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Film Review: Straw Dogsnew
Times have changed since the release of Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs in 1971.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
09-21-2011 |
Reviews
Falling in Love With Anne Hathawaynew
Anne Hathaway sadly swims. Anne Hathaway sadly rides her bike. Anne Hathaway sadly signals a left turn.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
08-19-2011 |
Reviews
Goony, Giddy, and Insecure: a Masterful Christopher Plummer Comes Outnew
Christopher Plummer is glorious.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
07-15-2011 |
Reviews
Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' Authentic and Contemporarynew
Somewhere’s central character reads as sensitive — maybe even simple — and despite a career of steady gigs, 37-year-old actor Stephen Dorff is somehow unfamiliar enough to slip into the character of Marco.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
02-28-2011 |
Reviews
Anne Hathaway (Mis)cast as Catwomannew
Maybe she can break into song and smile that goodie-goodie smile after she finishes engaging in criminal activity in a skin-tight costume with a whip for a weapon/accessory.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
02-07-2011 |
Movies
Float Double, Swan and Shadownew
Aronofsky’s 'Black Swan' is anything but black and white.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
12-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
A Tour of the Eco-Friendly, Low-Tech Porn Counterculturenew
What the fuck does it mean to fuck a bike?” Reverend Phil Sano asked the crowd at C4 Workspace on Monday, March 8. The dozens of San Antonians assembled in the community space were about to find out. Sano was screening Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
03-10-2010 |
Sex
'The Girl From Monaco': Trial and Erosnew
To say that writer-director Anne Fontaine's film wanders from genre to genre doesn't exalt her (and Benoit Graffin's) screenplay, but their transparent lift of the trio relationship from Simone de Beauvoir's She Came to Stay is an inspired move.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
Easy as Pie? Yeah Rightnew
Whoever coined the idiom “as easy as pie” probably never made one. Or if he or she did, the dirty cheater used one of those detestable, pre-made crusts and filled it with 19th-century instant pudding.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
07-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Roman de Gare' is a Story of Reversals and Revengenew
Claude Lelouch's Roman de Gare is full of deceitful characters, all unaware that they are making their way into a novel called God, the Other.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
Despite Third Screen Threats, Movie Theaters are Here to Staynew
Even as movies become easily available on computers, iTunes, Netflix and iPhone, theaters are finally back on track after the 2005 slump, and National Association of Theatre Owners President John Fithian says they're here to stay.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
06-18-2008 |
Movies
Mostly Marfanew
Wherein Ashley Lindstrom reflects on her Marfa Film Festival adventure.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
05-07-2008 |
Movies
'Married Life' Gets Dark Laughsnew
It always pains me to use the word tandem "chamber drama," but there you have it.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
04-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
CineMujer Puts Women's Real Issues on the Big Screennew
In addition to showcasing more feature films (though fewer total films than last year), a major change in programming has been the division of the festival into two weekends rather than fill an entire week.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
04-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mugging for the Cameranew
You have to wonder: Why an American shot-for-shot remake of Funny Games, Michael Haneke's decade-old Austrian film now?
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
