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The Big Uneasynew
New Orleans is revealed in fact and film.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Bill Murray Bloomsnew
Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers sends Bill Murray in search of his romantic past.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Bio Picks: Oscar Gives its Nod to Lies and Livesnew
The Phoenix picks what movies will get Oscar nominations this year.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-21-2005 |
Movies
From the Bamboo Grove to W(h)ine Countrynew
The best of 2004 came from all over the cinematic map: foreign films, American independents, and, yes, some big-budget mainstream efforts.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Making Wavesnew
Soderbergh sails on the mainstream appeal of his campy sequel to Ocean's Eleven.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-10-2004 |
Reviews
Repeat Offendernew
Alfred Kinsey is back, and so is the 'Red' scare. Why Kinsey scares the pants off right-wing Republicans.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-19-2004 |
Movies
Strung Outnew
Team America gets tangled in its own lines.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-18-2004 |
Reviews
After the Think Mannew
Russell is a filmmaker drawn more to chaos than to unity. His Heart is a head case.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: FOX, David, Mark, law, Naomi, Watts, Jason, Pictures, David O. Russell, I Heart Huckabees, Dustin, Hoffman, Jude, O., Russell, Schwartzman, Searchlight, Wahlberg
Naked Lunchnew
In an interview, director John Waters outlines a powerful case for the end of repression and the restoration of genuine fun, laughter and bad taste.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Waters Sportsnew
It’s a dirty shame that John Waters hasn’t made a truly offensive movie in more than 20 years. One can only hope that the NC-17 rated A Dirty Shame will change that.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Silver Citynew
Silver City looks as if it might be another Lone Star, one of Sayles’s best movies, and instead turns out more like City of Hope, one of his worst.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: John Sayles, Silver City
David Mitchell Gets Off on his Cloudnew
With his third novel, David Mitchell moves up a notch in the British literary hierarchy of the hottest, past Louis de Bernières and Lawrence Norfolk, encroaching on Will Self and Martin Amis.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-26-2004 |
Fiction
Open Water is Jaws Droppingnew
Funny how slowly the recognition of disaster dawns on those with faith in normality and common sense. That’s one of the many chilling glimpses into the human survival mechanism that Open Water's ingenious and limpidly simple premise offers.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tarantino Finds Resolution for His Bloody Mamanew
Beyond gore and self-gratification, Tarantino here gives context to Vol. 1's excesses and even makes reference to "The Searchers."
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-07-2004 |
Reviews
