Washington City Paper

Death Is on the Air

This film's great achievement is that it makes you face the gloomiest facts of life head-on--and then lets you walk out with a smile.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 06-16-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Robert Altman, A Prairie Home Companion

Pretension Headache

The Drift offers no release from its monolithic depression.

Washington City Paper | David Dunlap Jr. | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Scott Walker, The Drift

Well Put Together

This film is realistic and honest.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up

Spoiler Alert

The real treat of this flawed yet charming film is watching Lightning's transformation as he learns about friendship and compassion.

Washington City Paper | Jason Powell | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: cars, John Lasseter

Once Upon a Tile

Sadler achieves a delicacy that seems almost Asian, framing carefully, lighting beautifully, and moving the narrative forward with gentle nudges rather than the shoves more common in American cinema.

Washington City Paper | Mark Jenkins | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Doug Sadler, Swimmers

Junk/Culture

Clean relies more on texture, mood, and allusiveness than narrative propulsion.

Washington City Paper | Mark Jenkins | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean

Tween Hell and High Water

How many soap-operatic experiences can even a bunch of adolescent boys go through in 94 minutes?

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Michael Cuesta, Twelve and Holding

Damned Kids!

Surprisingly, the utter lack of spookiness of the contemporary Damien in John Moore's remake of the 1976 classic doesn't entirely damn this latest in the seemingly never-ending parade of redos.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 06-12-2006 | Reviews

Tags: The Omen, John Moore

Q and Not A

Should a talented journalist be prizing uncertainty over answers?

Washington City Paper | Dave Jamieson | 06-12-2006 | Nonfiction

Tags: A Death in Belmont, sebastian junger

Death of a Salesman

Julius Adelman waited years for his customers to pay off their refrigerators, dish sets, and linens. His son Steve waited much longer for his father's alleged killers to face justice.

Washington City Paper | Jason Cherkis | 06-09-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Poise II Men

At first, Kehinde Wiley's art appears conspicuously populist. Or crassly commercial. Or maybe just plain tacky.

Washington City Paper | Jeffry Cudlin | 06-09-2006 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Memory Pictures

Although Shimon Attie is meticulous about his process, he seems to view art as a generalist, conceptualist activity -- not exactly sketching statuary at the Palazzo Barberini.

Washington City Paper | Jeffry Cudlin | 06-09-2006 | Art

Tags: visual arts