AltWeeklies Wire
Something Borrowed, Something Blew
Initially idealist politicians often turn corrupt -- it's probably safe to say that for many people in 2006, that idea is pretty much a given.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-22-2006 |
Reviews
A Deliriously Disreputable Misfirenew
The movie is one-third conventional Ellroy adaptation(à la L.A. Confidential), one-third De Palma personal cinema freak-out, and one-third film-noir cliché.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
09-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, The Black Dahlia
Bushwhackednew
The POTUS makes a tall target at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
09-21-2006 |
Movies
Cash and Carreynew
Jim firing his agent is juicier than any episode of Entourage.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikke Finke |
09-21-2006 |
Movies
Dreaming Awakenew
Michel Gondry takes his French surrealist tastes to new levels in his latest works.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Matt Dillon Grows Upnew
Factotum's star and director talk about limning a literary legend -- sort of.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
09-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bent Hamer, Factotum
Playtimenew
Sweet, crazy, and tinged with sadness, The Science of Sleep is a wondrous concoction.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
09-20-2006 |
Reviews
Auto Focusnew
John Goodman and Ron Mann discuss Ed Roth's influence as a visionary and his life as an overgrown kid hooked on cars.
Gambit |
Will Coviello |
09-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ron Mann, Tales of the Rat Fink
An Anti-Love Storynew
Jan Svankmajer's creepy-crawl slowly becomes one of the most mordantly beautiful of the director's films, an asylum-set anti-love story with mobile body parts and splashy theatrics.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jan Svankmajer, Lunacy
Fallout in the Ranksnew
Far from being just one more documentary wishing to expose alternative truths about the war in Iraq, Foulkrod's film instead airs some of the hard-won truths learned by American soldiers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-17-2006 |
Reviews
A Grand Martial Arts Finale
Jet Li's Fearless isn't just a martial arts movie; it is a truly great one.
Tags: Ronny Yu, Jet Li's Fearless
City of Sinnew
DePalma presents a complex, beautiful exploration of Hollywood myth.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, The Black Dahlia
The Path to Re-electionnew
Predictably, the all-9/11, all-the-time presidency is shamelessly playing the only card it ever had in its deck -- just witness the Disney/ABC propaganda film, The Path to 9/11.
Tags: 2006elect
L. A. Inconsequential
The Black Dahlia turns a lurid tale into a film of glossy surfaces.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, The Black Dahlia
Dead-On Visionnew
Mike Judge's comedy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Idiocracy, Mike Judge
