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'District 9': Alienatednew
District 9 works as a pure sci-fi thriller as well an allegory for large-scale human rights violations.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Ponyo' Is Almost Perfectnew
Hayao Miyazaki's latest is glorious, and gloriously fun.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Visioneers': All George Wants is an Explosion-Free Lifenew
Zach Galifianakis' natural zaniness is muted in Visioneers, a bleak view of a dystopian future.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Chéri': Power Outagenew
When Michelle Pfeiffer is offscreen, Chéri feels like it might capsize at any moment.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Julie & Julia': Cooking For Twonew
The delightful Julie & Julia is full of things often thought to be near-impossible in Hollywood movies.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'(500) Days of Summer' Is Just Too Fucking Cutenew
(500) Days of Summer has a few fantastic scenes, but mostly, it hovers nervously around the edges of a moment.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Funny People' Shows a Kinder, Gentler Judd Apatownew
Poignant without ever being manipulative, densely referential with numerous classic lines, Funny People is a once-in-a-decade comedy.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Summer Hours': The Objects and the Affectionnew
Olivier Assayas' tastefully made family drama is compact and close, calm and collected.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Every Little Step': Rejection, Rejection, Successnew
You needn't be a musical theater geek to find this documentary about the casting of A Chorus Line fascinating.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
Source Material: 'Food, Inc.'new
Food, Inc. is a synthesis of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, two landmark inquiries into the way we eat now.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Whiteout' is an Uncomfortably Numb Thriller-Wannabenew
Maybe snow blindness struck director Dominic Sena and his four screenwriters, as they transformed Greg Rucka's graphic novel into an uncomfortably numb movie.
The Georgia Straight |
Patty Jones |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
It's a Battle of Thingamabob vs. Machine in '9'new
WALL-E would never get out alive in director Shane Acker's postapocalyptic hellscape.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
A Week Without Movie Stars at the 33rd Montreal World Film Festivalnew
For years Montreal's festival ran neck and neck with the Toronto Film Festival, competing to premiere films from the same pool of foreign and independent releases. But as Toronto secured its position by bringing in more big Hollywood pictures, Montreal continued to rely on foreign films. And with fewer of those picked up for North American distribution every year, the pool of high-profile picks shrank steadily.
Chris Fuller on His Microbudget 'Loren Cass'new
An autodidact whose words tumble out in a slurry stream, Fuller carries himself with such intense conviction that, when he tells you Loren Cass is a project he's been working toward his entire life, you believe him.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
09-11-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Fuller, Loren Cass
Conspiracy is in the Air ... No Wonder Hollywood is Embracing Paranoianew
With 9/11 Truthers, Birthers, Tea Partyers, and even Obama school-speech muckrakers dominating news cycles, conspiracy is clearly in the air. Hollywood has noticed -- that's why theaters are suddenly awash in paranoia.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-10-2009 |
Movies
