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Documentary 'Taqwacore' Examines Muslim Punk Musiciansnew
Director Omar Majeed doesn't try to hide the artists' laziness and contradictory ideologies. His film embraces the musicians for the confused, irresponsible, sometimes delusional yet often admirable punks that they are.
NOW Magazine |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
10-16-2009 |
Reviews
Ricky Gervais Lands in Cloudcuckooland With 'Invention of Lying'new
Ricky Gervais, the film's star and co-writer/co-director, doesn't do philosophical scrutiny or hermeneutic analysis; he merely undermines religion using the glib condescension of Hollywood leftists who assume the only people who still believe in God live in fly-over America. A hostile new trend has begun.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-01-2009 |
Reviews
'Doubt' is an Ambiguous Mysterynew
John Patrick Shanley's adaptation succeeds wonderfully, because it's a film that conveys just that -- doubt.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-02-2009 |
Reviews
'Doubt' Wags the Finger of Moral Relativismnew
With its bristling topicality, ritzy cast and the added bonus of Roger Deakins' gracefully bleak cinematography, Doubt is being squired around town as prime Oscar bait. But in Shanley’s hands, it only looks deep.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-12-2008 |
Reviews
It's Hard to Take John Patrick Shanley's Devout 'Doubt' Seriouslynew
Problem is, Shanley examines faith (and doubt) while crafting what is essentially Broadway fodder.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-11-2008 |
Reviews
Bill Maher's Cross to Bearnew
Maher has been hammering away forever at institutionalized faith, but Religulous, which Lionsgate quixotically plans to position as an Oscar contender in the documentary category, raises the bar to a whole new dimension of attack, as you might expect from a movie with Borat director Larry Charles at the helm.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Smart Guy Bill Maher Makes a Dumb Movie About Religionnew
Maher's first film project, Religulous, is a major disappointment because here, unlike on Real Time, he aims for laughs instead of insight -- and aims low.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
10-06-2008 |
Reviews
Bill Maher Zaps Faith in 'Religulous'new
Maher takes stands against religion and against the very notion of faith (as the word is generally used these days) some of the time; and against the intermingling of religion and public policy all of the time.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
10-03-2008 |
Reviews
That's Bill Maher in the Spotlight, Losing His Religion.new
The catechism running through the movie is the question of who is more annoying: God or Bill Maher?
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-01-2008 |
Reviews
'Borat' Director Debunks Religion with Bill Maher in 'Religulous'
Bill Maher takes a shooting-fish-in-a-barrel approach to questioning the validity of all religious beliefs and comes up with a cinematic breath of fresh air.
Nothing's Sacred for Bill Maher and Larry Charlesnew
Maher and Charles discuss fundamentalism, the apocalypse, and their new faith-challenging
doc, Religulous.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
09-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Guillermo Del Toro's 'Hellboy II' is All About Rock-hard, Right-handed Self-pleasurenew
The movie is lax on personal expression, simply a spook-the-kids, psyche-the-hipsters carnival.
New York Press |
Armond White |
07-10-2008 |
Reviews
'Battlestar Galactica' Goes for the Godnew
As the series gears up for its conclusion, it's becoming more contemplative, agonizing over how there can be faith without tests of that faith, and thus how real prophets can exist without fake ones -- how humans, tortured beasts that we are, can have certainty in anything without uncertainty about most everything else.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
04-09-2008 |
TV
King Pinnednew
The places and faces in this new father/son narrative are as real as it gets.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
06-16-2006 |
Reviews
Pew and Crynew
Aidan Quinn stars in The Book of Daniel, a new network drama about desperate Episcopalians.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-06-2006 |
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