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Knocked Outnew
Walk Hard, a derivative mockumentary, may spell the end of Judd Apatow.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-20-2007 |
Reviews
Esther B. Robinson on Danny Williamsnew
Factory and family search for the forgotten filmmaker in A Walk Into the Sea.
New York Press |
Benjamin Sutton |
12-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Look': Stop Watchingnew
Miscalculated experiment critiques surveillance society.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rifkin, Look
'Juno': Pregnant With Feelingnew
Entertaining teen pregnancy comedy bears sharp wit.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
'Youth Without Youth': Techno-Tryoutnew
Coppola's sci-fi love story is uselessly anti-Hollywood.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Will Smith, the Invincible Mannew
Strange pigmentation, ethnic marginalization and a cure for racism: parsing together Will Smith's transformation into a hero.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Believing in Billynew
Billy the Kid, a disarmingly funny and genuinely poignant low-budget documentary, sports old-fashioned comedic charm and the psychological weight of a Freudian wet dream.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy the Kid, Jennifer Venditti
Original Impactnew
John Cusack transforms himself for this effective sob story that brings the war home.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Grace is Gone, James Strouse
Lee Harvey Oswald Continues to Capture the Imaginationnew
Rather than endorsing conspiracy theories, Oswald's Ghost studies them as anger-driven symptoms of cultural obsession.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Oswald's Ghost, Robert Stone
'The Savages': Dying With Laughternew
A black comedy that nearly qualifies as softcore grief porn.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
'Protagonist': Fast, Cheap and Euripidesnew
Intriguing documentary follows the parallel lives of four men.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jessica Yu, Protagonist
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' is Eye-Catchingnew
Schnabel achieves greatness through the incredible accomplishments of a man left with one eye.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
'Mist'-ified Horrornew
Goofy Stephen King adaptation can't balance shock with schlock.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
'August Rush': Visualizing the Invisiblenew
Kirsten Sheridan speaks about her father's influence and the balance between genius and madness.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
11-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: August Rush, Kirsten Sheridan
'I'm Not There' Is Not About Dylan, It's About Haynesnew
Altogether, Todd Haynes' film is a presumptuous act of reverse hubris. No one should expect to be entertained by the story it doesn’t tell or the blind alleys it revisits.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
