AltWeeklies Wire
Contemporary French Horror Comes of Age with 'Inside''s Female Villainnew
With 2007's Inside, undistributed in the U.S. and out this week on DVD, France has finally made a horror movie of which it can be proud.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
'Flawless' Isn'tnew
It's a pity that even escapist genre fiction stoops to having a message these days.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Flawless, Michael Radford
Living Through Thisnew
Andre Techine's latest takes an intimate look at a different generation of survivors.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
04-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: André Téchiné, The Witnesses
Bi Sci-Finew
BBC's gleefully bonkers Torchwood returns born-again queer hard for its second season.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Back Door Draftnew
Nearly a decade after Boys Don't Cry, writer/director Kimberly Peirce returns with another disquietly American story.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Hadden |
04-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Little Melvin Williams Is Not Who He Played On 'The Wire'new
Though the former gangster, whose public redemption was aided by his Wire appearances as a man of God, says he's cleaned up his act, he still considers himself a "world-class gambler."
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
03-25-2008 |
TV
David Simon: 'The Wire' Exit Interviewnew
The Baltimore-set and -shot series that debuted in 2002 is officially over following this past Sunday night's series finale. It's over. Finished. Kaput. Long live The Wire.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-12-2008 |
TV
In the Hacknew
Filmmaker Bernard Threatt flags down "illegal" rides -- with his camera in tow.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
03-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Launching Legacy Film Festivalnew
Last fall, Jasmine Richardson and Laura Green decided to launch a minority film festival in Baltimore. Some six months later and the pair has realized it's not only possible, but it's happening.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-04-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Legacy Film Festival
Growing Wildnew
Another visit to Brazil's slums tries to show how gun-toting boys become men.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
03-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: City of Men, Paulo Morelli
The CW Cancels 'Girlfriends'new
When it's all said and done, I believe Girlfriends was one of the most important African-American shows to ever grace the television screen and I think it's worth having a proper sendoff. So here goes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
02-26-2008 |
TV
Zombie Nationnew
It's the living that's unsettling about The Living Dead.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Berndt |
02-19-2008 |
Movies
The Lebanese 'Fried Green Tomatoes'new
It's nothing we haven't seen before, women in joyous, sensual solidarity that's only slightly marred by the preservative tang of a manufactured moment. But there's something about the mise-en-scene that erodes our reluctance to sink into whatever this luxuriant movie has to offer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
02-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
Myth Guidednew
Woody Allen's latest Greek allusions don't add up to much.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Haddon |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
Ground Zeronew
Cloverfield turns attacking New York into mass-market Hollywood entertainment.
Baltimore City Paper |
Evan Guilfoyle |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
