AltWeeklies Wire
The Hate Debatenew
A Vermont homeless man known as "Mr. Happy" has been treating cable subscribers to his blend of racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric, pro-war tirades, gay-bashing diatribes and verbal assaults on the Left since 1995.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-31-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Sundance Kidsnew
Phooey on the narrative-film judges at Austin’s 13th South by Southwest Film Festival for bestowing awards on suffocatingly conventional movies.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
03-31-2006 |
Movies
Grow Up or Just Shut Upnew
She's the Man and Brick get teenagers right -- for a change.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Fickman, She's the Man
Dueling With the Demonsnew
This new documentary reveals the ghost of a musical genius, in a lifelong battle with his monsters.
L.A. Alternative |
Steven Chen |
03-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Reality Checkpoint
"Once you're doing this kind of film, you can't go the Hollywood way."
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eran Riklis, The Syrian Bride
Blank Slate Equals Movie's Fatenew
The ambitions of this intriguing documentary about one man's amnesia far outweigh its accomplishments.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Triumph of the Sum-Bitchnew
Larry "lays some cable" across America.
For Meta or For Worsenew
Steve Coogan, Michael Winterbottom and Rob Brydon discuss "corpsing," giant vaginas and the making of Tristram Shandy.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
03-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Looks Are Deceivingnew
Unlike Crash, this is an accurate rendition of modern urban America's infinite gradations of prejudice, and a true portrait of how such impulses get submerged and redirected so people can get ahead.
New York Press |
Matt Zoller Seitz |
03-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Dry and On the Rocksnew
The new British comedy imports are by turns nostalgic, broad, outrageous and chilly, but they're all still indicative of a television culture that cherishes a richer, less obvious kind of laugh.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Abele |
03-23-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Whose Cheatin' Heart?new
A fable of our era leaps -- or hobbles -- from page to screen.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Stephen Beachy |
03-22-2006 |
Reviews
'Chinatown' Through Another Lensnew
Robert Towne returns to a fictional L.A. with Ask the Dust.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
03-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ask the Dust, Robert Towne
Catch Me If You Cannew
Lee's new by-the-numbers heist flick is Spiked with ethnic vaudeville.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Huffing About Puffing
It's all in fun, but obviously there's a message here: You can't trust anything or anybody, because even the worst of situations can be spun to look golden.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-17-2006 |
Reviews
