AltWeeklies Wire
Gaming the Viewernew
Why would you want to watch a film about a couple and their young son held prisoner and tortured by a pair of bullying psychopaths?
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Brian De Palma's Acts of Regressionnew
Debuting on home video this week, Redacted only played theaters in a handful of cities last fall, though it stirred up more than its share of controversy.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
Let's Hope Real Comedy Comes into Playnew
You know how most DVDs come with extra features about the making of movie, interviews with the stars and the director, and whatever else was captured on film that fans might find moderately interesting? They seem to have got it backward here.
Did Romance Exist Before Movies?new
Hollywood perfected it with sophisticated women and beautiful men trading witty dialogue while overcoming artificial obstacles to the kind of rapturous love that only had to last until the words "The End" left us to imagine that they could keep it up for the ensuing lifetimes.
'Gone Baby Gone': Right and Wrongnew
Some of the music in the film is a bit on the maudlin side -- and that's the only bad thing I have to say about it.
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Report from the Toronto International Film Festivalnew
For a film fanatic like myself, TIFF has become a victim of its own success; I've watched as the number of media in attendance rose every year, and so has Hollywood.
'The Simpsons Movie': Underachieving Overachieversnew
It plays like a padded single episode, with a few mild profanities to ensure a PG-13 rating -- I haven't been so disappointed since John Kerry's concession speech.
'Captivity': Bait and Switchnew
A good movie should have something for everyone: this one has nothing for anyone.
Tags: captivity, Roland Joffe
Cracking! An Interview With the Creator of 'Wallace and Gromit'
Delightfully detailed and lovingly crafted, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit represents five years of work by Nick Park and the Aardman animators.
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
10-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews