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The Horrornew

Mark Patton, star of Nightmare on Elm Street 2, on acting, horror and his 'scream queen' status.
The Pitch  |  Abbie Stutzer  |  10-12-2012  |  Profiles & Interviews

Shawn Edward's Isn't Just a Blurb Whorenew

The nationally known film critic for Kansas City's Fox 4 News prefers the term "reviewer." But he also seems something else: a film celebrant, a champion of movies unchampioned.
The Pitch  |  Alan Scherstuhl  |  04-08-2008  |  Movies

Girl on Filmnew

Filmmaker Lisa Marie Evans has recorded whats inside a transsexuals pants, but turning the camera on herself isnt so easy.
The Pitch  |  Justin Kendall  |  01-22-2007  |  Movies

Live From Kansas Citynew

CNN drops by to console us oppressed working folk.
The Pitch  |  C.J. Janovy  |  10-31-2006  |  TV

Land of the Real Peoplenew

Where does reality TV get those hayseeds?
The Pitch  |  Ben Paynter  |  05-02-2006  |  TV

Screen Testnew

With his Sundance-bound First Date, Kansas City's Gary Huggins discovers a new leading man.
The Pitch  |  Justin Kendall  |  01-24-2006  |  Movies

Crash Landingnew

A film starring Jodie Foster as a mother who's either lost her daughter or her mind during a flight from Berlin to New York soars for an hour, then ends with a tailspin.
The Pitch  |  Robert Wilonsky  |  09-27-2005  |  Reviews

The Civil War Parodiednew

The faux documentary C.S.A. is funny, but to appreciate the humor, audiences must summon the courage to laugh at the absurdity of enslaving an entire race of people.
The Pitch  |  Justin Kendall  |  09-13-2005  |  Profiles & Interviews

Reality Bitesnew

When a Kansas City man landed a role on the reality TV show Rebel Billionaire with the intent of raising money for a local nonprofit, he found out that TV is just not that feel-good.
The Pitch  |  Ben Paynter  |  08-01-2005  |  TV

A Sampler of Love and Desirenew

Eros is three films joined in a common goal, a tribute not merely to the entangled concepts of romantic love and sexual desire but to Antonioni himself.
The Pitch  |  Melissa Levine  |  06-02-2005  |  Reviews

Death Warmed Over Againnew

Whatever kudos go to writer/director Dan Harris for the length of his reach in this family-crisis drama tend to be overshadowed by inexperience and enslavement to genre.
The Pitch  |  Bill Gallo  |  03-22-2005  |  Reviews

Out Like a Lambnew

Set, for the most part, in the underground Berlin bunker where Adolf Hitler spent his last days, Downfall is a grim and sometimes guilt-ridden examination of the Third Reich in collapse. But it's also weirdly sympathetic.
The Pitch  |  Bill Gallo  |  03-22-2005  |  Reviews

Movies That Heated Up Cinemas in 2004new

Not one of the political documentariess distributed this year made a fraction of Fahrenheit 9/11's earnings, and deservedly so, because not one outraged, engaged or entertained the way Michael Moore's film did.
The Pitch  |  Bill Gallo, Melissa Levine, Jean Oppenheimer, Luke Y. Thompson and Robert Wilonsky  |  12-27-2004  |  Movies

Celebrating the Underhyped Movies of 2004new

Plenty of fine films opened to little or no fanfare this year. New Times reviewers pick their favorite movies that didn't draw the adulation they deserved.
The Pitch  |  Bill Gallo, Melissa Levine, Jean Oppenheimer, Luke Y. Thompson and Robert Wilonsky  |  12-27-2004  |  Reviews

Small Movies Came Up Big in 2004new

New Times critics pick as their top film of the year Alexander Payne's Sideways, which juxtaposes a wine freak's brittle angst with his friend's doofy recklessness.
The Pitch  |  Bill Gallo, Melissa Levine, Jean Oppenheimer, Luke Y. Thompson and Robert Wilonsky  |  12-27-2004  |  Reviews

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