AltWeeklies Wire
Feel Ed Norton's Dark Side -- Againnew
Affable dork with dark side becomes rager to be reckoned with. Who but Edward Norton?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-12-2008 |
Reviews
Cirque du So What?new
A suicidal stunt man and a little girl with a broken arm? This could get messy. Compulsive, self-indulgent fabulist--both the protagonist and the film have a lot going for them.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Fall, Tarsem Singh
The Spurlock Doctrinenew
As comedy, sure! As journalism, not so much.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
'Snow Angels': Winter Sunderlandnew
Filmmaker David Gordon Green gets out of his comfort zone -- and goes a little numb.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Snow Angels
Board Gamesnew
Gus Van Sant keeps watching -- and tormenting -- beautiful boys.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Grace Notesnew
These must be the gentlest, most sensitive cops in the world.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Not Replicant. Repli CAN.new
Ridley Scott's most enduring movie is his least mantastic.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Range of Agesnew
Coppola comes off like a smart, striving grad student. Young again, you might say.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
02-27-2008 |
Reviews
Politically Erectnew

Author Stephen Elliott convenes the randiest sons and daughters of our great republic for some seriously freaky love stories.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
02-21-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sex for America, Stephen Elliott
Novel Gazingnew
Flash: Old white writer possibly irrelevant.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Black Goldnew
The best work Paul Thomas Anderson has done.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Other Memorable Ball Droppingsnew
Culturally speaking, our balls have meant a lot to us.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-03-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Dead People See Menew
Director Juan Antonio Bayona's feature debut has a knack for dreadful suspense.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
'Juno' is Annoyingly Goodnew
The devil made her do it.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
A Room of One's Ownnew
Tommy Wiseau's cult-hit movie assaults the senses with unintended hilarity.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
12-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Room, Tommy Wiseau