AltWeeklies Wire
Knox Knocks Premarital Popsnew
Co-directors Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt lay bare the emotions and logic driving the national sex education fight for PBS's award-winning POV documentary series.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-15-2005 |
Movies
Seeking a Palestinian Pseudo-Dadnew
Even as history threatens to engulf everyone involved in the story, building up walls of alienation and fear, the film drives home a portrait of sweetness and estrangement.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Another Road Home, Danae Elon
Caped Crusader Returns as American Psychonew
Acclimated to the CGI environment, we now want more than just great special effects, we want to see the inner life and struggle of the person beneath the cape and mask, flaws and all. And you can't get more flawed than Christian Bale.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
Gory, Gory Hallelujahnew
French film director Alexandre Aja eschews psychological mindgames of the horror genre and returns to straight-out slasher gore in a badly dubbed bloodfest.
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Shaula Clark |
06-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexandre Aja, High Tension
No Shrinking Domestic Violetsnew
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a manipulative and slightly preposterous, yet disarmingly charming and clever action thriller. Oh yeah, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are pretty hot too.
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David Wildman |
06-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Two Guys, a Girl Director and No Pizza Placenew
Director Susanne Bier keeps up the tradition of dark Danish cinema with a film centering around a family torn a part by war, secrets and grief.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
06-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Susanne Bier, Brothers
Kings and Queennew
This quiet French drama about death, longing and madness just might win you over when you least suspect it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen
Summer of Celluloidnew
A look at every summer film worth mentioning, bearing in mind that a few are worth mentioning solely because they look really, really bad.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman, Joe Keohane and Rachel Ahrens |
05-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Directors, Multiple Titles
Monster-in-Law Causes Critic to Search His Degenerate Soulnew
In this light sitcom-style flick, J Lo rolls up her chinchilla-trimmed sleeves to grapple with Hanoi Jane, while Wanda Sykes dislocates her vagina.
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David Wildman |
05-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Luketic, Monster-in-Law
Post-Commie Fun With Hungarian Subway Employeesnew
With tight cinematography and black humor, this Hungarian film reveals the secret lives of subway hall monitors.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
05-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nimród Antal, Kontroll
'What If Christians and Muslims Hated Each Other?' Film Asksnew
Ridley Scott’s latest stunning epic resurrects the blood-soaked Crusades, as Orlando Bloom returns to the screen to mow down swarthy heathens.
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David Wildman |
05-05-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
House of D: One of the Worst, Yet Most Important, Films Evernew
David Duchovny's reason for horking up an unwatchable piece of maudlin trash and then pulling the plug on all interviews may be far more sinister than simple gross ineptitude. (Then again, maybe not.)
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
04-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: David Duchovny, House of D
