experiment.
		The film actually isn't quite as naughty as many people think it thinks it is, but the truth is that the sadomasochistic area of the film isn't really all that important.
	imdb.com /title/tt0274812/usercomments (3861 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Reviews \| Secretary (2001)
		A film that almost seems to be propaganda for the oppression of women.
		Secretary is both erotic and witty yet never overtly sexual or titillating and remains a film for those who can appreciate an original slant on the exhausted subject of love.
		Secretary is terrible drivel with clunky, unnecessary dialogue plonked straight from the novel into the script.
	film.guardian.co.uk /Reader_Review/0,,-94236,00.html (735 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Secretary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Lee, a self-harming alumnus of a psychiatric institution, who lands a job as a secretary for an eccentric lawyer, Edward Grey - played with his customary louche vacancy by James Spader (who is to indie sex drama what John Wayne is to westerns).
		"Secretary" also services an impoverished idea of love - focused exclusively around sexual expression, ignoring facets such as companionship, compassion, sharing, and having a laugh (these characteristics are perhaps suggested in Lee's relationship with Jeremy Davies' character - which comes a poor second-best to her work-based rough-housing).
		See what films are opening in the UK next year.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2003/05/05/secretary_2003_review.shtml (461 words)

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	Secretary (2002)
		Secretary is not a movie for my parents.
		Though there are many actors in the film, 95% of the screen time is devoted to James Spader (Crash, Sex Lies and Videotape) in the role of E. Edward Gray and Gyllenhall (Donnie Darko, Cecil B. Demented).
		I guess I would sum it up by saying that Secretary takes the joke we've all make that says "You've been bad and you need to be spanked" and inserts into it two people who can't wait to make their own punch line.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/Secretary/Secretary.html (545 words)

	USATODAY.com - Secretary: Pope didn't OK Gibson film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The papal secretary rarely speaks to the press; his remarks were an apparent indication of concern over alleged papal endorsement of a film that has stirred controversy for months before it has been viewed by the general public.
		The film, on the last hours of Jesus' life, is scheduled to open Feb. 25 — Ash Wednesday on the Roman Catholic calendar.
		The papal secretary was the first official to comment publicly on whether the pope made the remark.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2004-01-20-vatican-gibson-film_x.htm (489 words)

	Secretary (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Secretary clearly won’t be for everyone, mainly due to the graphic nature of its content.
		Secretary probably won’t become a star-making vehicle for Maggie Gyllenhaal, as it’s too small and quirky to reach much of an audience.
		Secretary appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /secretary.shtml (1772 words)

	Secretary News
		Nicole Kidman opened Rome's first international film festival with an intense portrayal of photographer Diane Arbus, who shocked America in the 1960s with her disturbing pictures of people on the fringes of...
		Maggie Gyllenhaal, who broke out with the kinky 2002 film "Secretary," continues to rack up indie cred with "Sherrybaby," in which she plays a single mother trying to reclaim her life after serving time in...
		She's played a secretary involved in an S&M relationship with her boss and a wanna-be torcher who sleeps with both a father and his son.
	www.topix.net /movies/secretary (619 words)

	Secretary
		This is a film that looks at a rather disturbing look at sadomasochism compounded by a sever personality disorder.
		Weddings are often shown in films as a point of contention for a character; here it is a bizarre group therapy.
		Although the film is not long at all he gives the audience time to get to know the characters and even form a sympathetic bond with Lee.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /secretary.htm (1053 words)

	Political Film Society - Downfall
		A touching interview with Junge from an earlier documentary film ends the film, and Alexandra Maria Lara, the actress playing her part in the film, provides a voiceover prologue, which points out that she naïvely agreed to be Hitler's secretary from early 1942 to April 30, 1945, when Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz) committed suicide.
		The film provides many events that are familiar to historians and some grisly details that filmviewers may not want to know about.
		The mysteries will never go away, even though the film ends by revealing what happened later to the main characters in the film (who were mostly incarcerated by the Russians, later released, and are now dead).
	www.geocities.com /polfilms/downfall.html (599 words)

	Joey the Film Geek: Reviews - "Secretary"
		What she does is a lot worse than what my friend did (or does), though I'm not trying to imply that cutters don't do what the character does.
		"Secretary" was directed by Steven Shainberg (prior to this film, Shainberg directed two small films, "The Prom" and "Hit Me," neither of which I've seen), and I commend him for making such a daring film.
		The only time the "A Film by" credit should be used is if it's a truly original work from the director, like a movie written and directed by him/her.
	www.joeythefilmgeek.com /reviews2/secrtary.html (1060 words)

	Secretary
		Basically, if S/M was ever shown in a film before, it would usually be in the context of a villain torturing a hero against their will, and usually such scenes weren't in anything that wasn't some cheap exploitation film.
		What is so great about "Secretary" goes beyond its offering insight as to why anyone would find being tied to a pole and spanked while holding a carrot between their teeth even remotely attractive.
		"Secretary" is rated R for strong sexuality, some nudity, depiction of behavioral disorders, and language.
	bigspeegs124.tripod.com /bigspeegs/secretary.html (808 words)

	Epic Films
		Epics, costume dramas, historical dramas, war film epics, medieval romps, or 'period pictures' are tales that often cover a large expanse of time set against a vast, panoramic backdrop.
		These 'swords-and-sandals' films, with a strong religious viewpoint, were set during Roman times in the ancient world, and were noted for casts of thousands in crowd scenes.
		The landmark film starred Richard Burton as young Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio whose life was affected by Jesus' robe, Victor Mature as his converted slave Demetrius, and Jean Simmons as Diana.
	www.filmsite.org /epicsfilms.html (2915 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Secretary"
		Steven Shainberg's strange and wonderful "Secretary" spells out the letters and more, but not in an orderly, comfortable way -- it's more as if he were spilling them like dice out of a cup, as a kind of jarring reassurance that they're not going to immediately make sense to us.
		"Secretary" -- which was adapted, with significant changes, from a terrific short story by Mary Gaitskill -- is also extremely funny in places, as the truest movies about sex must always be.
		One day, he circles one of her typing errors with one of those thick red pens he's been hoarding -- at last, we know what they're for -- and calls her into his office, where he orders her to place the letter on his desk, bend over and read it aloud.
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/09/20/secretary (1066 words)

