AltWeeklies Wire
City Hellnew
I Am Legend, the third film based on Richard Matheson's 1954 science fiction novel, moves as speedily as the infected freaks who terrorize the story's apparent last man standing.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Bringing Up Maybenew
Juno's buzz will likely become tiring in the coming months, but there's no denying that the film itself is remarkably fresh.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
'Atonement': Error-Borne Illnessnew
Vanessa Redgrave's appearance reawakens the film, both because of the actress' exquisite ability with subtle emotion and a plot turn that reframes much of what you've just watched. For both the character and the filmmakers, atonement is achieved.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
Fun and Gunnew
Charles Nelson Reilly's one-man show, The Life of Reilly, is a blast, but Hitman mostly shoots blanks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
A Nation’s Statenew
In its 18th year, the Washington Jewish Film Festival stays close to the promised land.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-29-2007 |
Movies
'Love in the Time of Cholera' Challenges Directornew
An inconsistent director, Mike Newell has succeeded with The Good Father and Donnie Brasco and flopped with Enchanted April and Mona Lisa Smile.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
War Zones of Contentionnew
The battlefields of Iraq and Uganda don't quite get their due in Redacted and War/Dance.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Comfortably Dumbnew
The directors of Southland Tales and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium like 'em big and stupid.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
'War/Dance': Repair for Battlenew
Husband-and-wife filmmakers find a bright spot in a Ugandan war zone.
Washington City Paper |
Maura Judkis |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: War/Dance, Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
'Fred Claus': Ho-Ho-Humnew
Never once does this big spangly artificial tree of a movie look or smell natural.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Fred Claus
'Romance and Cigarettes': Bada-Bing, Gotta Dancenew
This intentionally unglamorous romp boasts a big-name cast, a brash disregard for mainstream expectations, and one paramount insight: Real men like pussy. If the word makes you recoil, this movie isn't for you.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
'For the Bible Tells Me So,' 'Mr. Untouchable,' and 'Kurt Cobain About a Son': To Blur With Lovenew
Three new docs offer sincere but fuzzy portraits of homophobia, a fallen drug kingpin, and Kurt Cobain.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Wristcutters' and 'Martian Child': Another Mean Worldnew
The heroes of Wristcutters and Martian Child navigate alien turf.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'American Gangster' and 'Control': Bio Hazardsnew
Biopics on a drug kingpin and Ian Curtis expose the perils of outsize ambitions.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Provoked': Burning Lovenew
Sub-Lifetime Channel material.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jag Mundhra, Provoked
