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Not Clowning Aroundnew
Monica Drake's debut novel isn't baloney.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-01-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Clown Girl, Monica Drake
Hearts at 60 Belownew
A quiet, gentle story about building love and trust.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ali Selim, Sweet Land
The Year in Reviewnew
Eugene Weekly's movie critics pick the best of 2006.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair and Molly Templeton |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Outside, Over Therenew
Astonishing dark visions from director Guillermo del Toro.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-09-2007 |
Reviews
The (Tipsy) Fairies' Midwifenew
Martin Millar takes a charming, clever view of the fey folk in his slyly titled novel.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-01-2007 |
Fiction
A Good Doctornew
Forest Whitaker's Oscar nomination is a sign of a great performance packed into an ordinary film.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
02-01-2007 |
Reviews
The Accidental Touristnew
Learning Italian food, one obsession at a time.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
Coming Homenew
Almodovar plumbs the feminine mystique — again.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
Bittersweet Surrendernew
The latest adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel is rich, beautiful and subtly wrenching.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Painted Veil, John Curran
Death in the Junglenew
Jonestown's calm tone -- there isn't a hint of sensationalism -- is welcome.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-19-2007 |
Reviews
Kicking and Schemingnew
To enjoy the film for the spectacle it is, it's best to simply go along with the turns of loyalty and tangled connections, savoring the detailed costumes and beautifully turned-out sets.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
One Thing After Anothernew
The adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play The History Boys is not, thankfully, a British retread of Dead Poets Society, no matter how the previews may try to make it out to be one.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nicholas Hytner, The History Boys
Chicks Up Frontnew
Shut Up and Sing is precisely balanced between the personal, the musical and the political.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Decline and Fallnew
As long as Gibson's film runs, it can't get out from under the director's continued fascination with the indignities man visits on man.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Serial Mumnew
For a diversion -- or a reminder that most of us are spared the burden of murderous housekeepers, no matter how well they cook -- you could do worse, but you could also do much better.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Keeping Mum, Niall Johnson
