AltWeeklies Wire
The Year of Mel Gibson and Michael Moorenew
Was this really the year when the two most significant movies -- though hardly the best -- were a pious Biblical epic and a caterwauling political broadside? Yep, it was.
2004 Was a Good Year in Theaters and for DVDsnew
Because of some high-quality DVD releases, a person could have had a very good movie year in 2004 without ever setting foot in a movie theater.
Chico News & Review |
Juan-Carlos Selznick |
01-04-2005 |
Movies
The Snow Globenew
Bay Area filmmakers who are bound for Sundance in January name some of their favorite films of 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Area producers and filmmakers |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Discovery Channelnew
Our critic takes a look at some undiscovered and undistributed gems of 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Area filmmakers and critics |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Taking Sidesnew
As Nov. 2 slopes away and Americans dig in for four more years, one wonders what to make of the innumerable hours documentary filmmakers spent parked at editing stations, determined to dethrone George W. Bush.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Behind the Celebritynew
The trouble with music documentaries today is they go behind the music instead of stay with it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Reasons to Disbelievenew
Torture reigned inside and outside movie theaters in 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Toga Partynew
An academic takes a gimlet-eyed view of Troy, The Passion of the Christ and Alexander.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David Larsen |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Region Bullnew
With enforcement of copyright laws being lax in Southeast Asia, many unreleased American gems can be found on DVD.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chuck Stephens |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
The Top 10 in a Year of Solid Filmmakingnew
While there were no real masterpieces in 2004, there were enough solid films to make two serviceable top-10 lists of equal value.
Movies That Heated Up Cinemas in 2004new
Not one of the political documentariess distributed this year made a fraction of Fahrenheit 9/11's earnings, and deservedly so, because not one outraged, engaged or entertained the way Michael Moore's film did.
Small Movies Came Up Big in 2004new
New Times critics pick as their top film of the year Alexander Payne's Sideways, which juxtaposes a wine freak's brittle angst with his friend's doofy recklessness.
From Major to Minornew
Where once "independent film" meant a movie made outside the clutches of Hollywood, now it means simply a movie that resembles something done on the fringes. It's no longer a question of ownership, but of aesthetics.
