AltWeeklies Wire
The Revival of the Georgia Film Industrynew
Georgia's once popular native filmmaking business has undergone dramatic accelerations and reversals worthy of any car chase scene. A new state law and the work of filmmakers like Ray McKinnon could signal a creative upswing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ray McKinnon, Randy & the Mob
Animation Film Tweaks Horror Clichesnew
If not as clever as you'd hope, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit amusingly tweaks horror flick clichés while constructing some brilliant slapstick set pieces.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Perceptive Film Ponders Society's Illsnew
Though a little heavy on the wispy indie-rock expression of melancholia, Thumbsucker embraces a wide range of people and their problems, leaving you with a lasting warm glow.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Mills, Thumbsucker
Quirky Road Trip Takes Melancholy Turnnew
Rather than aiming to please, the film expects a certain patience on the viewer's part as it ambles and slowly shifts from an often forced quirkiness to a bone-deep melancholy. That change of tack proves worth waiting for.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-06-2005 |
Reviews
Who is That Masked Woman?new
MirrorMask's dream world looks like the last place you'd want to visit and never conveys a sense of its rules or makes a firm connection to the real world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Dave McKean, MirrorMask
Sci-Fi Nail-Biternew
Serenity remains a four-star experience for anyone familiar with "Firefly," and the sheer novelty of seeing a space opera with smart dialogue and credible characters will leave audiences floating on air.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
The Plight of Childrennew
Roman Polanski offers a flawed but harrowing, empathetic view of the world seen through the eyes of its most powerless and invisible citizens. Oliver Twist's salvation comes at a great cost.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Oliver Twist, Roman Polanski
Viggo Mortensen is Compromised Hero in Cronenberg Thrillernew
A History of Violence, as its title implies, is a profound examination of a world divided into "good" and "bad," where we reflexively cheer on the "right" kind of violence and recoil at the "wrong" kind.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Film Loses Something in Translation from Stage to Screennew
Ideas treated so passionately in David Auburn's play -- like the thin line separating madness and genius, for instance -- are hardly given the focus they deserve in John Madden's truncated Proof.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Madden, Proof
Thin Movie Has Some Lovely Bonesnew
Tim Burton's loose reenactment of a Russian folk tale seems a bit blase about mortality, treating it as no more menacing than an uninvited party guest.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Three Segments Imagine Different Outcomes for Filmnew
November was shot on digital video, and with its eerie technological sputters and fishbowl moodiness of glum blue-green light, it manages to achieve Seven-like atmosphere on a surprisingly low budget.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Harrison, November
Undead Romantic Comedynew
The huggable stars and unusual plot twist deserve more than the thin script and flat jokes: The angels mostly frown on Just Like Heaven.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Losing Their Waynew
The filmmakers' lack of self-consciousness in depicting Kumbh Mela, a spiritual journey that attracts millions, through a tourists' filter speaks volumes to their naiveté and distance from the event they so clearly long to honor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-15-2005 |
Reviews
Film Has Been in Time Warp Itselfnew
It's hard to hate a film with red-faced dinosaur baboons, but to rescue A Sound of Thunder, we'd need to go back in time and give the director some special effects that don't suck.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Arab-Western Relations Play Out in the Bedroomnew
For all her film's self-awareness and moments of soft-core romantic ecstasy, Director Sally Potter is also profoundly insightful about the various tensions that define our lives, which her two mismatched lovers so beautifully illustrate.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Sally Potter, Yes