	South Carolina Film Commission
		South Carolina is one of the country's leading incentive states for film and television series productions.
		Productions that film in South Carolina and spend at least $1,000,000 in the state can receive up to a 20% cash rebate on in-state employee wages and a 10% cash rebate up to $3500 on out-of-state employee wages.
		In addition, all productions spending over $250,000 in South Carolina are exempt from sales and accommodations taxes and all film productions are eligible to use state properties location fee-free.
	www.scfilmoffice.com (318 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Secretary
		Lee eventually wields some power yet she remains about as submissive and passive by the end of the film as she does in the beginning.
		Edward remains a troublesome cypher, entirely too one-dimensional and cold for the nurturer he pretends to be.
		Secretary may fray some feminist nerves but its text is entirely more frustrating for keeping things tame than it is for positing a Grimm scenario where broken women find salvation in the arms of a sadistic Prince Charming.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=364 (338 words)

	Secretary Review Movie Review Film Secretary: Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeremy Davies; Review ...
		Secretary is a sardonic and grossly captivating movie that isn't afraid to explore the tenacious force that is the raging libido.
		Shainberg is masterful in the way he manipulates the sexual tension of his precarious protagonists because he is suggesting that the risky roller-coaster ride of this pair's union is fueled by the credible concoction of sheer excitement, suppressed angst, insurmountable boredom and a dangerous dose of uncertainty pertaining to low self-esteem matters.
		Secretary packs a provocative punch and its raucous appeal is in the ability to convey an unusual sense of disillusionment with the pressures of opening up to the rigors of life's monotonous twist and turns.
	www.movieeye.com /reviews/read_movie_review/852.html (1202 words)

	Secretary
		Movies Secretary Director: Steven Shainberg Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies (R, 104 min.) Secretary is a testament to the importance of tonality in telling a story.
		For all the dolorous trim, Secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout, notwithstanding some of the writers' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism.
		Secretary manages a neat trick, bundling the flowers of perversity, comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/secretary (1038 words)

	Secretary (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Secretary is a 2002 romantic fl comedy film based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill.
		She is then hired as a secretary to tightly wound attorney E. Edward Grey.
		When she first enters his office, she is greeted by total chaos and his former secretary stomping past her in tears.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_(film) (515 words)

	SECRETARY - DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pleasantville for the sadomasochism set, Steven Shainberg's Secretary is a gentle sexual-awakening fable set in a peculiar fairytale hyper-reality reminiscent of the saturated inward-gazing milieu of David Cronenberg's Spider.
		Shainberg's extremely loose adaptation of Mary Gaitskill's interesting short story "Secretary" is an exercise in anthropology told through the mirror darkly of fetish and the extremes of abnormal behaviour.
		More, Secretary wishes to impart a kind of indictment of the audience--an invitation to reassess one's personal foibles and sex-play against societal norms and the lies of normalcy told in polite company.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/secretary.htm (590 words)

	Secretary (2002) - MovieWeb
		First, she was released only recently from a mental institution; second, after only one day back with her dysfunctional suburban family, she has already succumbed again to her secret, self-destructive habit.
		The film is based on the short story "Secretary," from Mary Gaitskill's collection Bad Behavior.
		As far as getting to stare at the girl for two hours, enveloped in her little world, no other film will be able to rise to the occasions that Secretary does.
	movieweb.com /movies/film.php?147 (262 words)

	Review of 'Secretary' on the official website of Laura Hird
		The previous secretary is storming out with her belongings packed in a box.
		The film then charts the increasingly bizarre SM relationship between the two characters, the harsher the Spader character treats her, the further she wants him to go.
		The manual typewriter which types up the titles at the start of the film, and on which Spader insists she types all his letters is the ultimate means of control.
	www.laurahird.com /filmreviews/secretary.html (801 words)

	Maggie Gyllenhall / Secretary Interview
		But Maggie, who plays an initially insular and shy young lady who blossoms, both sexually and her own independence when working as a legal secretary for a somewhat weird boss, is taking it all in her stride.
		Interviewing her during the Toronto Film Festival, she jokingly refers to the press junket as "a virginal experience." An interesting coin of phrase given the sexuality of the film, some of which is considerably graphic.
		As for Maggie, career wise, next up, she plays a very different character in the new Julia Roberts film, and says that she is having a blast.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Profiles/Articles/MGyllenhall/MGyllenhall.html (821 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		By virtue of being the apex body of the Indian film software exporters it has the authority from the Government of India to sign the drawback claim certificates and also to screen and seal the films sent in video formats to the overseas territories.
		Secretary of IFEA was invited to make suggestions before the Information and Broadcasting Ministry at a meeting held on 25th July 2006.
		As you know Indian Film Exporters Association is the apex body of Indian film software exporters and its members regularly participate in various International film festivals in India and abroad.
	www.filmexporters.com /news.htm (1355 words)

	Secretary movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		The film won a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival for originality this year and is being released by Lions Gate Films.
		Outside of the lead character's self-mutilation, a central element to the film is the sadomasochism that indulges the two lead characters, Lee (Gyllenhaal) and Edward (Spader).
		Secretary is a film that I don't believe all audiences will flock to or enjoy.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/s/secretary.shtm (818 words)

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