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Father-Daughter Relationship Suffersnew
Conveying a muddle of vanity, pride, vulnerability and heartsickness, Daniel Day-Lewis breaks your heart with his portrayal of an off-the-grid hippie who is running on the fumes of a failed Utopia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Eros' Three-Pronged Poke Leaves a Lot to be Desirednew
Eros feels almost entirely irrelevant, when each of its directors has already crafted memorable films in which desire and longing are the subflooring of daily life.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Movie Tries to Turn Woody Allen's Frown Upside Downnew
Seeing Melinda and Melinda is like watching a filmmaker beat himself up, which would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Melinda and Melinda
Heroic Efforts and Silly Plot Turns Leave Earnest Sahara in the Dustnew
Sahara has a world-is-my-oyster feel rooted less in the magic of moviemaking than it is in a jingoistic belief embraced by some Americans, of their own homegrown superheroic capabilities. An African civil war, deadly plague and a gorgeous lady doctor just don't stand a chance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
04-07-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Breck Eisner, Sahara
Author Steve Almond Chows Down Againnew
Steve Almond's new collection includes an entire family of yacht-club-credentialed Republicans, convinced they have all been abducted and implanted with "cartridges" by our alien caretakers; an analysis of the meaning of Michael Jackson's dick; and the pleasures of equine and eye socket sex.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
04-07-2005 |
Fiction
Georgia Pharmacists Can Refuse to Fill Birth Control Prescriptionsnew
Georgia pharmacists can refuse to fill morning-after and birth control prescriptions if such medication violates their personal or religious beliefs. What's more, in the next legislative session there could be a warmer reception for a bill backing a pharmacist's right to refuse morning-after pills.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
04-07-2005 |
Science
Tags: morning-after, pill
Georgia Legislators Shift Focus to Special Interestsnew
A fitting coda to the 2005 General Assembly occurred when House Speaker Glenn Richardson, presenting what was left of the governor's battered ethics bill, conceded that legislators had managed to sneak in one last secrecy provision.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
04-07-2005 |
Politics
Emory Professor Keeps Fighting Holocaust Deniernew
April 11 will mark the fifth anniversary of Deborah Lipstadt's resounding victory in a British courtroom against Holocaust denier David Irving.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Songstress Hasn't Lost Sight of Qualitynew
Even with all of her endeavors into the business end of the industry, Rhonda Vincent hasn't lost sight of quality. She believes bluegrass is growing because people seek authenticity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rhonda Vincent
Jeff McLeod Fosters Oddball Sounds in Podunk, Ala.new
Alabama has long fostered a secret history of oddball music, and guitarist Jeff McLeod lies at the center of it all, picking it apart and reassembling it one warped riff at a time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeff McLeod, Red Tablet
Pretty in Pink Answer to Neighborly Brother in Lovenew
Beauty Shop limps feebly along when plot details intrude to gum up the film's frothy, escapist works.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Beauty Shop, Bille Wolfe
Director Danny Boyle Gets Lost in the Plot of Millionsnew
Millions starts off with a bushel of important ideas. But by the end, there's just the hero battling a stock baddie as all directorial attention turns to foiling the crook a la Home Alone.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Boyle, Millions
Sin City Beats Noir Genre to a Pulpnew
Sin City's lurid, brutal stories unfold in a black-and-white world with rare intrusions of color -- but no sunlight, no superfluous people and scarcely any props beyond weapons, muscle and skin.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Reviews
Actor/Director Ray McKinnon Revels in the Real Southnew
In 2002, Ray McKinnon won an Oscar for writing, directing and playing the title character in The Accountant, a short film that is one of the best -- and funniest -- movies ever made about the realities of Dixie.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Chrystal
How America Almost Destroyed the Vineyards of Europenew
The Americans (probably) didn't do it on purpose, though you hardly could have blamed them given all the nasty things the Europeans were saying about New World wines and the American palate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
03-31-2005 |
Nonfiction
