AltWeeklies Wire
Choosing the Fuck-Me Pumpsnew
Kinky Boots is another film in a long line of modest-budget comedic efforts about people in small Anglo towns embarrassing themselves for the greater good.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
04-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Jarrold, Kinky Boots
Overdosing on Mediocritynew
Woolley makes the very wise decision to focus on the handful of months that led up to Jones’s demise, eschewing the rise-and-fall formula that would have made for a much tackier product.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Woolley, Stoned
Long on Title, Short on Qualitynew
Unfortunately, Miller has blindly stumbled upon a weird, interesting film somewhere in the middle of his storm of wet crud, but he has neither the wit nor the courage to let it out.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Craziness as a Careernew
The Devil and Daniel Johnston closely follows the life of loony musician Daniel Johnston -- all the way through the acid trips, the nuthouses and the plane crashes.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Just a Homoerotic Crime Capernew
Many French caper films are as much essays as they are films -- case studies arguing for the artistic relevance of Hitchcock and film noir -- but this one isn't.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Classe Tous Risques, Claude Sautet
Revolution for Fun and Profitnew
V for Vendetta is set in a bleak near-future dystopia, where everything is very familiar -- people even drive the same cars we do now -- but it soon becomes clear that the world has been rocked by catastrophe.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Monkeyshines for Soul Powernew
This provocateur documentary is a wonderful showcase for Chappelle's ability to be bitingly funny, but still personable, while remaining free of the perfunctory conceits of sketch writers.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Filmmakers Learn to Fear-Mongernew
Whether you like it or not, the country's political climate is driving this year's Oscars.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-01-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Too Dumb to Chargenew
Lionel Baier offers a slightly uncomfortable glimpse into a young gigolo's irredeemably twisted logic.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
02-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Redneck Racists Take Overnew
This faux documentary about what might have happened if the South had won the Civil War falls somewhere between Ken Burns on Haterade and a joke that goes on far too long.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-22-2006 |
Reviews
Aging Rocker Can Still Get It Upnew
Demme paints a fantastic portrait of a true iconoclast, a man who's been an unclean needle on the beach of pop culture since the late '60s.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-15-2006 |
Reviews
Not Really a Sadistic Bastardnew
For someone whose talent is so universally admired, Lars Von Trier seems to generate more bitter contention than anyone else making movies today -- Manderlay is sure to continue this trend.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
America's Favorite Action Heronew
Harrison Ford, a true pop culture icon and a bona fide movie star, has a reputation for getting a little testy in interviews, and this one's not much different.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
A Brilliant Film That Sucksnew
There's no getting around the fact that The Intruder is an elliptical, and perhaps an even literally meaningless film.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
01-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Claire Denis, The Intruder
The First Realistic Reality Filmnew
A truly amazing reality film (in every sense of the word), Bubble has produced a new approach: method acting taken to a different extreme -- call it "reality acting."
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
01-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Bubble
