AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
Election-Stealer Steals Movienew
Ralph Nader is uncool at any speed.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
02-07-2007 |
Reviews
Boring, Pretentious and Shoddynew
The Brothers Quay should have stuck with puppets.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-29-2006 |
Reviews
A Dirty Old Man Has His Saynew
Is Clark a crass exploiter of teen sex, or does he have an honest (if kinda pervy) motivation?
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
07-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Larry Clark, Wassup Rockers
Reality Gets a Retakenew
The Road to Guantanamo is engaging, harrowing, and not just a little ethically sticky.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-21-2006 |
Reviews
God, Incest and Elvisnew
The cinematography in The King is sedately beautiful, often stunning, without ever wresting your attention away from the story.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Marsh, The King
A Dirty Tricknew
All in all, Clean is not so much a story as it is a constellation of artfully arranged moments that lack any real connection.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
Overstuffed With Troublenew
The Puffy Chair is ostensibly a wacky road trip comedy with an arty verite edge, but that's just a distraction from its real concern -- what the film really wants to know is if love can conquer endless bickering.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Nick Cave Plays Cowboynew
Nick Cave's second venture into screenwriting is set in Australia’s "bushranger" period, a time of outlaws and frontier living that parallels America's Wild West.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Mounting Evan Rachel Woodnew
Down in the Valley is a cowboy movie where all the sodbusting occurs inside a 16-year-old girl's bathing suit.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Jacobson, Down in the Valley
Tragically Yabo-Lessnew
Based loosely on a true story, Mountain Patrol is a Chinese production originally titled Kekexili, named for a wildlife preserve on the China/Tibet border where the endangered Tibetan antelope makes its last stand.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Chuan Lu, Mountain Patrol
Midwestern Malaisenew
Lonesome Jim explores the grey tones that surround a man growing accustomed to his adjusted ambitions.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim
Overdosing on Mediocritynew
Woolley makes the very wise decision to focus on the handful of months that led up to Jones’s demise, eschewing the rise-and-fall formula that would have made for a much tackier product.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
