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Dig Boston | March 1, 2006

This provocateur documentary is a wonderful showcase for Chappelle's ability to be bitingly funny, but still personable, while remaining free of the perfunctory conceits of sketch writers.

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Tags: Michel Gondry, Dave Chappelle's Block Party

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Awful for All the Right Reasonsnew

Some might argue that the normality of the film is revolution, in showing gay men capable of living lives every bit as unremarkable as anything described by Nora Ephron -- as for me, I'm not impressed by crappy old wine in a new gay bottle.

Dig Boston | Chris Braiotta | 05-02-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Boy Culture, Q. Allan Brocka

Sowing the Seeds of Crudnew

Ultimately, Bullshit lives up to its title: This is a film that talks big, but has nothing important to say.

Dig Boston | Chris Braiotta | 04-11-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Bullshit, Pea Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian

John Malkovich Runs Out of Crayonsnew

There's no question that heavy-duty Acting is underway, but Malkovich's instructions from his director seem to be the dramatic equivalent of saying, "Take it away, Yngwie" -- there's some pretty impressive fingerwork, but it doesn't really amount to much.

Dig Boston | Chris Braiotta | 03-21-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Brian W. Cook, Colour Me Kubrick

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Burlesquenew

In the wake of Moulin Rouge!, Chicago and Nine before it, Burlesque, the next sequin-clad jaunt to tempt the fates of the holiday box office, has a bit of a tightrope walk before it.

Dig Boston | Charlotte Shirley | 11-24-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Burlesque

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part Inew

Hil and J.Pat were two of the folks who packed into an advanced screening of the second to last Harry Potter flick (along with the Emerson Quidditch Team. Sick uniforms, guys.) Here's their review of the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Dig Boston | Dig Staff | 11-17-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

'Visual Acoustics': If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Will Someone Make a Documentary About It?new

Julius Shulman was the world's greatest architecture photographer (he died shortly after the film's release). During his long career, he captured the iconic buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra with his eye for the emblematic.

Dig Boston | David Day | 02-24-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Eric Bricker, Julius Shulman, Visual Acoustics, architecture

The Anvil Experience: Our Resident Metalhead Mano y Mano With 'Lips'new

The acclaimed rags-to-slightly-better-rags (but still not rich) documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil brought a notoriety the Canadian band failed to achieve in 30 years. But chatting with us from his Toronto home, Steve "Lips" Kudlow made it clear that what you see is what you get.

Dig Boston | Dave Wedge | 01-20-2010 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anvil, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Sacha Gervasi, punk

'Lovely Bones' is Predictable, Filled with Cheap Emotional Momentsnew

Don't worry, Susie Salmon. You'll eventually make it to heaven, where, lucky for you, nobody wants to talk about the shitty movies they did on earth.

Dig Boston | Martin Caballero | 01-20-2010 | Reviews

Tags: The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson, Mark Wahlberg

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