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'Pushing Daisies' is a Dark Cartoonnew
So far, the show is hard to predict, and in the copycat world of network TV, that's a good thing.
New York Press |
David Goldman |
10-18-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Who Will Be Michael Bloomberg's Veep?new
The name most often mentioned by insiders is Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican who has become one of the leading critics of the Iraq War and President George W. Bush's management of the military.
New York Press |
Edward-Isaac Dovere |
10-18-2007 |
Politics
'Murder Party' Kills Kids with Humor & Mayhemnew
"I guess the only real issue I have with hipsters and scenesters is intellectual snobbery. It drives me nuts," says director Jeremy Salnier. "Murder Party aims to take their scene and dumb it down with slapstick gags and gratuitous gore."
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeremy Saulnier, Murder Party
'Gone Baby Gone': Mean Streetsnew
Irish-American street life and working-class misery are always easy excuses for over acting.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
'Wristcutters': Death & Pizzanew
Imaginative afterlife story gets mundane on the big screen.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
White Lies: Why Critics Don't Get Tyler Perrynew
Most critics don't "get" Tyler Perry basically because most critics are whites who are not only clueless about Perry's African-American culture, but unsympathetic to his particular expression.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-18-2007 |
Reviews
If Michael Bloomberg Ran for Presidentnew
Don't buy the denials -- we deconstruct the mayor's secret plan to run for (and win) the presidency.
New York Press |
Edward-Isaac Dovere |
10-18-2007 |
Politics
Architecture in Helsinki Strengthens its Long-distance Relationshipsnew
Though a sense of place has lately provided the single greatest source of inspiration for singer Cameron Bird, the thousands of miles and oceans separating his band mates and him have only fortified their musical ties.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Who Exactly is Listening to Of Montreal?new
There remains nothing likable about a fancy boy who's so sensitive that his life gets muddled by marriage and fatherhood. Pained self-obsession, however, looks good on frontman Kevin Barnes.
New York Press |
J. R. Taylor |
10-12-2007 |
Reviews
Sarah Silverman, Devastatingly Cute and Vice Versanew
In the first two second season episodes, Silverman's character takes a joyful trip down memory lane reliving her past abortions, sympathizes with a guy who had to give up crack and rigorously defends her right to lick a dog's anus. It's sick, stupid, brilliant and the bravest sitcom on TV.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
10-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Anton Corbijn on His Biopic of Joy Division's Ian Curtisnew
"Control is about a boy -- where we see his dream and what happens when it turns out to be different than he thinks," Corbijn explains about his first feature film.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
Documentary Captures the Katrina Refugee Experience in Utahnew
In his second feature film, director Alex LeMay attempts to answer the question: What do you get when you take a nearly all-white state filled primarily with Mormons and add 600 black Hurricane Katrina refugees?
New York Press |
Nida Najar |
10-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex LeMay, Desert Bayou
Hear it From Golda Meirnew
In Golda’s Balcony, the eponymous subject spends the full running time talking to herself. This being filmed theater, it’s clear we’re not dealing with a weirdly nostalgic case of schizophrenia, but I wouldn’t reject the possibility that the entire movie takes place inside Israel’s most iconic prime minister’s head.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Golda's Balcony, Jeremy Kagan
Naturalism Meets Superstition in 'Khadak'new
The filmmakers capitalize on the poetic quality of the nearly wordless movie’s storybook images, but they don’t fetishize the culture; rather, they view it through an honest lens by taking the superstitious elements at face value.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-11-2007 |
Reviews
Amir Bar-Lev Parses the Paintnew
He uncovers the dirty secrets of a child art prodigy in My Kid Could Paint That.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
10-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
