AltWeeklies Wire
Gil Kenan Practically Created an Entire Physical Realm for 'City of Ember'new
It's a worthy heir to other visually memorable fantasies like City of Lost Children, Brazil, and Tron -- but will Kenan be happy if his movie is only beloved by a core group of art-direction fanatics?
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gil Kenan, City of Ember
Human Desire Becomes Almost Kinky In 'The Duchess of Langeais'new
If you've been feasting on a steady cinematic diet of superhero blockbusters this summer, this adaptation of Honore de Balzac's novel, directed by lesser known (in this country) French New Wave alumnus Jacques Rivette, is like switching to Melba toast after too many banana splits.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
07-29-2008 |
Reviews
'Mamma Mia!' Cast Sings Much Evilnew
Like those freakish deep-sea creatures living happily in a toxic soup of methane brine miles beneath the water's surface, the cast of Mamma Mia! is unaware they're living in an equally noxious ABBA-rich environment.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
07-22-2008 |
Reviews
African-American Male Exotic Dancers Protect Their Rights in 'Don't Hate'new
The documentary patiently deconstructs the myth of adult entertainment as the last refuge of the unemployed and anti-social through the story of Jim Bell's fight against one Maryland county legislature's attempts to outlaw the traditional etiquette for tipping an exotic dancer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Lebanese 'Fried Green Tomatoes'new
It's nothing we haven't seen before, women in joyous, sensual solidarity that's only slightly marred by the preservative tang of a manufactured moment. But there's something about the mise-en-scene that erodes our reluctance to sink into whatever this luxuriant movie has to offer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
02-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Todd Haynes on 'I'm Not There'new
"I really think of Dylan as the consummate performer, even more than being this amazing singer and songwriter and wordsmith," Haynes explains.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'Trailer Trash' Shows Poor White Folks Differently Than 'Cops'new
Don Diego Ramirez's documentary humanizes its subjects without flinching from the horror of what they perpetrate upon each other.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
09-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The 11th Hour' Directors Hope to Deliver a Global Warningnew
The film distinguishes itself from other talking-head documentaries not only by the sheer emotional fervor, but also by demonstrating that our species can engineer its survival.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Splice Worldnew
Film program takes a considered look at an often overlooked film technique: the edit.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
01-03-2007 |
Movies
Coming in Lastnew
The other Truman Capote movie isn’t just second fiddle -- it’s awful.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Douglas McGrath, Infamous
Final Fantasy?new
The director of historical epics turns his opulent vision into mythic action.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
05-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chen Kaige, The Promise
The Original Kings of Cinemanew
Looking at early African-American filmmakers through today's eyes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
02-10-2006 |
Movies
Monsters Inknew
Bennett Miller’s movie plumbs the personal toll that Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood took on its subjects and its author.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
