AltWeeklies Wire
Chick Flick Goes Eastnew
If the gently amusing Lebanese romcom Caramel primarily intends to neutralize the mass media perception of its home country, then the deed is done.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Sundance Shufflenew
Everyone at the Sundance Film Festival this year agreed: It’s no easy task to tell a good story.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-31-2008 |
Movies
With or Without Younew
Don’t expect something profound, just unfettered fun during a U2 concert in 3-D.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-31-2008 |
Reviews
'How She Move': Thank God for Pop Cinemanew
A dance musical that touches on global politics?
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: How She Move, Ian Iqbal Rashid
'Cloverfield' Exploits National Tragedynew
The game in Cloverfield is to exploit media-memory of 9/11 and encourage moviegoers who were probably in grade school, and not quite senescent at the time, to pretend to relive that terror -- while feeling safely nostalgic.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'The Air I Breathe': Breathless Cyclenew
How many strangely paired actors does it take to ruin a movie?
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jieho Lee, The Air I Breathe
'4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days': There Will Be Abortionnew
Romanian filmmakers haven’t reinvented realism, but most American film critics are too afraid to disagree.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Monster Movie Magicnew
Investigating the J.J. Abrams ploy behind Cloverfield.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Vagina Dentatanew
Indie horror grows hair on its back, teeth in its vag.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth
Holy Rollin' in the Aislesnew
David E. Talbert explores the unholiness of contemporary Black Americans with comedy.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: David E. Talbert, First Sunday
Herione Chicnew
Chick flicks remain the most frightening film genre of them all.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 27 Dresses, Anne Fletcher
A Misanthropic Valentinenew
Woody Allen's slow decline from an inspired modern comic to a pretend expert on homicide.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
Retroactive Revelationnew
It's possible that the greatest horror filmmaker in movie history never cried "Action" on a set. That's because Val Lewton, whose name recalls RKO Pictures' creepiest outings of the 1940s, always served as producer and screenwriter, not director.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-10-2008 |
TV
The Birth Monologuesnew
Producer Ricki Lake on the birth culture of the U.S.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Need for New Scare Tacticsnew
Yet another boring J-horror translation proves we don't do horror right.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eric Valette, One Missed Call
