AltWeeklies Wire
The Worst of Times vs. the Best of Timesnew
A reviewer who found this year's films uninspiring debates with a colleague who asserts it's been an incredible year for movies.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman and Felicia Feaster |
12-30-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Death and Loss Play Key Roles in Marc Forster's Finding Neverlandnew
It's not hard to see how Marc Forster might identify with J.M. Barrie, both in shared loss and in using creation as an antidote. "It's also letting go of grief," says Forster of the creative process. "And also embracing it in a different way. It's sort of like a more enlightened way."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-11-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Joaquin Phoenix Shows Versatility With Rolesnew
Even a firefighting action drama represents another unpredictable change-of-pace for Joaquin Phoenix, 29. Wait until next spring's Walk the Line, in which he portrays the one-and-only Johnny Cash (opposite Reese Witherspoon, no less, as June Carter).
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Bert Osborne |
10-07-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay Russell, Ladder 49
Murder on the Campaign Trailnew
With Silver City, Sayles lives up to the stereotype of the socially conscientious but humorless leftist. Imagine Ralph Nader trying to crack a joke on the campaign trail and you'll get a sense of Silver City's discomfort with comedy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Sayles, Silver City
Mira Nair Spins Thackeray's Classic Heroinenew
Nair's multifaceted work has often focused on outsiders, from the Bombay strippers in her 1985 documentary India Cabaret, to the Cuban exiles living in Miami in The Perez Family. It thus seemed almost inevitable that Nair would one day turn to Vanity Fair, which she's loved since she first read it as a 16-year-old growing up in Orissa, India.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Mario Van Peebles Follows in his Father's Footsteps With Baadasssss!new
Three decades after Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song became an instant cult classic, Melvin's son, actor and director Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City, Posse), has made a tribute and expose of the long road to making Sweet called Baadasssss!.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Baadasssss!, Mario Van Peebles
