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Charm Shitty
In an undistinguished reality-TV style, Ewing and Grady never rise above condescension.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
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The Molar Express
It's true: Motorcycles make you look cool, even if you're an old man who can't hear too well, goes on and on with his stories and statistics and ends every other sentence with "And Bob's your uncle."
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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Girl Gone Wilde
For this unnecessary cinematic update, director Mike Barker made a few unwise choices.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-03-2006 |
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Scents and Sensibility
I hate the digital camera -- I never use a digital camera!
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
A History of Violins
A humane and humanizing look at the guts of the symphonic orchestra, this film is also a feast of sound.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-03-2006 |
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Life Isn't Beautiful
Does Fateless clear the bar already set by previous Holocaust accounts? Yes, but in a paradoxical way -- by pretending that the bar isn't there
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-03-2006 |
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Race to the Finish
It's weird that this story of love appears to be threaded with an undercurrent of hate.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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Feeble Attraction
Imagine this: that an all-consuming, 'til-death-do-us-part love affair gets under way in even less time than it takes the Brokeback boys to get it on.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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Grit and Polish
Removed from Merchant Ivory's upholstered interiors, the not-quite-romance seems nearly as grand as the world's conflicts.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-20-2006 |
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Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Jersey Barriers
This gritty and heartbreaking film interweaves the stories of three teenage girls living in the most crime-ridden parts of Jersey City.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-20-2006 |
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Martyrs and Miracles
This film is competent, but for any except the church-basement crowd, the theme will probably be a deal-breaker.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
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How the West Was Wan
The New World accepts more of the Pocahontas legend than might be expected, responding not with a countermyth but with lyricism and ambiguity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
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Very Little Sex, Please -- We're British
Though not without moments of BBC-sitcom appeal, this undertaking is essentially lifeless.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
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Fool Britannia
The violence is more convincing than the eroticism, but both are pallid.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
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Fowl Out
Writer-director Dani Menkin's film seeks to prove how normal its subject is -- only in an exceptional, life-affirming way.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-13-2006 |
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