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The Projector: Movies opening Friday, Nov. 5new
Galifianakis (again?) as the hilarious sidekick (again?); Franco reads Ginsberg; the Coen Bros. reimagined; 20 stories of issues colored women deal with; the first 24 hours of the Lebanon War; and how the line between the good guys and the bad guys sometimes gets blurred. Plus a slew of special screenings. It's all at the movies.
Boise Weekly |
Boise Weekly Staff |
11-05-2010 |
Reviews
Due Date Doesn't Delivernew
Robert Downey Jr. notwithstanding, the most conspicuous part of Due Date ends up being the "Welcome To" state border signs, since each one brings the film that much closer to ending.
Absurdist Film Festivalnew
The festival includes films made by a homeless hot dog vendor and several mentally ill people, all of them chosen with the deliberate intention of being as non-commercial as possible.
Boise Weekly |
Josh Gross |
11-05-2010 |
Movies
Benoit Pioulard's Slipstream of Songnew
"Music ought to be revelatory to the artist. I'm positive I wouldn't be who I am had I never written a song or learned an instrument."
INDY Week |
Jesse Steichen |
11-04-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Benoit Pioulard
The Pure and Clear Films of Carl Theodor Dreyernew
The filmmaker's demanding, rewarding films visit the Pacific Film Archive.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-04-2010 |
Movies
Tags: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Mock Star: Carrie Brownstein is Making Fun of Younew
Don’t get offended, Portland: One of the generation’s most beloved indie rockers is about to ridicule America’s most unassailably indie city.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
11-04-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Eastwood's Journey Into the Hereafter, and an Impassioned Howl From the Pastnew
Leave it to Clint Eastwood, one of the great American filmmakers, to upend any and all expectation in his latest film, Hereafter. This thoughtful, contemplative and seriously overlong human drama is a laudable attempt to address questions without answers.
YES! Weekly |
Mark Burger |
11-04-2010 |
Reviews
Amos Paul Kennedynew
Documentary about Amos Paul Kennedy, who is known for creating provocative letterpress posters that "address the conundrums and outrages of race relations in contemporary America with irreverent humor and verve.
Boise Weekly |
Tara Morgan |
11-04-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Amos Paul Kennedy
Not Quite Geniusnew
'Megamind' offers a few laughs, but the film feels sloppy and rushed.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Not a Pretty Sightnew
The deplorable Saw franchise is back--now in uninspiring 3-D!
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Allen Ginsberg Rocks the Literary World in Howlnew
This is not the soup-to-nuts version of Ginsberg's life but instead a tone poem of what Ginsberg meant to the age he lived in — and to successive ages.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Howl
A Couch Potato's Guide to Novembernew
Your TV guide for November sweeps.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-03-2010 |
TV
Tags: TeeVee
Howlnew
In the end, this movie is interesting, but it commits the original sin of cinema.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
11-03-2010 |
Reviews
Straight Man/Funny Man: Downey Jr. and Galifianakis Go Rogue
On the rebound from the mammoth box office success of "The Hangover," director Todd Phillips ("Old School") has sharpened his comic sensibilities to detonate laughs where none seem possible.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
11-01-2010 |
Reviews
