AltWeeklies Wire
Oh, Babynew
The mommy track is mighty twisted in Todd Solondz's Palindromes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-04-2005 |
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Tags: Palindromes, Todd Solondz
Hello Is for Childrennew
Turtles Can Fly mines the kid-survivor stories of Kurdish Iraq.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
04-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Grudge Matchnew
Payback's a bitch in Park Chan-wook's thrilling Oldboy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
04-13-2005 |
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Tags: Park Chan-wook, Oldboy
Different Strokesnew
We like to look – at Wong Kar Wai's exquisite "Hand" job in Eros.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-06-2005 |
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Tags: Wong Kar Wai, Eros
Take It Sleazynew
Visually arresting Sin City wallows in guns, gore, and girls.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
03-30-2005 |
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D.E.B.S., Come Outnew
Even with its PG-13 rating, we still can't see lesbian teen spy-sploitation film D.E.B.S. at the multiplex.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
03-23-2005 |
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Punch Timenew
Kick-start your martial arts habit with Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
02-09-2005 |
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A Lot to Swallownew
Inside Deep Throat unveils the hardcore porn groundbreaker.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
02-09-2005 |
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Icon, I Can'tnew
John Travolta's career gets bumpier with A Love Song for Bobby Long.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
01-26-2005 |
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Dawn by Deadnew
Duck low for the remake of Assault on Precinct 13.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
01-19-2005 |
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Life Unguardednew
Time to rally round The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson's accursed comedy and the film of the year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Edward E. Crouse |
12-22-2004 |
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Head of the Classnew
Almodóvar's latest film is a lurid, contrived, gratuitously sexy (especially homo-sexy) thriller with a smirk on its face and a cigarette holder sinking hot ash into the shag carpet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-22-2004 |
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Flight or Frightnew
Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio capture the conflicted prime of Howard Hughes.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
12-15-2004 |
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Welcome to the Dollhousenew
Strung out on poppets, puppets, and Seed of Chucky. It's the perfect double-bill match for the equally unholy Team America: World Police.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
11-24-2004 |
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Charlie and the True-Crime Factorynew
Fifteen years in the making, Jim Van Bebber's The Manson Family gives new meaning to the phrase cult film.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
10-27-2004 |
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