AltWeeklies Wire
Shorts Weathernew
Many of this year's Oscar-nominated shorts feel, unsurprisingly, like short stories, slices of life and character that leave an impression, a feeling, an unforgettable image.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Cross-country Musicnew
Without ever saying something so obvious, The Band's Visit is underlined by the idea of music as a means of communication that requires no words to express the deepest feelings.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Making the Bandsnew
Girls Rock! is a fascinating behind the scenes peek at the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, and an inspiring introduction to the camp for parents and kids who may not have heard of it before.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Growing Painsnew
Miss Pettigrew takes place in graceful, somewhat old-fashioned territory.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Southern Discomfortnew
Phillips' atmospheric first novel is full of love and depth, as are her characters.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-06-2008 |
Fiction
Strange Transmissionsnew
Bleak and brutal sci-fi horror flick falls flat.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Lying Lownew
A joke-laden, quirky shoot-out, In Bruges is not.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
A World of His Ownnew
Francis Ford Coppola's first film since The Rainmaker doesn't strike gold.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-15-2008 |
Reviews
Food, Not Fadsnew
Michael Pollan takes on food science and the Western diet in his follow-up to The Omnivore's Dilemma
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-07-2008 |
Nonfiction
Animated Questionsnew
Persepolis leaps beautifully from page to screen
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-31-2008 |
Reviews
Not Stranger Than Fictionnew
A love for stories alters lives.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
Parallel Linesnew
The Kite Runner is a better film than the previews suggested, but it's far from perfect.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Thou Shalt Not Walk Away Hungrynew
David Wain and Ken Marino's humor is the kind that almost always goes a step too far before pulling back to find the very sharpest bit.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Wain, The Ten
'The Nanny Diaries': Lifestyles of the Rich and Thoughtlessnew
The film takes an easy, bland path to Annie's unsurprising self-discovery, peeking at but quickly dropping some complex ideas along the way.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
'Becoming Jane': Literary Lovenew
Not quite Austen, but not bad.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
08-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
