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'The First Basket' Expores Jewish Basketball Playersnew
There was a time, strange as it might seem, when short Jewish men dominated the world of basketball.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Steve Cohen |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Vyorst, The First Basket
Troops, I Did It Againnew
Brian De Palma's Redacted shows war imagery because the media won't.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
'Culture' Crashnew
What Strange Culture says about art, politics and paranoia in post-9/11 America.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jerry Seinfeld Waxes Nostalgic About 'Bee Movie'new
"You can't imagine what it's like when Steven Spielberg gets excited by something you say," he says. "It's intoxicating."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tami Fertig |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thug Love?new
American Gangster both condemns and lionizes drug kingpin Frank Lucas.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
11-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'Reservation Road' Hits a Dead Endnew
Men have a hard time with feelings. This seems to be the major revelation in Reservation Road, a big ol' masculine melodrama about loss, grief and guilt.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
10-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
'Control' Pays Quiet Tribute to Ian Curtisnew
Bleakly beautiful and elegantly sparse, Anton Corbijn's Control is as rigorously sober and yet filled with emotion as the best of Joy Division's songs.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
10-30-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
Dark & Dirty Reign Supreme at the New York Film Festivalnew
The festival may pride itself on its exclusivity, but this year's programming showed a distinct predilection for the company of lowlifes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
10-16-2007 |
Movies
Rosita Youngblood Fights to Save Her Film Billnew
The Pennsylvania state rep's bill would force film companies to give a percent to state charities before they can receive their tax credits.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mary F. Patel |
10-02-2007 |
Movies
'Into the Wild': Force of Naturenew
Penn's previous movies as a director have been unfailingly pretentious, but Into the Wild is altogether different, a unified, long-haul work that is rarely caught straining for effect.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
10-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
The Action-Packed 'Kingdom' Misfiresnew
Peter Berg's film feels too rote and near-Rambo in its simplistic portrait of a foreign policy disaster as easily remedied with a few well-placed brutal killings.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
'The Hunting Party' is On the Wrong Tracknew
The film has less luck finding the right tone than its heroes have locating their quarry.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party
'Manda Bala' is a Chilling Look at Brazilian Kidnappingnew
Kidnapping, corruption and frog farming find common ground in this assured first film from 28-year-old documentary filmmaker Jason Kohn.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jason Kohn, Manda Bala
'The Brave One' is 'Death Wish' for the NPR Crowdnew
The film doesn't raise any questions about vigilantism or social comeuppance that haven't already been asked by dramas dealing with the checks and balances of legality and morality.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
09-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, The Brave One
Peter Fonda Re-invents Himself for '3:10 to Yuma'new
One moment he's talking about Easy Rider, and the next he's making comments about George W. Bush that might get him arrested were the tape of our interview to fall into the wrong hands.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
09-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
