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Too Good To Be Truenew
When Paul Sturtz and David Wilson debuted their True-False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri last February, their goal was to become the premier documentary film festival in the Midwest. Mission accomplished.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
02-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Multiple, True/False Film Festival
University Museum Cancels Showing of Film on Star's Anorexianew
A copyright lawsuit led museum officials to decide it didn't have the right to show the controversial film, in which Ken and Barbie dolls act out the story of singers Richard and Karen Carpenter.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
02-02-2005 |
Movies
Mindy Cohn's Diarynew
While playing plus-sized Natalie on "The Facts of Life," Cohn was, in short, an insightful, ebullient everywoman who was there for, well, every other woman on the show. A cursory glance at the text of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones books reveals that this is just the sort of woman Bridget is supposed to be.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
11-17-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Foxx Elevates Middling Biopicnew
Jamie Foxx, as Ray Charles, brings to this movie what the director occasionally would prefer to leave behind -- the anger and the callousness, the cunning behind the charm. If only the movie contained half as much life as Foxx, it would be something truly remarkable.
Riverfront Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ray, Taylor Hackford
Robin Williams Messes With Memoriesnew
This satisfyingly eerie thriller is concerned with the moral implications of recording entire lives and what those lives ultimately mean once they're edited down into sweet, bowdlerized, easily digested movies.
Riverfront Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
10-19-2004 |
Reviews
Stop and Gonew
The French flick plays like a parody of suspense movies, then occasionally becomes serious, then boring, then makes a jarring 180, then frustrates, then gets vaguely interesting again.
Riverfront Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-04-2004 |
Reviews
The Ramones Bopped Toward History and an Unhappy Endnew
This film is a history about the twin mysteries of how two guys who hated each other stayed in a band for more than two decades and how the Ramones managed to influence a million kids to start 250,000 bands without ever having a hit.
Riverfront Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-04-2004 |
Reviews
Rug Burnnew
For a quarter-century and counting, ex-high school teacher Ron Jeremy -- Guinness World Record holder for most adult-film appearances -- has lent his wit and wiener to scores of cinematic gems. But the porn man's recent star turn in a 30-second television commercial for a St. Louis adult sex-accessory retailer may be the most controversial entry in his oeuvre to date.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
08-04-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV