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Third Whirled
Despite noble intentions, The Constant Gardener eventually starts running in circles.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-23-2005 |
Reviews
Naughty by Naturenew
Aristocrats director Paul Provenza explains how and why he unleashed the world's dirtiest joke.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bill Murray Bloomsnew
Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers sends Bill Murray in search of his romantic past.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Love, Sex, and Everything Elsenew
A movie about master manipulators and the people who love them is rife with surprises.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Don Roos, Happy Endings
Zupan on Impactnew
Twelve years after adjusting to life in a wheelchair, Mark Zupan adjusts to life in the limelight with his new movie about his sport, Murderball.
Austin Chronicle |
Shawn Badgley |
07-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Always a Bridesmaidnew
Vince Vaughn -- the role model for every guy who ever dreamed of living in his parents' basement till he was 35 -- is Wedding Crashers' skirt-chasing master of ceremonies.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-18-2005 |
Reviews
Embryonic Death
Che Guevera would've been proud of the Eastern European sensibility Walter Salles brings to Dark Water, written by a guy who apparently has some buried, unresolved issues with his Mama's womb.
Dayton City Paper |
Aaron Epple |
07-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dark Water, Walter Salles
Spielberg and Cruise Wage Battle Against Good Filmmakingnew
A film reviewer barely survives the end of civilization, what with the space aliens, overly hyped directing and Katie Holmes' object of lust.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-29-2005 |
Reviews
Lord of This Castlenew
The latest from animation master Hayao Miyazaki is ravishingly beautiful but narratively inferior to all his other flims.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-16-2005 |
Reviews
Bullshitting the Lie Detectornew
What does it take to get on reality TV? David Crosby’s drug record, some Photoshop skills, and a healthy imagination, apparently.
Unanimous Decisionnew
Ron Howard, Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti all shine again in Cinderella Man.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-02-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cinderella Man, Ron Howard
The Dark Lord Speaksnew
George Lucas discusses how Sith compares to Vietnam-era foreign policy in a story filed by film critic Rob Nelson from the Cannes Film Festival.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
05-18-2005 |
Movies
Daddy Dearestnew
An acute observation of the ways in which we fail to communicate marks this French film, which won the screenwriting award at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Agnès Jaoui, Look at Me
Crash Coursenew
Director Paul Haggis and an ensemble of talent -- including actor Matt Dillon -- tackle issues of diversity in a post-9/11 world in their new film. The Phoenix interviews Haggis and Dillon about Crash.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
05-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
