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'Babies'new
Filmmaker Thomas Balmes contrasts the lives of privileged babies with those in the developing world.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Harry Kloman |
05-10-2010 |
Reviews
Home Field Advantage: Inside 'Friday Night Lights'new
A look at the first-string cast, crew, and city that have made Friday Night Lights a television playmaker season after season.
Austin Chronicle |
Belinda Acosta |
04-29-2010 |
TV
Tags: NBC, Friday Night Lights
Sac Attack: The Story of Animal Collective's Mindbending Filmnew
The movie Oddsac is an aptly-titled grab bag of headfucking psychedelia directed by Danny Perez and starring, scored by- and jointly conceptualized with the indie rock band Animal Collective.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
04-19-2010 |
Movies
'Tattoo" is a Thrilling First Installment in Three-Part Seriesnew
Based on the first of Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy series, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo sets a high bar for the two already-finished sequels to follow.
Boise Weekly |
Jeremiah Wierenga |
04-14-2010 |
Reviews
Crescent City Rising: David Simon Takes on Post-Katrina New Orleansnew
How will critics, bloggers and discriminating fans judge Treme, coming from the creators of The Wire, which some of us consider the greatest TV drama of all time?
Tags: David Simon
'Treme': Do You Know What It Means?new
Treme is David Simon's first ongoing dramatic series since Wire ended in 2008, and from the first episode, it's got the potential to be another sweeping look at the struggles of a community that's been left behind by the rest of the world.
Houston Press |
Daniel Carlson |
04-12-2010 |
TV
Tags: David Simon, New Orleans
NYU's Snuff Filmnew
A campus-wide clampdown on last year's student film death won't keep us from giving you the whole picture.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
04-08-2010 |
Movies
Playing with Himself: Spalding on Spalding in Soderbergh's Latestnew
In And Everything Is Going Fine, the insightful new documentary directed by Steven Soderbergh, Spalding Gray tells stories about his troubled family, his creative process and what he called poetic journalism.
Boise Weekly |
Gavin Dahl |
04-07-2010 |
Reviews
'The Runaways': Rock 'n' Roll Herstorynew
Floria Sigismondi has composed an artfully condensed cinematic snapshot that mercifully avoids most of the pitfalls of the celebrity biopic.
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Fisch |
04-07-2010 |
Reviews
Aussie Noir Crackles: Filmmaking Duo Prove Deserving Heirs to Coen Bros.
Kicking off with a wicked little short film called "Spider," sibling filmmakers Nash and Joel Edgerton announce their ability to shock you in a way you've not quite been surprised before.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-05-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Nash Edgerton, The Square
Lady Reporters XXX: Hollywood's Clichéd Female Journalistsnew
This propensity for “really getting to know one’s source” isn’t extended to male journalists in the movies. Frost doesn’t bang Nixon.
Weekly Alibi |
John Bear |
03-30-2010 |
TV
Myth Calculation: Review of 'Clash of the Titans'
Clash of the Titans' 21st-century remake sacrifices fantasy for empty spectacle.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-30-2010 |
Reviews
The Ann Arbor Film Festival: Bringing indie film to Mitten Masses for 48 Yearsnew
It's pretty safe to say that Michigan isn't exactly wanting for film festivals. In fact, the damn things are popping up like dandelions. If you throw a dart at a calendar, you're bound to hit a week when an ethnic or special interest group is screening flicks for local moviegoers.
Metro Times |
Jeff Meyers |
03-30-2010 |
Movies
Low Motive: Thomas Haden Church Goes Dark
More a black comedy than the intended "neo-noir" that newbie auteur Jake Goldberger aspires to, Don McKay is a droll little independent flick for audiences with dark tastes.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
03-29-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Don McKay, Jake Goldberger
Playing Our Culture’s Stupid Narcissism For Laughsnew
Pretty Wild, E!’s latest effort to document the strange and beautiful life forms that inhabit the least-charted latitudes of Fame, is as real as a fake boob — which is to say it’s the most accurate and illuminating depiction of how we live now currently airing on TV.
Hartford Advocate |
Greg Beato |
03-26-2010 |
TV
