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Politics as Usual for Movies in '06?new
Hollywood's focus on real-life problems in 2005 might explain one of the biggest box-office dips in ages. Will filmmakers return to tried-and-true sequels, remakes, and out-and-out fluff?
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-30-2005 |
Movies
Avner's Listnew
Munich's purpose is not to illuminate but to manipulate, to reduce the irresolvable issues surrounding a horrible truth into a comforting platitude.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Munich, Steven Spielberg
The Quare Fellownew
The finished product might be overdone and in bad taste, but like the best of director Neil Jordan’s work, it does satisfy.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, Breakfast on Pluto
Rake's Progressnew
Casanova has cleaned up his act in Lasse Hallstrom’s engaging romantic-comedy version of his life; he's tamed down the debauchery to a tepid but bawdy "R" and learned to respect women and family values.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, Casanova
Walking the Indie Linenew
Star Wars and Batman and Harry Potter and Narnia and King Kong may have made the big bucks in 2005, but for the most part it was indie and low-budget films that made the biggest impression.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
'Pokes Peeknew
Figuring, no doubt correctly, that more people will identify with loss than with gay lust, Lee gets the icky parts over quickly. Not only is it the love that dare not speak its name, it doesn’t speak at all.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Gorilla Filmmakingnew
Peter Jackson’s King Kong sports a pot belly, and it’s not a good look. His film carries extra baggage, too, nearly an hour and half’s worth.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Into Africanew
Scientists say the origins of humanity can be found in Africa. Two new documentaries suggest its destiny may lie there too.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Fine Linenew
The tortured and demonic part of Johnny Cash that stoked his genius often gets lost in the platitudes, the rough edges airbrushed by sentimentality. But not in James Mangold’s movie bio of the Man in Black.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
Austen’s Powernew
To judge from Joe Wright’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen may have invented the tracking shot.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Rupture of the Deepnew
Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale has that whiff of authenticity. Peter Keough reviews the film and interviews the director.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Apocalypse Whatevernew
Jarhead, the Waiting for Godot of war movies, gets lost in the desert.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
The Good Soldiernew
Novelist Anthony Swofford says he won't play politics with Jarhead.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Eloquent Crusadernew
George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck is caustic and captivating.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, David, Strathairn, Edward, Joseph, Good Night, and Good Luck., McCarthy, Murrow, R., senator
In Cold Bloodnew
David Cronenberg defines the history of violence, though with such cold-blooded efficiency and cryptic detachment, his film may evoke more admiration than pleasure.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
