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James Marsden: Low Profile and Loving Itnew
"I'm more comfortable with the bar set low," he says with a flash of his milky-white smile. "If expectations are low, you can only impress people."
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
What Do the Iraqis Have to Say?new
With their documentary Meeting Resistance, Molly Bingham and Steve Connors campaign for a new approach to understanding our enemies: Ask them.
LEO Weekly |
Alan Abbott |
12-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jeff Bridges: Iron Dudenew
Bridges is a would-be pornographer in The Amateurs, the latest in a series of idiosyncratic roles for the consistently daring actor
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Erik Himmelsbach |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Traeger, The Amateurs
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' is Eye-Catchingnew
Schnabel achieves greatness through the incredible accomplishments of a man left with one eye.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
2007: The Year Cinema Got the Music Rightnew
This may be the year that showed making movies about rock 'n' roll -- particularly some of its most iconic figures -- need not be overburdened by formula, deification or condescension.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
11-28-2007 |
Movies
Francis Ford Coppola: Like a Fine Wine
In his first film in a decade, Coppola explores the mysteries of youth.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
11-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Evening' Inspirationnew
With his new film, director Andrew Wagner digs deeply into the hard work behind the creative spark.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'I'm Not There' is No Hagiographynew
Widely described as a tribute, it frequently comes across as a series of insults.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
'It's a Lotta White Folks'new
Alex LeMay's documentary Desert Bayou tells a Hurricane Katrina story that you almost certainly haven't heard, as 600 black New Orleans evacuees are transported to Salt Lake City.
Jackson Free Press |
Darren Schwindaman |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alex LeMay, Desert Bayou
The Muslim Amos 'n' Andy?new
CBC's Little Mosque on the Prairie and The CW's Aliens in America represent a giant step forward in media imagery: These are not your 24-type Muslims.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
11-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
No Money, No Funnynew
If you can't muster up any sympathy for the Writers Guild, then perhaps you deserve to watch The Biggest Loser. There's your irony for you.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
11-20-2007 |
Movies
Big Studios to Oscar: 'Love Me'new
It's getting to be that time of year again, when vast amounts of magazine space and precious internet bandwidth are consumed by laughably early Oscar picks and predictions.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
11-19-2007 |
Movies
'Redacted' Never Flinches From the Casualties of Warnew
Brian De Palma is angry, about the war in Iraq and about the fact that his Iraq movie, Redacted, has fallen victim to the very censorship it is, in part, a reaction against.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
Back to the 'Futurama'
Four years after Fox left it for dead, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's Futurama has a new life.
Tags: TV
Hollywood Schmoozer Meets Internet Geeknew
Agents 2.0: The new generation of dealmakers at UTA Online.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
11-16-2007 |
Movies
