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Ghosts in the Machinenew
With Goodbye Dragon Inn, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang has made his great film about film.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
Forward: Alexander Payne Takes a Step in the Right Directionnew
The alternately rollicking and mournful road comedy about the terrors of settling into middle age takes place during a vacation taken by two men, pals since college, in California wine country. Accompanying the review is an interview with director Alexander Payne.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-28-2004 |
Reviews
From TV to Stage: Claire Danes at the Toronto Film Festivalnew
TV-trained Claire Danes tackled formidable thespian challenges when she was cast as a 17th century Englishwoman who breaks a sexual barrier.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sex Change: Stage Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deepnew
Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty lives up to its terrific subject: the moment in theatrical history where women were finally permitted to act on the professional stage.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Murphy’s Lawnew
Jack Tanner is back, with Robert Altman and Doonesbury’s Garry Trudeau following up on their 1988 cable mini-series. Tanner on Tanner 2004 is dominated by the exploits of the liberal Congressman's now-30ish daughter Alex, a radical indie filmmaker.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
10-19-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Strung Outnew
Team America gets tangled in its own lines.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-18-2004 |
Reviews
After the Think Mannew
Russell is a filmmaker drawn more to chaos than to unity. His Heart is a head case.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: FOX, David, Mark, law, Naomi, Watts, Jason, Pictures, David O. Russell, I Heart Huckabees, Dustin, Hoffman, Jude, O., Russell, Schwartzman, Searchlight, Wahlberg
Naked Lunchnew
In an interview, director John Waters outlines a powerful case for the end of repression and the restoration of genuine fun, laughter and bad taste.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Waters Sportsnew
It’s a dirty shame that John Waters hasn’t made a truly offensive movie in more than 20 years. One can only hope that the NC-17 rated A Dirty Shame will change that.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Silver Citynew
Silver City looks as if it might be another Lone Star, one of Sayles’s best movies, and instead turns out more like City of Hope, one of his worst.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: John Sayles, Silver City
Freeze-framenew
Ten years after Roxbury, Massachusetts, filmmaker Robert Patton-Spruill directed his critically acclaimed film Squeeze, he’s finally back behind the camera. Will it be worth the wait? Does it even matter?
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
09-09-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Echoing Disasternew
Never at any time in The Brown Bunny does Vincent Gallo give the impression of being outside the world of the film: in The Brown Bunny, artist and world are one.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
An Interview with Vincent Gallonew
Vincent Gallo loves to talk, as followers of his career as musician, painter, actor, and director will have gathered.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
09-02-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fair to Middlingnew
Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair is no bonfire.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Krough |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
The Great Race: A Q&A with Filmmaker Bill Haneynew
In his new documentary, Boston filmmaker Bill Haney profiles five women, ages 50 to 82, who defy age in masters’ track-and-field competitions worldwide.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
