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'The Baader Meinhof Complex' Exhaustively Explores the Red Army Factionnew
Uli Edel's sober, clear-eyed view of the youthful and sexy yet arrogant and murderous, gun-toting radicals at the center of Baader-Meinhof's mythology -- a complex construct, indeed -- manages to do justice to the core of their sprawling chronology, while never overstating their narrative's obvious post-9/11 relevance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
09-02-2009 |
Reviews
'Dexter' is Killing Us Softly with Slaughternew
You know a show has gotten under your skin when it begins to trigger nightmares. That's the case with Showtime's Dexter, now winding up its third season after building, with frustrating slowness, its intertwined partnership narratives revolving around serial killer-turned-crime fighter Dexter Morgan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-04-2008 |
TV
Gus Van Sant Gives Harvey Milk His Close-Upnew
Van Sant's first brush with Milk came in 1978 while he was driving across the country and heard on the radio that the supervisor was shot. Though he later saw the 1984 documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, it never occurred to him to make a film about the politician.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
11-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How to Act the Steve Coogan Way: An Interview with the 'Hamlet 2' Mannew
As a parody of inspirational teacher flicks, Hamlet 2 is a rousing success -- the type Mr. Holland would toss his opus for. It's almost completely due to Coogan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
08-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Wackness' Captures 1994's Halcyon Hustlenew
Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) may not be as brainy and broken as Holden Caulfield or as mortality-fixated and mundane as Andrew Largeman of Garden State, but Peck hits the right notes of cringe-inducing yet pungent realism required to turn this potential cipher into a full-fledged character.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Wackness, Jonathan Levine
Has 'Battlestar Galactica' Jumped the Shark?new
Somewhere a shark is whimpering from a severe head wound created by a misfiring motorcycle, and one can only hope BSG's fourth season doesn't injure more sea creatures.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-26-2008 |
TV
The Year in Film: Cartooning the Warnew
Transformers and 300 turn the conflict into comic book blockbusters.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-28-2007 |
Movies
'A Mighty Heart' Attacknew
Director Michael Winterbottom and crew take aim at Angelina Jolie.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
06-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Got Fangs?new
Why I like Finishing the Game director Justin Lin.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Finishing the Game, Justin Lin
Grizzly Spawnnew
A chat with Werner Herzog.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Monster Dearestnew
The screen moms of 2006 look for redemption through desperate living, methadone, and visitation rights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-27-2006 |
Movies
The Class Struggle of Daniel Clowesnew
Ghost World's creator goes back to school and gets back at the academy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
05-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Different Strokesnew
We like to look – at Wong Kar Wai's exquisite "Hand" job in Eros.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Wong Kar Wai, Eros
Behind the Celebritynew
The trouble with music documentaries today is they go behind the music instead of stay with it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Welcome to the Dollhousenew
Strung out on poppets, puppets, and Seed of Chucky. It's the perfect double-bill match for the equally unholy Team America: World Police.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
11-24-2004 |
Reviews
