AltWeeklies Wire
Got Faith?new
Catholic kitsch from Mexico (Guadalupe) makes one appreciate Mel Gibson's showmanship in Apocalypto.
Warming Up?new
Al Gore is not going to run for president again -- not in 2008, not ever.
When Bondage Was Innocentnew
Two films inspire nostalgia for sexual discretion.
Wild Turksnew
The gutter punk romance Head On reinvigorates European cinema.
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
Black Woman Risingnew
Tyler Perry, a star of the black gospel theater circuit, plays three roles in this tale of a woman's liberation from a vicious, no-good, two-timing rascal of a husband.
The Year of Mel Gibson and Michael Moorenew
Was this really the year when the two most significant movies -- though hardly the best -- were a pious Biblical epic and a caterwauling political broadside? Yep, it was.
