AltWeeklies Wire
Bollywood's Terrorism Masalanew
Bollywood's colorful, multi-genre musicals serve up their most interesting protagonist yet, the singing, dancing terrorist.
Boston Phoenix |
Seetha Narayan |
11-26-2008 |
Movies
'Crawford': An Online History Lessonnew
David Modigliani's self-made documentary about G.W.'s adopted Texas home town is the first full-length release for Hulu.com.
Boston Phoenix |
Julia Rappaport |
10-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Time Warp' Gives Us a Scientific Slowdownnew
A new Discovery Channel series slows down ordinary, and extraordinary, events using high-speed stroboscopic photography.
Boston Phoenix |
Cassandra Landry |
10-23-2008 |
TV
Our Worst President's On-Screen Legacynew
The War on Terror might not have brought about the end of irony, but it sure put a damper on parody. So except for sporadic bits, Bush got a free pass not only from the news media but also from the world of entertainment.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-16-2008 |
Movies
'W.' Gets a Bnew
Maybe it's because Sarah Palin has put the bar so low, but Oliver Stone's Bush seems to have credibility, and he evokes sympathy.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-16-2008 |
Reviews
Paul Newman, 1925-2008new
Paul Newman, who died last weekend at the age of 83, was that rarest of creatures, a movie star who turned himself into a great actor.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-02-2008 |
Movies
Simon Pegg's Radioactive Risenew
The Shaun of the Dead star on losing friends, alienating people, and wanking off to Gillian Anderson.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Michel |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fall TV Flies Without Pilotsnew
New fall series are traditionally unveiled to advertisers in May and TV critics in July, but not this year.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
09-11-2008 |
TV
Tags: TV, fall preview
Autumn Peeves: Fall Films Have Full Agendasnew
This is an election year, after all, and those trying to escape the issues are just going to have to stay home and watch all the campaign ads on TV.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-11-2008 |
Movies
Tags: fall films
Does the Recent Surge of Stoner Movies Mean America is Going to Pot?new
Marijuana movies are a hot genre right now -- Knocked Up, Harold & Kumar (both Go to White Castle and Escape from Guantanamo Bay), and Superbad have made piles of green at the box office. Just this past week, Pineapple Express topped the box office at $12.5 million, a record for a Wednesday opening in August. And those are just the obvious offenders.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-14-2008 |
Movies
The Rise of the Minisodenew
I spent 25 minutes with the Minisode Network on YouTube, and realized: The minisode is its own thing, a kind of minimal, calligraphic rendition of the original story, rather illuminating in the spareness of its strokes.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
07-31-2008 |
TV
Sid and Marty Krofft Show MySpace How Psychedelia’s Really Donenew
With a movie version of the Kroffts' Land of the Lost (starring Will Ferrell) due out in 2009, Sid and Marty are trying to woo a new demo by partnering with MySpace TV.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-31-2008 |
TV
The Creators of 'The Wire' Take on Iraq in 'Generation Kill'new
Generation Kill transforms Iraq from a theoretical problem into something you feel in your gut. Plus, an interview with the HBO series creators Dave Simon and Ed Burns.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-10-2008 |
TV
Werner Herzog Ponders the Last Place on Earthnew
Speaking to the legendary German filmmaker is like speaking to God -- a crazy and pessimistic God, perhaps, but one capable of making divine films.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
07-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Traces of the Trade' Examines One Woman's Blood Moneynew
While searching her family's proud genealogy, a New England filmmaker discovered that her ancestors sold slaves.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
06-26-2008 |
TV
