AltWeeklies Wire
John Hughes Made Millions of Teens (Including Me) Think He Was Speaking Directly to Themnew
There are still great movies made for and about teenagers now. But John Hughes wrote our movies and introduced us to our own teenage angst for the first time. And nothing new, no matter how great, can ever take that away.
SEE Magazine |
Mari Sasano |
08-13-2009 |
Movies
Tags: 80s movies, John Hughes
The YouTube-ification of Public-Access TV in San Francisco is About to Beginnew
California has joined some 20 states in largely letting cable companies off the hook for funding public-access TV. Dozens of cities have lost their stations altogether, and in San Francisco, the operating budget has been hacked to a fifth of its former level. And the old cast of kooky cable programmers doesn't like it one bit.
Two New TV Nurses Snort Percocet, Shutup Coworkers and Rail Against Lunacynew
While the truth of the occupation lies somewhere between these polar extremes, HawthoRNe and Nurse Jackie represent breakthrough television on multiple levels.
San Antonio Current |
Jim McFarlin |
07-22-2009 |
Movies
Homo Panic! at the Cinemanew
Quasi-queer movies such as Bruno and Humpday are late to the game, while Nia Vardalos' rom-com, I Hate Valentine's Day, provides better gay imagery.
New York Press |
Armond White |
07-09-2009 |
Movies
This Year's Rock Documentaries Are Funny, Moving, Exciting and Tragicnew
This year's crop of rock docs bring us talkes about Arthur Russell, the Monks, the '80s New Haven punk scene, the Hold Steady and Scott Walker.
New Haven Advocate |
John Adamian, Christopher Arnott and Brianna Snyder |
06-30-2009 |
Movies
'The Room' Takes Up Residence in Little Rocknew
If Levi Agee has his way, the melodrama-turned-cult-hit The Room will screen indefinitely in Little Rock.
Arkansas Times |
Lindsey Millar |
06-25-2009 |
Movies
San Antonio Film Festival Turns 15new
San Antonio Film Festival curator Adam Rocha says he's grown up over the past 15 years, and the festival has, too.
San Antonio Current |
Christine Stanley |
06-24-2009 |
Movies
Special-Effects Guru Behind 'Transformers' Sees the Field Morphingnew
The computer-generated side has thoroughly taken over from hands-on engineering, which is what John Frazier studied back at the start of his long career. "The last movie we did that was all mechanical, other than maybe one visual-effects shot, was Speed," he says.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
06-22-2009 |
Movies
Cannes, Like France, Is Differentnew
Tarantino, Antichrist , and a well-lit genitalia show add up to a film festival like no other.
Boston Phoenix |
Lisa Nesselson |
05-29-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
Dreaming in Film: At Cannes and Its Renegade Festivalsnew
A look at the scene in Cannes, where the best movies aren't necessarily the ones in the competition.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-22-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Cannes Film Festival
The Summer Movie Preview!new
The liberal communist cokehead conspiracy wants you to see these films!
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-20-2009 |
Movies
Tags: summer movies
Vanilla Mike? Rebranding Tyson for the Age of Obamanew
Can Mike "clean up" enough to attach his name to video-game sales, as his new advisers Harlan Werner and Damon Bingham want him to? As Bob Dylan has done with Victoria's Secret? And George Foreman with hamburger grills?
Las Vegas Weekly |
John Lombardi |
05-14-2009 |
Movies
For the Nashville Film Festival, There's Clearly Life After 40new
Now 40, the Nashville Film Festival seems to have found a formula for its future: something local, something national, something international, something retro, something musical—and very little of it likely to show up again in town on the big screen.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
05-01-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Nashville Film Festival
Post-'K-Ville'new
New Orleans could get a proper prime-time spotlight with David Simon's Treme, whose pilot shoot wrapped earlier this month. Now all HBO needs to say is "go."
ClerkDogs.com Has Finally Been Housebrokennew
Movie recommendation site ClerkDogs.com has drastically improved in the last few weeks. A team of dedicated and intelligent people are clearly working hard on getting the site to where it needs to be, and the difference is quite dramatic. New features have been introduced, old features work better and the site has become fun to use.
Fast Forward Weekly |
John Tebbutt |
04-02-2009 |
Movies
Tags: ClerkDogs.com, videos & DVDs
