AltWeeklies Wire
From the streets of Baltimore to Sesame Street, Kevin Clash has spent a lifetime Being Elmonew
Elmo is warm, curious and affectionate, seemingly a reflection of the talented artist who supplies his voice.
No, John Waters, Kaboom is not one of the best films of the yearnew
When I saw that director and Baltimorean John Waters had drawn up his own for the top films of 2011 for Art Forum, I perked up.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
01-02-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
How to Become a Registered Tour Guidenew
Do you think Charleston became Conde Nast Traveler's top tourist destination by hiring tour guides off the street? Chances are, most of us have a few friends who are fine to slug a beer with, but they're not exactly the faces of our city that tourists should see.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
12-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Charleston Tour Guides
Spies in the House of Artnew
The ten best films of 2011.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-30-2011 |
Movies
Tags: Best Movies of 2011
Charlize Theron stands steadfast in uncomfortable dark comedy Young Adultnew
It's taken screenwriter Diablo Cody (Showtime's United States of Tara) a few years to get the memo, but in her latest film, Young Adult, it looks as if she's started paying attention to some of the constructive criticism aimed straight at her hipster heart.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
Pointless Projectnew
The absence of Noomi Rapace is painfully felt in the American remake of 'Dragon Tattoo'
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
The Adventures of Tintinnew
Before Temple of Doom, Ninja Turtles, and Calvin and Hobbes, there were Hergé's tenacious, cow-licked, ever-so-mildly-androgynous Belgian boy reporter and his intrepid white fox terrier.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
Playing Dress-Upnew
This new seriesis a wish-fulfillment fantasy for ordinary teen girls who think they just might wind up in the glamorous fashion industry one day.
San Antonio Current |
Dean Robbins |
12-30-2011 |
TV
Tags: Jane By Design
The Best Movies of 2011new
Apes, black birds and dinosaurs rise to the top.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout, Rob Boylan and William Goss |
12-30-2011 |
Reviews
The Year of Lifenew
With the vibrancy of 2011, who says cinema is dead?
North Bay Bohemian |
Richard von Busack |
12-29-2011 |
Movies
Tags: Almodovar, Best Films of 2011
The Search for the Perfect Punk Pornnew
It’s a subculture that’s jamming an industry that, by some estimates, swallows a full quarter of all web searches every day. So how "alt" is alt-porn?
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mark Teo |
12-27-2011 |
Movies
We Bought a Zoo wins prize for most mediocre, heartwarming family filmnew
Considering that Cameron Crowe has practically grown up along with his films, seeing him pull a hack move and direct the painfully middlebrow We Bought a Zoo isn't that much of a surprise.
Film Review: War Horsenew
Horses came galloping across the screen in the very first narrative film, The Great Train Robbery (1903), and it was a horse that Eadweard Muybridge photographed in the 1880s in still frames that, strung together, pioneered the illusion of motion pictures.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-23-2011 |
Reviews
Hazanavicius’ ode to cinema is a colorful story in black and whitenew
Disturbed that their marriage is falling apart, Doris Valentin (Penelope Ann Miller) says to her husband, “We have to talk, George.” However, George (Jean Dujardin) cannot talk, not merely because he is a defective spouse or even because he is a star of the silent screen; George does not speak to Doris, or anyone else, because he lives within a zestfully endearing silent movie.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-22-2011 |
Reviews
David Fincher’s talented fingerprints are all over new Dragon Tattoonew
From the start of the opening credits two-time Academy Award-nominated director David Fincher (The Social Network) wants everyone to know the new adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first book of the widely-popular Stieg Larsson series, is a Fincher film.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
12-22-2011 |
Reviews
