AltWeeklies Wire
Cruise Control
This is as brisk and artiness-free as a summer blockbuster should be.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Compassion Play
These days, peril doesn't necessarily have anything to do with empathy.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Starved for Affection
Does anybody actually have holiday dinners as epically bad as the ones in Hollywood movies?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Salvador Litvak, When Do We Eat?
Floor Routine
Stick It is an exercise in mediocrity.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jessica Bendinger, Stick It
Designer Cheap
La Mujer de Mi Hermano doesn't really care about anything besides chic modernity and good looks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Country Crock
Squires' film is moustache-twirling, anvil-dropping, tie-the-girl-to-the-railroad-tracks cartoonish.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Crazy Like a Fox, Richard Squires
Friend of a Friend of the Devil
"In all seriousness, one of the great archeological finds in our lifetime is the archive of Daniel Johnston."
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kibbles 'n' Tits
It's unlikely that there's another orgy movie out there that's more boring or irritating.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Catherine Cahn, Charlie's Party
Simon Says ... Nothing
Despite the currency of its topics, American Dreamz doesn't make you think, and it won't make you feel any smarter than watching American Idol does.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: American Dreamz, Paul Weitz
The One About Hollywood Friends
As in her previous movies, Holofcener proves to be a most attentive observer of human behavior.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-21-2006 |
Reviews
Oh Bondage, I'm Yours!
Harron doesn't bother delving into the whys of Page's choices, but simply follows her from pretty schoolgirl to foxy pinup to lovely born-again Christian.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-21-2006 |
Reviews
The Discovery Channel
Writer Alex Rose fills the movie with just enough humor and heartbreak to keep its feel-goodness from making you gag.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gaby Dellal, On a Clear Day
Demeans to an End
The movie stops being a raw but sympathetic portrait of a boy's traumatic upbringing and becomes simply raw.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-17-2006 |
Reviews
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Anyone who's expecting a solid telling of a talented man's self-destruction should stay away.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
Dead Can Dance
If you can't guess exactly what's coming, you've obviously never seen a dancing movie before -- or any movie, really.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Liz Friedlander, Take The Lead
