AltWeeklies Wire
Capitalist? Terrorist? Don't Be Reluctant to See This Thrillernew
"In that moment [of 9/11], I felt the awe, audacity, the ruthlessness of the act, surpassed only by its genius."
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
05-15-2013 |
Reviews
The Great Gatsbynew
Baz Luhrmann infuses the Fitzgerald classic with lots of life but little soul
Orlando Weekly |
Cameron Meier |
05-14-2013 |
Reviews
Boldly Going: Star Trek’s Eternal Mission Continues
“Star Trek Into Darkness” is a lot of movie. It gets personalities and dialogue right, but lets gigantic plot problems slide around like ocean-bound rubber duckies on an oil slick.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-14-2013 |
Reviews
Renoir the painter and Renoir the filmmakernew
Renoir, a ravishing and sensuous imagining of one summer late in the life of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, makes the great painter's work matter again by putting an aging man's passions into an emotional and historical context.
A Killer Vacation — Lovebird Serial Killers Take On Northern England
Blacker than the La Brea Tar Pits, director Ben Wheatley’s dark comedy about a couple of serial killer lovebirds is an exquisitely funny movie.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
05-07-2013 |
Reviews
‘Mud’ Explores Lovenew
Matthew McConaughey gives an Oscar-worthy performance in “Mud.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
05-06-2013 |
Movies
Zach Braff Saves the Rio Theater in Monte Rionew
Says He "Can't Wait to See a Movie There"
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
05-02-2013 |
Movies
Arise and Sprout Film Festivals Grow Social Awareness Through Cinemanew
It's easy to brush off movies as mindless escapism—it's especially easy to do when a film involves exploding robots. But sometimes films can make audiences not only feel, but think and act.
Boise Weekly |
Jessica Johnson |
05-02-2013 |
Movies
The Radness of King Georgenew
'Game of Thrones' mastermind George RR Martin talks childhood, popcorn and his latest acquisition.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Enrique Limón |
05-02-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blood Feast Xan Cassavetes Sinks Her Teeth In
Xan Cassavetes [daughter to the Godfather of independent cinema] pays stylish homage to vampire films of the past 40 years with a blood-soaked predator thriller based on romantic obsession — BDSM comes gratis.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-29-2013 |
Reviews
The Big Killer: Michael Shannon Gets Cold
A refreshing addition to the contract killer biopic genre, Ariel Vromen’s Friedkinesque dramatization of Richard Kuklinski’s rise and fall, via three decades of heinous crimes, is a doozy.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-29-2013 |
Reviews
A Compelling Tale of NYC Graffiti Artists in Gimme the Lootnew
For his very low-budget debut, writer/director Andre Leon makes a spirited teen comedy with predominantly minority characters, which is damn near amazing in itself.
Tags: graffiti, Gimme the Loot
CIFF goes beyond screenings for an all-inclusive film experiencenew
Get ready, Charleston. If the organizers behind the Charleston International Film Festival achieve their goals, our little town may one day be home to a film festival on the scale of Tribeca, Sundance, and Cannes. "We want to be the biggest, best festival on the East Coast," says board member Margaret Ford Rogers.
Charleston City Paper |
Erica Jackson Curran |
04-24-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Open House - François Ozon Lifts a Veil on Social Development
François Ozon’s slow-burn comic thriller is a sensitive observation of a global race-to-the-bottom that is devaluing culture in all of its varied forms.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-22-2013 |
Reviews
