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Daydream Believer: 'Waltz With Bashir'new
Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman reconstructs a tragedy using animations and his own experiences as a grunt soldier.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
01-27-2009 |
Reviews
Sundance Rewind: 2009 Sundance Film Festival Recap
In a weird year for Sundance -- and the world -- I guess you had to laugh if you didn't want to cry.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-26-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Sundance Film Festival
Digital TV Conversion Will Leave Some Coloradans in the Darknew
Because of the impending transition from analog to digital broadcasting, some television sets will go dark on February 17, and unless they pay a satellite provider, they'll stay that way.
'Outlander': Spaceman Won’t Share His Ray-Gun With Vikingsnew
I miss Arnold Schwarzenegger right about now, and so does this movie. Instead we have dour, scrawny Jim Caviezel, come down from the cross, as a spaceman who crashes in eighth-century Norway.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-26-2009 |
Reviews
Family, for Better or for Worse: Abdellatif Kechiche's 'The Secret of the Grain'new
Abdellatif Kechiche’s third feature is the slow-building saga of an Arab clan in the south of France.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-26-2009 |
Reviews
Puppy Love Blooms at 'Hotel for Dogs'new
The kids are cute and the pooches are even more so in this latest addition to the doggie genre of the past year. Hotel For Dogs falls short of earning a loud bark, but still deserves a big paws-up for its animals-as-part-of-the-family theme.
Pasadena Weekly |
Lisa Miller |
01-26-2009 |
Reviews
Sundance's Best So Farnew
Push, Cold Souls, and Paper Heart are reviewed. The color ain't purple.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-23-2009 |
Movies
Jean-Pierre Gorin and the Art of the Essay Filmnew
UC San Diego film professor Jean-Pierre Gorin claims that the "unruly" version of the essay film on display in his collection "flirts with genres" but "attaches itself to none" in true Gerber termite fashion.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Craig Brewer Readies '$5 Cover', Adds New Projectnew
While Craig Brewer has been at the Sundance Film Festival this week promoting his upcoming Web series $5 Cover alongside a group of his Memphis collaborators, he's also added yet another potential project to his to-do list.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Defiance': Into the Woodsnew
Somewhere, lost under the posturing and pat plot points, something in Defiance probably reflects what actually happened. But not even the combined intensity of Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber can transform Defiance into a film that might do justice to the incredible story it hopes to tell.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-22-2009 |
Reviews
'Last Chance Harvey': Romance takes flight in Londonnew
The humor and the setbacks are small in Last Chance Harvey, accumulating — like life itself — slowly, then all at once.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-22-2009 |
Reviews
Reading Is Magical!: Too Bad 'Inkheart' Is a Movienew
Inkheart is intent on letting you know that books are magically wonderful, and thusly shoots itself in the foot—you'll wish it would hurry up and end so you can go home and read.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
01-22-2009 |
Reviews
Blood and Boredom: 'My Bloody Valentine 3-D'new
The first horror flick with the new 3-D technology looks cool, but the movie itself stinks.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-22-2009 |
Reviews
Past Their Prime: Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei Shine in 'The Wrestler'new
On the strength of the filming technique, the performances and the thoughtfulness of the wrestling sequences, The Wrestler earned a place on the best-of lists of many pretentious and snobbish film critics. In spite of that, it's actually entertaining and engrossing.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-22-2009 |
Reviews
Step Critics: Who Cares About Oscar Nominations?new
See what Tuscon Weekly's critics have to say about the best and worst films of 2008.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna and Bob Grimm |
01-22-2009 |
Movies
Tags: Year in Review
