AltWeeklies Wire
In Chomsky We Trustnew
"The Kingdom of Survival" brings together several alternative American voices.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
09-20-2011 |
Reviews
'Righteous Kill' Reunites Two Aging Film Icons for Their Biggest Mystery Yetnew
There's nothing wrong with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino taking on tough-guy roles again, but there's something overly strenuous about the effort in this case.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
09-17-2008 |
Reviews
'Mongol' Shows Us the Sensitive Side of Genghis Khannew
When the closing credits rolled for Mongol, I expected to see the words "Sponsored by the Mongolian Association for the Rehabilitation of Genghis Khan's Image."
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-25-2008 |
Reviews
Precocious Kids War Over a Film in 'Son of Rambow'new
Screenwriter and director Garth Jennings simply hasn't invested enough in his characters amid their cute shenanigans to make us care. Better if he'd forgotten his fantasy ideal and let real little boys be boys.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow
'Standard Operating Procedure' Lets the Soldiers of Abu Ghraib Hang Themselvesnew
Errol Morris has pointed his lens at lion tamers, Floridians, a Holocaust denier and now the Abu Ghraib soldiers, who talk themselves right into perdition.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-11-2008 |
Reviews
Behind the Scenes of 'Saturday Night Live' with Comedy Writer Bryan Tuckernew
The unseen workings of SNL are controlled chaos, the result of painstaking detail and hours of writing and rewriting. For Tucker, the funny white kid from the Virginia suburbs with a knack for riffing on hip-hop culture, it's the pinnacle.
Style Weekly |
Brent Baldwin |
04-30-2008 |
TV
'I'm Not There' Proves Itself Far Too Wellnew
Before you pay good money to see the new movie about Bob Dylan, be warned the title is literal.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Plotline Flatlinenew
Awake slips into a coma on its way to being a decent thriller.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Awake, Joby Harold
'Bella' Offers Life Too Beautiful to be Believednew
Trite coincidence and obvious symbolism are compounded by absurd components of the story.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
12-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Bella
Plymped Outnew
Animator Bill Plympton draws naked people, flying jerks and music videos real, real fast.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Reynolds |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
You Say You Want Imaginationnew
Across the Universe imagines the highlights of the tumultuous Vietnam era neatly restaged to song and dance.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
The Natives Are Zestlessnew
A latter-day Mary Poppins confronts naughty, negligent and, most unforgivably, upper-crust parents.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
08-30-2007 |
Reviews
Plain 'Jane'new
It is lavishly produced and beautifully decorated, but with its tame story about true love, it comes off as a pile of exquisitely wrapped presents containing last year's gifts.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
08-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold
'Rescue Dawn': I Will Survivenew
Christian Bale and Werner Herzog take a different view of Vietnam.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
'Hairspray': Shallow Watersnew
John Travolta's performance is more notable as a feat of engineering than of acting -- although appealing, it seldom rises above the level of an amusing stunt.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
07-25-2007 |
Reviews
