AltWeeklies Wire
Dirty Old Man Voyeurismnew
Gus Van Sant still fetishizes skater boys with his stylized images of alienation.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Documentarians at the Gatesnew
The last collaboration of the Maysles brothers, in an HBO look at the Christo/Jeanne-Claude masterpiece.
New York Press |
David Blum |
02-28-2008 |
TV
Car Talknew
American car culture is celebrated in a female-centric road movie, Bonneville.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Bonneville, Christopher N. Rowley
Inconveninent Truthsnew
An earnest attempt to remind us of all those big, bad developers who want to screw up the environment.
New York Press |
Raphaela Weissman |
02-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Laura Dunn, The Unforeseen
Cartoon Courtnew
Chicago 10, Brett Morgen's highly original documentary about the Yippie massacre outside the Democratic National Convention of 1968, reminds us that this isn't the first time vivacity, rather than urgency, dictated activism.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brett Morgen, Chicago 10
Pimping Daughters for Profitnew
A Tudor drama for the teen set depicts the Boleyn girls as privileged noble victims.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-28-2008 |
Reviews
Can't Fake Itnew
Based on Holocaust survivor Adolf Burger's memoir The Devil's Workshop, The Counterfeiters explores a side of the Holocaust we haven't seen before: a concentration camp where prisoners are not subject to ritual violence but psychologically manipulated and forced to compromise their own morals.
New York Press |
Raphaela Weissman |
02-21-2008 |
Reviews
Global Village Slaughterhousenew
In structure and content, The Signal plays out like a cautionary quasi-zombie comedy for screen addicts. The threat lurks on mangled television and radio signals, hence the inescapable doom.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-21-2008 |
Reviews
Insider Artnew
Michael Gondry's cute humor transforms Jack Black and Mos Def into primitive artists.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Kind Rewind, Michael Gondry
One Less Murderernew
Ezra's approach to jungle warfare couldn't be more different from Rambo's.
New York Press |
Benjamin Sutton |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ezra, Newton I. Aduaka
Escapism for Wannabe Rebelsnew
Determined to seduce the teen market, Doug Liman goes for implausible sci-fi scenarios.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Doug Liman, Jumper
Stop Hatin' on the Familynew
Indie films could learn a lesson from populist flicks with a strong family message (and box office appeal).
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Finding Meaning in Romcom Fluffnew
Where The Hottie and the Nottie lingers on a mismatched relationship, Fool's Gold relies on the predictable twists of a remarriage comedy.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-07-2008 |
Reviews
Strike Up the Bandnew
Pretty, resonant and utterly approachable as a gentle comedy, The Band's Visit is conventionally low key.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
02-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Arty Assassinsnew
In a wannabe Tarantino flick, Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s killers talk like actors, not hitmen.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
