AltWeeklies Wire
Cabin Pressure
Greengrass' account of the fourth plane to be hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, is the purest of action flicks.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
In the Mode for Love
Three Times depicts a Taiwan that has moved from enslavement to freedom yet has misplaced something of its culture and sense of community.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Three Times
It's Hard Out Here for an Antelope
Mountain Patrol temporarily makes the matter of a few men's survival seem like the biggest thing in the world.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-21-2006 |
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Marginal Gloss
Although hardly more sanguine about working-class life than the directors' earlier work, L'Enfant is a bit less claustrophobic.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-21-2006 |
Reviews
Boy, Can She Pick 'Em
Seduction doesn't look all that seductive in Basic Instinct 2.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Noir School Confidential
Evoking John Huston, Jean-Luc Godard and John Hughes without resorting to slavish imitation, Brick doesn't come out of nowhere, but it does end up in a class of its own.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
Miasma Vice
This is a carefree exercise in murder and retribution, more concerned with style than the moral implications of its protagonist's crusade.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Reality Checkpoint
"Once you're doing this kind of film, you can't go the Hollywood way."
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eran Riklis, The Syrian Bride
Choice Sophie
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days fails to click for two reasons, one practical and the other conceptual.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
The Word at War
The film successfully conjures war and peace, as well as its competing notions of Christian duty, but it's vague on any but the most generic sort of humanity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christian Carion, Joyeux Noel
Totaled Recall
Amnesia is a timeworn cinematic plot device, but Murray took inspiration from more experimental works.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
The Bruckheimer Conspiracy
The book's high concept falls a bit short of its mark.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
New 'Jack City
Although it tends toward the schematic and sentimental, Tsotsi benefits from memorable performances.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
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Unworthy
This assault on polite costume drama leaves Johnny Depp's likability barely bruised.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Laurence Dunmore, The Libertine
Early to Bedlam, Early to Rise
By the time you've finished this review, Arctic Monkeys will have broken up.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-03-2006 |
Reviews
