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Fine Linenew
The tortured and demonic part of Johnny Cash that stoked his genius often gets lost in the platitudes, the rough edges airbrushed by sentimentality. But not in James Mangold’s movie bio of the Man in Black.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-18-2005 |
Reviews
Palestine Now?new
Even though there's an implied pacifist message in his film Paradise Now, the Nazareth-born filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad says he wants audiences to make up their own minds about how Palestinian rights might be achieved.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
11-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Austen’s Powernew
To judge from Joe Wright’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen may have invented the tracking shot.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Rupture of the Deepnew
Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale has that whiff of authenticity. Peter Keough reviews the film and interviews the director.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Apocalypse Whatevernew
Jarhead, the Waiting for Godot of war movies, gets lost in the desert.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
The Good Soldiernew
Novelist Anthony Swofford says he won't play politics with Jarhead.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Revolution Will Be Televisednew
The Participatory Culture Foundation tunes into online TV -- ahead of the corporate curve.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-27-2005 |
TV
Eloquent Crusadernew
George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck is caustic and captivating.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, David, Strathairn, Edward, Joseph, Good Night, and Good Luck., McCarthy, Murrow, R., senator
Teen Spiritnew
Fifty years after his death, James Dean remains an icon of adolescent angst.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
10-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jerry's Kidsnew
Would network TV survive without Bruckheimer?
Boston Phoenix |
Joyce Millman |
09-23-2005 |
TV
Lived to Tellnew
Bob Dylan looks back in Scorsese’s No Direction Home.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Math Whiznew
Proof wields more talent than credence.
Boston Phoenix |
Carolyn Clay |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Madden, Proof
In Cold Bloodnew
David Cronenberg defines the history of violence, though with such cold-blooded efficiency and cryptic detachment, his film may evoke more admiration than pleasure.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Bill Murray Bloomsnew
Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers sends Bill Murray in search of his romantic past.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-04-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Meta Chefs: The 'Reality' of Hell's Kitchennew
Already a household name to connoisseurs of gourmet cuisine, Gordon Ramsay has expanded his British empire to Los Angeles, and his show's mission is to find a chef for the eponymous restaurant.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
07-07-2005 |
TV
Tags: FOX
