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Taking on the Clichesnew
'The Cabin in the Woods' features fine scares--and a thought-provoking puzzle
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-20-2012 |
Reviews
Shining a Light on Bullyingnew
'Bully' -- controversial before it was released -- tells heartbreaking stories about a big problem.
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
04-18-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: Bully, Bully review
Milquetoast Passion: Nicholas Sparks’s Tear-Stained Cheese
From a casting perspective, Zac Ephron is the ideal embodiment of vanilla American mediocrity to stand in as Logan, a politically ambiguous Iraq war vet who stalks a woman whose photo he finds on the battlefield.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
04-17-2012 |
Reviews
Ross McElwee talks his latest film, his Full Frame program and his sonnew
"Savor the experience of sitting in that dark room with other strangers and relating to a world that is not completely your own—in some ways, the opposite of Facebook."
INDY Week |
Craig D. Lindsey |
04-15-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bobcat Goldthwait's Voice Has Changednew
Working outside the Hollywood bubble, the stand-up vet is making comedies in his own register. God Bless!
The Village Voice |
Karina Longworth |
04-13-2012 |
Movies
For Jesse Owens, What Happened After the Olympics Is Its Own Storynew
The son of Alabama sharecroppers and grandson of a slave, Jesse Owens won a record four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Five months later, he was racing a gelding for money on a dirt track in Cuba.
Polish film In Darkness Digs Deeper into WWII anti-Semitismnew
In Darkness is an unhappy portrait of humanity flailing about in the sewers, and things didn't get much worse than Poland and Ukraine in 1943: Virtually all of the 200,000 Jews in the vicinity of Lvov were annihilated.
Health Care's Problems, and Possible Solutions, in Two Filmsnew
While we wait for the Supreme Court to declare whether the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, The Waiting Room and Escape Fire remind us that our health care system is an enormous scam and scandal of very long standing.
Tags: The Waiting Room
Fruits of Their Labornew
'Harvest' makes stars of immigrant workers and small winery owners.
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
04-10-2012 |
Movies
Every parent's nightmare in We Need to Talk About Kevinnew
The bulk of Kevin is art house horror; Swinton confers its humanity.
A Darker Oznew
Maybe it's the freakishly dyed and poofed hair of the TV personalities hosting the games, but there's a bit of dystopian Oz going on the film adaptation of "The Hunger Games." But then, when you really think about it, Oz may have been in Technicolor, but it was definitely a creepy place.
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
04-06-2012 |
Reviews
Problem Childnew
Starring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller as Kevin.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
'Coriolanus' is a captivating, timely directorial debut by Ralph Fiennesnew
Social and economic inequality set the cinematic stage in Coriolanus, a highly-inspired adaptation of William Shakespeare's early 17th century play, which, in many ways, parallels the protest movement against governmental power tripping that began in New York City late last year and has since spread across the U.S.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
By the Gods, Titans is much more fun the second time aroundnew
Wrath of the Titans (***) is one of those rare sequels that handily surpasses its predecessor. Admittedly, the 2010 version of Clash of the Titans was not the hardest act to follow up — indeed, the mere notion of a follow-up wasn’t entirely encouraging — but the new film is a happy surprise.
YES! Weekly |
Mark Burger |
04-05-2012 |
Reviews
'Medora': A found documentarynew
Best known for their work with 'Found' magazine, Davy Rothbart and Andrew Cohn are finishing up a documentary about basketball and the death of the small town.
