AltWeeklies Wire
Despite Third Screen Threats, Movie Theaters are Here to Staynew
Even as movies become easily available on computers, iTunes, Netflix and iPhone, theaters are finally back on track after the 2005 slump, and National Association of Theatre Owners President John Fithian says they're here to stay.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
06-18-2008 |
Movies
Canada's New Culture War: Bill C-10new
This 568-page tax bill may be the beginning of a crusade against the nation's film industry.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
06-13-2008 |
Movies
The Real Kingdom of the Crystal Skullnew
Forget Hollywood -- the true story of the fabled relic, and its owners, is weirder than fiction.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
06-13-2008 |
Movies
Oliver Stone Needs to Start Taking Some Libertiesnew
You've probably heard about W, Stone's upcoming dramatization of the life and times of our notorious outgoing president. And you may have heard that Dubya's hagiographers, having taken a look at some initial script pages, are dismissing the project as a fanciful cheap shot. But what has us perturbed is that it doesn't seem cheap enough.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
06-05-2008 |
Movies
Sydney Pollack, R.I.P.new
Once upon a time -- when both personal expectations and statistical expectancy were lower -- 73 would have counted as a reasonably long life. It no longer seems that way, but Pollack's professional accomplishments certainly suggest a full -- even bursting -- life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
06-02-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Sydney Pollack
Controversy at Cannes: 'The Headless Woman'new
At Cannes, one can reliably emerge from seeing a near masterpiece only to discover that everyone -- or at least the influential industry trade newspapers -- has declared the very same movie une catastrophe! Such is the case with The Headless Woman.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-30-2008 |
Movies
First Shotnew
Reviews of upcoming movies, DVDs, video games and soundtracks.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-29-2008 |
Movies
Tags: first shot, Steve Schneider
A Refresher Course in the Ladies of 'Sex and the City'new
For crying out loud. It's been a decade since those four Man-hungry-hattanites strutted, sipped and slutted their way into our hearts forever. But do you remember where we left them?
Willamette Week |
Sara Moskowitz |
05-28-2008 |
Movies
DOXA Adds More Reasons to be Doc-obsessednew
From her vantage point as executive director of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which runs from Tuesday to next Sunday (May 27 to June 1), Kristine Anderson has been in a good position to witness the shift in attitudes toward the genre once-thought to be for only die-hard intellectuals.
The Georgia Straight |
Jessica Werb |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
Film Director, Producer and Actor Sydney Pollack Diesnew
One of Hollywood's most beloved directors, Sydney Pollack, died May 26 in Los Angeles as the age of 73.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
Death in Cannes: Decay and Corruption Go Down Smoothlynew
When you're watching this many movies in rapid succession, the urge to divine a trend is almost irresistible, whether or not such a trend exists, so here's mine: A considerable proportion of the films I've seen have been concerned in some way or another with decay.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Comebacks: Our Midfestival Reportnew
Call Mike Tyson, Jerzy Skolimowski and Terence Davies the comeback kids.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-27-2008 |
Movies
New Values: Corruption and Death in Cannes
The big movies at Cannes this year treated the subject of corruption, from betrayal of personal ethics for cash to systematic governmental abuse, with cinematic inoculations of hope for an equalizing justice for humanity.
The 61st Cannes Film Festival Awards its Favorites
CANNES, France May 25. At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the jury, presided over by Sean Penn, awarded the Palme d'Or to Laurent Cantet for his heavily work-shopped film about a French junior high school teacher in a tough neighborhood, whose teaching style is challenged by his difficult students.
First Shotnew
A decade ago, the big story was every studio's rush to acquire its own boutique indie imprint; now, with the battle of co-optation won and the concept of "independence" thus eradicated in the average moviegoer's mind, those same studios are dropping their junior divisions like they’re hot.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-22-2008 |
Movies
