the Hawke flies

Nice notice for Ethan Hawke today in the New York Times review of Stoppard’s play Vogage:

Though Herzen dominates the trilogy (and the brooding Mr. O’Byrne certainly seems up to the task), it is Bakunin fils and his friend Belinsky, a socially inept literary critic, who set the energetic pace for “Voyage.” The duty is joyously fulfilled by Mr. Hawke, born to play the excitable egoist Bakunin, and Mr. Crudup, unmatchable in conveying the discomforts of self-consciousness.

Hey—I like Ethan Hawke

Actors who make it beyond teenage stardom are a rare breed. It takes a lot of self-discipline…or something…to survive. Hawke is among them.

Explorers (Hawke’s insanely talented co-star in this film, River Phoenix, overdosed in L.A.)

Dead Poets Society (Robert Sean Leonard, Hawke’s co-star, has also had great success in the New York theater)

A Midnight Clear (with Gary Sinise)

Reality Bites (with Winona Ryder, who has completely disappeared)

Gattaca

Before Sunset