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HBO/BBC's 'The Girl in the Café'new
Writer-director Richard Curtis has managed that most difficult of movie feats, entwining the personal and the political without trivializing either.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
06-24-2005 |
TV
Myth Over Matter: How George Lucas Reached for the Starsnew
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" -- from Star Wars’s opening moment, George Lucas made it clear he wasn’t interested in making ordinary movies. No Casablanca for him; no Citizen Kane or The Searchers or L’avventura or Persona.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
05-12-2005 |
Movies
Crash Coursenew
Director Paul Haggis and an ensemble of talent -- including actor Matt Dillon -- tackle issues of diversity in a post-9/11 world in their new film. The Phoenix interviews Haggis and Dillon about Crash.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
05-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Backward And Forward And Doomed?new
Todd Solondz wants it both ways with Palindromes.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
05-03-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
All Night Longnew
So, is Dave Attell, the fast-talking star of Comedy Central’s Insomniac with Dave Attell, an actual insomniac? "Yes sir," the Queens native says over the phone, in the early afternoon, between audible sips of coffee.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
04-26-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Wine's Worldnew
In Mondovino, filmmaker and former sommelier Jonathan Nossiter finds culture, corruption, danger, and hope in the bottom of a wineglass.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
04-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino
Jon Stewart: Too Smart for His Own Good?new
Some half-dozen years after assuming the anchor desk at The Daily Show and transforming what had been a celebrity-driven yukfest into biting political satire, the 42-year-old Stewart and his fellow performers and writers have reached the top of the heap. But being taken seriously — and, for that matter, expecting to be taken seriously — is the death of such humor.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
03-09-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Darkness Falls: Leave Uwe Boll's Latest Video Game Adaptation Alonenew
Alone in the Dark, the movie, has very little to do with Alone in the Dark, the game. But whereas the game drew on film noir and the faceless horrors of H.P. Lovecraft to create an ominous atmosphere, the movie seems primarily inspired by Boll's sense of self-satisfaction.
Boston Phoenix |
Mitch Krpata |
02-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Uwe Boll, Alone in the Dark
Bio Picks: Oscar Gives its Nod to Lies and Livesnew
The Phoenix picks what movies will get Oscar nominations this year.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-21-2005 |
Movies
The Germ of Corruptionnew
Hilary Swank's Maggie is a heroine easy to root for, but Million Dollar Baby is Frankie’s (Clint Eastwood's) tragedy: the story of a man who against his better judgment and inclination gets involved with another human being and ends up paying for it. Three and a half stars.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
01-06-2005 |
Reviews
From the Bamboo Grove to W(h)ine Countrynew
The best of 2004 came from all over the cinematic map: foreign films, American independents, and, yes, some big-budget mainstream efforts.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Making Wavesnew
Soderbergh sails on the mainstream appeal of his campy sequel to Ocean's Eleven.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-10-2004 |
Reviews
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movienew
The perfect timing and the self-aware absurdity translate to the big screen.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
11-22-2004 |
Reviews
Repeat Offendernew
Alfred Kinsey is back, and so is the 'Red' scare. Why Kinsey scares the pants off right-wing Republicans.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-19-2004 |
Movies
Smooth Operatorsnew
We’re in the "feast" portion of the feast-or-famine TV cycle. Two of the season’s best new dramas, UPN’s Veronica Mars and Fox’s House, air opposite each other at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
11-16-2004 |
TV
