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Scarlett's Lettersnew
Match Point co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers lob a few in this interview.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Politics as Usual for Movies in '06?new
Hollywood's focus on real-life problems in 2005 might explain one of the biggest box-office dips in ages. Will filmmakers return to tried-and-true sequels, remakes, and out-and-out fluff?
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-30-2005 |
Movies
Heart Attacksnew
Reality TV and disaster movies were nothing compared to Mother Nature in 2005, so it’s only fitting that a hurricane tops the list of the year’s most memorable television programming.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
12-23-2005 |
TV
Tags: yearinreview2005
Avner's Listnew
Munich's purpose is not to illuminate but to manipulate, to reduce the irresolvable issues surrounding a horrible truth into a comforting platitude.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Munich, Steven Spielberg
The Quare Fellownew
The finished product might be overdone and in bad taste, but like the best of director Neil Jordan’s work, it does satisfy.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, Breakfast on Pluto
Rake's Progressnew
Casanova has cleaned up his act in Lasse Hallstrom’s engaging romantic-comedy version of his life; he's tamed down the debauchery to a tepid but bawdy "R" and learned to respect women and family values.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Lasse Hallstrom, Casanova
Walking the Indie Linenew
Star Wars and Batman and Harry Potter and Narnia and King Kong may have made the big bucks in 2005, but for the most part it was indie and low-budget films that made the biggest impression.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
'Pokes Peeknew
Figuring, no doubt correctly, that more people will identify with loss than with gay lust, Lee gets the icky parts over quickly. Not only is it the love that dare not speak its name, it doesn’t speak at all.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Gorilla Filmmakingnew
Peter Jackson’s King Kong sports a pot belly, and it’s not a good look. His film carries extra baggage, too, nearly an hour and half’s worth.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
Legend Keptnew
A paean to the Middle Eastern oral storytelling tradition narrates the life of the 11th-century Persian astronomer, mathematician, and poet from the perspective of a 12-year-old Iranian-American.
Boston Phoenix |
Mattias Frey |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Lost Soul Foundnew
As filmmaker Margaret Brown’s biography attests, Texas music legend Townes Van Zandt wrote so capably about lost souls because he was one himself.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Knights in Armoirenew
The new film version of the first of Lewis's seven Narnia volumes plays like The Lord of the Rings with training wheels.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Into Africanew
Scientists say the origins of humanity can be found in Africa. Two new documentaries suggest its destiny may lie there too.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-05-2005 |
Reviews
Giving Good Offensenew
Sarah Silverman, the nice Jewish girl out shopping at Loehmann’s with her mother meets Jenna Jameson, says she goes for laughs but gets them by way of shock.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
11-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Liam Lynch, Jesus Is Magic
Lift Your Glassnew
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the most camera-ready of the series. The trouble is, it’s also overstuffed and rambling.
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
