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'Cold Souls' Has a Charlie Kaufman Premise, but it's Not a Charlie Kaufman Movienew
Sophie Barthes is a French writer-director, and this is her first feature. And it's no great criticism to say that her ideas, well, they get away from her.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-24-2009 |
Reviews
'Art & Copy': How to Sell Soap and Sex and VWsnew
However stirring these vintage campaigns and their graying creators may be for ad junkies like me, Doug Pray fails at analysis. His film is simply a tribute. And linking the ad biz to cave art -- well, that's just idiotic.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-24-2009 |
Reviews
'Inglourious Basterds' Brings Late-Career Glory to Christoph Waltznew
It's a familiar part of the Tarantino mythos -- the director plucks a faded star from the brink of obscurity and restores him or her to their former glory. Only, unlike John Travolta, Pam Grier and others before him, Waltz was never that kind of star in the first place.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
08-21-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tarantino Picks His 20 Favorite Flicks of the Past 17 Yearsnew
When Ella Taylor asked me to rename my top five films of all time, I rattled off the obvious titles. She then asked, “Any since the last 17 years?”
L.A. Weekly |
Quentin Tarantino |
08-21-2009 |
Movies
After Rough Patches, Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' Hits its Stridenew
Not since R.W. Fassbinder (and Godard) has a filmmaker shown so much clever, creative interest in how the Third Reich attempted to put mass culture in the service of mass slaughter.
Quentin Tarantino Upends War Movies with 'Inglourious Basterds'new
Here in cinema form is an essay about Tarantino's mutual fascination with and distaste for the war film. And even if he's a voracious film watcher, he can tell the difference between the passionate but low-budget Samuel Fuller dramas of universal dehumanization and the boring-ass patriotic gore-opera represented by Zoller's film Nation's Pride.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
08-21-2009 |
Reviews
Quentin Tarantino Serves Up Hitler's Head in 'Inglourious Basterds'new
Inglourious Basterds has next to nothing to do with Jews, Nazis or World War II, though Winston Churchill has a funny cameo and Joseph Goebbels a minor, if crucial, role as a twisted auteur of nationalist cinema. It's a highly entertaining, graphically bloody and woozily romantic romp.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
08-21-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Quentin Tarantino Talks About Rewriting the Spaghetti Western With a Side of Sour Krautsnew
Here's the thing about interviewing Quentin Tarantino: His need to talk about movies is irrepressible. His insatiable hunger dominates the conversation, and his knowledge of and fascination with the work of other filmmakers are as intense and intimate as his reflections on his own career.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Time Traveler's Wife' Keeps a Light Onnew
This romance is based on a popular novel in which the comings and goings of a time traveler wreak havoc on his marriage.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Tetro' Aspires to Opera but Plays Like a Power Balladnew
Francis Ford Coppola's latest is by no means as tragically ambitious as Youth Without Youth, thus it makes much less of a mess when it collapses under its own weight as Youth Without Youth does. In fact, what hampers Tetro is not its surfeit of ideas and narrative impenetrability but, rather, its insufficiency of thematic hooks and dramatic content.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Shorts' Offers Postmodern Fun for the Kidsnew
A magic wishing rock becomes the undoing of an entire community in this appealing new kids romp from Robert Rodriguez.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Post Grad' Doesn't Make the Gradenew
Bland to the point of pointlessness, Post Grad follows the inane highs and lows of a perky young optimist.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Post Grad, Vicky Jenson
'Ponyo' Is a Fabulous Fish Storynew
In this animated adventure by the Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, a 5-year-old boy forms a friendship with a goldfish princess who longs to be human.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
'Paper Heart' Is No Candy Valentinenew
Ultra-introverted mumblenerd comedian Charlene Yi shines in this faux documentary that problematically blurs the line between staged, improvised, and "real" events.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
Rewriting the War in 'Inglourious Basterds'new
In this World War II movie, Quentin Tarantino weaves together multiple storylines that coalesce into a literally explosive finale that daringly rewrites history.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2009 |
Reviews
