“On an unseasonably warm day just south of the Arctic circle, the star of “The Golden Compass” flops into a chair near a snowdrift and braces herself for an onslaught of questions. She's bundled up, but since this is actually just a soundstage outside London—the Arctic will be digitally added later—she's shedding layers. She has been coached, surely, about how to handle this moment, but just in case, her mother sits beside her, and a publicist hovers nearby like a bee.” Read More