AltWeeklies Wire
Tinkling Symbolsnew
That Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has become a worldwide phenomenon attests to the worldwide yearning for a better truth than the one we have.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Triple Ploynew
Three Times unites his themes of the recalled past and the scattered present, and it may be Hsiao-Hsien's most profound, if enigmatic, film to date.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Three Times
United We Fallnew
United 93 treads a fine line between catharsis and exploitation, between the manipulation of an agenda and the illusion of objectivity.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
04-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Greengrass, united 93
Shaggy-Corpse Storynew
The title of Tommy Lee Jones’s directorial debut gives fair warning of its weirdness.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Fast Tonynew
As a Kiwi traveling to the Bonneville Salt Flats in hopes of setting the world's land-speed record, Anthony Hopkins projects more sex appeal than actors a third his age.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Michel |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
With Candor Comes Charmnew
Taking as your subject a sexual free-for-all might seem an exercise in excess, but in the case of this Joseph Lovett documentary, libido-on-display can serve as its own means for social change.
Boston Phoenix |
Colin Fleming |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Joseph Lovett, Gay Sex in the '70s
Trial and Errornew
The system is found guilty in After Innocence, a documentary on wrongful convictions.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: After Innocence, Jessica Sanders
Hidden Agendanew
By taking surveillance for granted, Caché plays forbidden games.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Haneke, Caché
Power Pointnew
Woody Allen's location switch from New York to London has yielded his most bracing, sure-handed, satisfying film in at least a decade.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Avner's Listnew
Munich's purpose is not to illuminate but to manipulate, to reduce the irresolvable issues surrounding a horrible truth into a comforting platitude.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Munich, Steven Spielberg
The Quare Fellownew
The finished product might be overdone and in bad taste, but like the best of director Neil Jordan’s work, it does satisfy.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, Breakfast on Pluto
Rake's Progressnew
Casanova has cleaned up his act in Lasse Hallstrom’s engaging romantic-comedy version of his life; he's tamed down the debauchery to a tepid but bawdy "R" and learned to respect women and family values.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, Casanova
Walking the Indie Linenew
Star Wars and Batman and Harry Potter and Narnia and King Kong may have made the big bucks in 2005, but for the most part it was indie and low-budget films that made the biggest impression.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
'Pokes Peeknew
Figuring, no doubt correctly, that more people will identify with loss than with gay lust, Lee gets the icky parts over quickly. Not only is it the love that dare not speak its name, it doesn’t speak at all.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Gorilla Filmmakingnew
Peter Jackson’s King Kong sports a pot belly, and it’s not a good look. His film carries extra baggage, too, nearly an hour and half’s worth.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
