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'Waitress': Serves You Rightnew
Adrienne Shelly's stylish film deserves a hell of a tip.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
05-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adrienne Shelly, waitress
Trenton Film Festivalnew
Film festivals don't get more compact than Trenton's, which runs a little more than 24 hours.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
05-08-2007 |
Movies
Peter Parker Can't Losenew
The ballyhooed Spider-Man 3 spins a pretty, but flimsy, web.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Drew Lazor |
05-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam Raimi, Spider-Man 3
Blood Tiesnew
Fifty years ago, Bob Bechtel killed a fellow Swarthmore student -- his family says he grapples with his actions every day ... so why won't he say he's sorry?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Macky Alston, The Killer Within
Bomb Over Baghdadnew
The Situation's lack of focus is a testament to its source material.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Philip Haas, The Situation
Family Valuesnew
First released in 1962, Mafioso reveals Nino's dilemma through a combination of neorealist, comic and modernist aesthetics, its black-and-white compositions so ahead of their time that they're still more inventive than those in many of today's films.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
03-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alberto Lattuada, Mafioso
Old Wine, New Bottlesnew
Days of Glory and The Lives of Others refit familiar genres to tell unfamiliar stories.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-27-2007 |
Reviews
In the Bunkernew
Ralph Nader goes from righteous to self-righteous.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-13-2007 |
Reviews
Doing the 'Dancenew
Finding the best of both Sundances.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-06-2007 |
Movies
Latter-Day Sinnernew
Peter O'Toole oozes wolfish glee in Venus.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
01-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Michell, venus
Gone for Goodnew
Gilliam disappears down the rabbit hole.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, Tideland
Missing in Actionnew
It's a good time of year to play DVD catch up with movies that never made it here.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
12-05-2006 |
Movies
Idyll Thoughtsnew
Placid and profound, Old Joy is a quiet marvel.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
11-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy
American Uglynew
Ungrown adults protect their children from themselves.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
10-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Little Children, Todd Field
Love Among the Ruinsnew
Post-9/11 New Yorkers screw their way to self-healing in Shortbus.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
10-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
