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Scarlett's Lettersnew
Match Point co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers lob a few in this interview.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Man Troublenew
Despite toying with the dark American fantasy of living off the grid and putting a bullet in the head of corporate America, the film ultimately reminds us that we're all just working for the man.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Matador
Ghost Worldnew
This Hungarian film, the most existential of holocaust films, is artistic without cheap or superfluous effects, making it almost mystically translucent.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
01-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fateless, Lajos Koltai
Serve and Follynew
Woody Allen's Cannes-hyped, Brit-inflected latest is a mildly pretentious mediocrity. The performances Allen gets, with his puppet hand permanently up his cast's colons, suggest an undergrad film adaptation of Dreiser.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Politics Played Major Role in 2005 Filmsnew
It seemed like every week in 2005, another feature opened that contained some critique of the American character or metaphor for modern-day issues.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
One Word: Plasticnew
Fans of The Graduate should skip this strange comedy, which posits that the real-life inspiration for counterculture icon Benjamin Braddock grew up to be a cheesy, brainless high-tech zillionaire doing yoga and driving a Mercedes around Half Moon Bay.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Reiner, Rumor Has It ...
Catch Them If You Cannew
Steven Spielberg's dour tale of assassination gets lost in a morass of moral ambivalence.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
12-21-2005 |
Reviews
Class of '79new
B-Movie king Roger Corman goes back to "Rock 'n' Roll High School" in a wide-ranging interview about his career and the current state of the industry.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Love as Revolutionnew
In Brokeback Mountain, the explosion of pent-up sexual desire and repression between the two main characters, equal parts mountain brawl and synergistic lovemaking, is likely to become the fuck heard 'round the world.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
If I'm Lion, I'm Dyin'
If you and your kids aren't already admirers of the book, Narnia just may bore the crap out of the whole family.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
For the Sake of the Songnew
Vivid yet impressionistic, this documentary tribute to the musician Townes Van Zandt brings the life and the music of this songwriter's songwriter into focus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Liberty and Justice For Oil
Stephen Gaghan gives the oil industry the Traffic treatment in a well-made, well-cast Gordian knot of a film.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
She Was the Edgenew
The original voice of Aeon Flux is now doing community theater in Maine.
Portland Phoenix |
Sam Pfeifle |
12-06-2005 |
TV
Tags: TV
Vanity Farenew
This week brings two tales of transformative bonds between adults and children: TransAmerica and The Kid & I. Both are issue movies that encourage viewers to hug the outcasts in their midst, but TransAmerica is by far the better of the pair.
The Village Voice |
Ben Kenigsberg |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Raiders of a Lost Artnew
DIY filmmakers Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos are the men who were the kids behind the painstaking, backyard remake of the first Indiana Jones flick.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
12-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
