AltWeeklies Wire
Cash to Live Onnew
The Nazis offer prisoners a chance to survive concentration camps if they help replicate western currencies.
Guest Appearancesnew
An Arab orchestra finds itself stranded in a small Israeli town, whose warm-hearted residents take in the musicians for the night.
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Behind the Veilnew
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's animated memoir about growing up in Iran before and after the Islamic revolution.
Several Good Reasons to See The Savagesnew
Most of the picture succeeds handsomely, but if there is a reason to see this film, it's Laura Linney's performance.
Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Blood Moneynew
Emotionally dissatisfying as it ultimately is, There Will Be Blood is nonetheless a defensible work of art. It is long (two hours and 38 minutes), but it's not tedious. Anderson keeps us watching, our hope, perhaps, sustaining us through the hopelessness on screen
Family Treenew
One wonders if Noah Baumbach didn't come to Margot at the Wedding with inadequate material to flesh out an entire feature. Some parts just don't hold together.
No Exitnew
No Country for Old Men is a showcase of brilliant, minimalist acting, a visual masterpiece and an uncomfortable philosophical challenge.
Abstract Reasoningnew
A film's exploration into the authenticity of 4-year-old Marla Olmstead's paintings raises the thorny question of how we judge abstract art.
Lunar Eclipsenew
In the Shadow of the Moon celebrates the triumphs of the American space program, but leaves out some crucial background.
Blasfilmersnew
The Ten is an ostensible comedy, ostensibly based on the Ten Commandments. There's not really a sustained laugh in the whole movie.
Tags: David Wain, The Ten
'No End in Sight': Heckuva Job, Bushienew
Charles Ferguson gives us a despairing documentary about disastrous mismanagement.
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
'Superbad': Nerd Mentalitynew
Three young men scheme their way toward social acceptance, popularity and maybe even female companionship.
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
'Moliere': Acting Classesnew
Laurent Tirard's new romantic comedy endeavors to imagine the formative years in Moliere's life the way John Madden's Shakespeare in Love treated the great English bard in his youth.
Tags: Laurent Tirard, Moliere
'Golden Door': The Dream of Americanew
Simply different, and often memorably beautiful -- moviegoers who prefer narrative straightforwardness and clarity will likely be dissatisfied while fans of the visual arts may come away enthralled.
Tags: Emanuele Crialese, Golden Door
Auto Focusnew
John Goodman and Ron Mann discuss Ed Roth's influence as a visionary and his life as an overgrown kid hooked on cars.
Gambit |
Will Coviello |
09-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ron Mann, Tales of the Rat Fink
