AltWeeklies Wire
Let There Be Lightnew
For beauty, for grief, for visual texture and a willingness to make such a strange, emotional, trippy film, Aronofsky deserves your attention.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Blond Ambitionnew
This film goes back to Bond's roots.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Casino Royale, Martin Campbell
No, It's Not About Pornnew
According to filmmakers Paul Rachman and Steven Blush, the story of American hardcore is a short one.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Hardcore, Paul Rachman
A Weave of Livesnew
In Babel, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu again creates feelings as much as he tells stories.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Craft of Deceptionnew
With the enthralling The Prestige, Christopher Nolan masters the art of deception.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Piece By Piecenew
Ray Nowosielski's documentary will either seem familiar or shocking, depending on your level of media saturation
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Just a Little Distancenew
Hero director Zhang Yimou's newest gets a little lost in translation.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Bucking the Systemnew
Kirby Dick takes the old, familiar complaint about the MPAA's inconsistencies and makes a compelling argument for revisiting the decades-old system.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Getting Physical With 'Jackass'new
You either find humor in a bunch of twentysomething dudes finding ways to abuse each other, skateboarding in costumes and launching themselves off piers, or you don't.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Tremaine, Jackass Number Two
Sleepwalkingnew
Michel Gondry's sweet, sad film about fantasy, imagination and love can't quite overcome its own meandering quirkiness.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-29-2006 |
Reviews
Swishnew
An exhilarating, heartbreaking documentary, The Heart of the Game is about more than just basketball.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-22-2006 |
Reviews
Perils of Famenew
Despite Ben Affleck's surprising star turn, Hollywoodland doesn't sparkle.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
Smoke and Mirrorsnew
Sloppy plotting and an apparent disinterest in larger questions about magic and power make The Illusionist more a fancy bit of trickery than a truly engrossing illusion.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
Hushnew
This blue-light special is no big deal.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jamie Babbit, The Quiet
