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Moyer Than a Feelingnew
Antelope's singer brings a punk attitude to the band's restrained music.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-23-2007 |
Reviews
It's a Fee Countrynew
Michael Moore wannabe James D. Scurlock takes on an incendiary topic for his feature debut, but instead of becoming outraged, you might just end up rolling your eyes at the mawkishness of his approach.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: James D. Scurlock, Maxed Out
Depth From Abovenew
The film's political commentary is far from subtle, but it's offered with winning good humor.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bong Joon-ho, The Host
Continental Congressnew
If you're only going to see one Thai romance-Western -- and who knows where to find another? -- make it this one.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Smarter Starternew
More sitcom than film, but light and sweet.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Starter for 10, Tom Vaughan
Death Metal Takes a Holidaynew
Justin Broadrick uses Jesu to voice both pain and optimism.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-09-2007 |
Reviews
The Kid Stays in the Picturenew
Wallis is the first biographer to really bring Billy to life.
Washington City Paper |
Allen Barra |
03-09-2007 |
Nonfiction
Everybody Is All-Americannew
Andersen hasn't created something new in regard to the American historical novel, but he has presented it in a new (gas)light.
Washington City Paper |
Allen Barra |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Heyday, Kurt Andersen
Neighborhood Watchnew
Avenue Montaigne doesn't argue that all the world's a stage, just that a few blocks of Paris can be a setting that fully contains one charmed little world.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Hot and Bothersomenew
Writer-director Craig Brewer hasn't exactly made a traditional grindhouse film, though -- you see, this one's a grindhouse film with heart.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Numb and Numbernew
One expects more from Carrey, a comedian who until now has painstakingly chosen his forays into pathos.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Joel Schumacher, The Number 23
Not-So-Jolly Ranchernew
If the movie were at least partially satirical, its implausibilities wouldn't nag -- but it isn't, and they do
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Eastern State of Mindnew
Though his film is set in the '80s, von Donnersmarck dislikes Soviet-era nostalgia.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Daddy Dearestnew
For all the intelligence and care that Clinch has brought to getting the story right, Finn's final moral -- that racism is hateful and self-consuming -- feels shopworn.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Athitakis |
02-23-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Finn, Jon Clinch
Buggin' Outnew
The Lives of Others traffics in a virtue too many art-house directors fear: optimism.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
