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'Margot at the Wedding' is Imitation-Salingernew
Noah Bambauch makes it easy to dislike his films; problem is, he also makes it easy for New York's media elite to praise them. His deliberate ugliness makes him the Lars Von Trier of Brooklyn and the Hamptons.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Reverend Billy Gets the Doc Treatmentnew
Rob VanAlkemade alternates between deconstructing the conceits behind Reverend Billy's wild-eyed demeanor and exploring the Church's message in a linear fashion. As a result, the movie offers both intriguing portraiture and probing cultural analysis.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
'Mr. Magorium's' Lacks the Stuff to Wow at Any Agenew
Uninspired despite its various attempts to find inspiration, Magorium is itself like a toy: Shiny, mystifying and completely expendable.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
'Redacted' is the Low Point of a Great Artist's Careernew
The media's rush to validate a weak De Palma film continues last year's insanity that overpraised the TV-style docudrama United 93, misconstrued Oliver Stone's great elegy World Trade Center and overrated the outdated 1969 French import Army of Shadows.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Scabby TV Writers Outed By Fake Craigslist Adnew
While 12,000 WGA members walk the picket lines, 80 New York writers email us to take their jobs.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
11-15-2007 |
Movies
'No Country' is a Crime Movie for a World at Warnew
The way the Coen brothers' latest morphs from noir into contemporary-western moral struggle makes it deeper, funnier and even stranger than Fargo.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
'Steal a Pencil for Me': Holocaust Loversnew
Gentle documentary tells a sweetly engaging story amid larger turmoil.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
'Lions for Lambs': Six Characters in Search of Authoritynew
In the best directing of his career, Robert Redford explores national disunity with plenty of star power for backup.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'The Kite Runner' Makes Aghanistan's Politics Provocativenew
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner gets the Marc Forster touch in its film adaptation.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Docs on Costume Wearers Highlight Universal Discomfortnew
Distinct patterns of psychological fragility emerge in Confessions of a Superhero and Darkon.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Bizarro Jerrynew
It's nine years after Seinfeld, and Jerry still isn't master of his domain. What went wrong?
New York Press |
David Blum |
11-01-2007 |
Movies
Veteran New York Director Sidney Lumet Tells it Like it Isnew
Walking a fine line between vintage showbiz insights and contemporary industry know-how, Lumet discusses his latest project, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
BBC America's 'Torchwood' Keeps Sci-Fi Sexynew
In case you haven't heard, Bionic Woman bites -- meanwhile, out in the unfashionable backwaters of cable, another new fantasy series is showing NBC how it should've been done.
New York Press |
Tray Butler |
10-25-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Things We Lost In The Fire': Beauty and the Beastnew
Benicio del Toro outshines Halle Berry in a flawed family film.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-25-2007 |
Reviews
Simon Pegg Falls into the Wrong Material in 'Fat Boy'new
In Run, Fat Boy, Run, playing an out-of-shape security guard who runs a marathon to prove his worthiness to an ex-girlfriend, the great actor just seems pathetic.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Schwimmer, Run, Fat Boy, Run
