AltWeeklies Wire
Grit and Polish
Removed from Merchant Ivory's upholstered interiors, the not-quite-romance seems nearly as grand as the world's conflicts.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-20-2006 |
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Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Jersey Barriers
This gritty and heartbreaking film interweaves the stories of three teenage girls living in the most crime-ridden parts of Jersey City.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-20-2006 |
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Martyrs and Miracles
This film is competent, but for any except the church-basement crowd, the theme will probably be a deal-breaker.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
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How the West Was Wan
The New World accepts more of the Pocahontas legend than might be expected, responding not with a countermyth but with lyricism and ambiguity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-20-2006 |
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Phair Game
The best tracks on It's a Game stamp their themes into your brain by attaching them to big ol' hooks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
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Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
Top O the Mourning
Though there are plenty of potentially bright, brisk sounds thrown in, the results don't often come across that way on this disc.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
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Very Little Sex, Please -- We're British
Though not without moments of BBC-sitcom appeal, this undertaking is essentially lifeless.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
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Fool Britannia
The violence is more convincing than the eroticism, but both are pallid.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
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Fowl Out
Writer-director Dani Menkin's film seeks to prove how normal its subject is -- only in an exceptional, life-affirming way.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-13-2006 |
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Family Outing
Dorian Blues is a witty if familiar look at a young man's struggle with sexual identity.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-13-2006 |
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'Ette Tu?
Made-up stories about unsensational bastards are, in the end, just too boring for words.
Washington City Paper |
Brian Beutler |
01-13-2006 |
Fiction
The Song Remains Inane
Novelty music is still silly, stupid, and weird -- which is exactly why the Top 40 could use more of it.
Washington City Paper |
Dave Nuttycombe |
01-06-2006 |
Media
Technical Knockout
Burke's portrait is a vivid, exhaustively researched and aptly deployed biography that brings Miller to life.
Washington City Paper |
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow |
01-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
Hittin' the Entrails
Though the most dogged of gorehounds may find the film's uncynical conclusion hard to stomach, it suggests the film has some purpose besides being the most sickening morning-after movie ever -- perhaps even a timely one.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
01-06-2006 |
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Solid Wood
This is the first good Woody Allen movie since the neurotic New Yorker realized that a significant shake-up was in order if he were to once again be regarded as, well, significant.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-06-2006 |
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