AltWeeklies Wire
After Innocence
People convicted of murder or rape and then cleared by DNA evidence often remain incarcerated, as authorities desperately try to convince judges that they got the right guy, or even that blameless men should remain behind bars on procedural grounds.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-04-2005 |
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Scarred Lives
The directorial debut of playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas, The Dying Gaul is a slick, Hollywood-style vehicle powered by anti-establishment anger.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-04-2005 |
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Breaking Up and Down
The fourth and best film by second-generation Brooklyn boho Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale is partially autobiographical, and it seems as uncensored and intimate as entries from someone's diary.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-04-2005 |
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Evocation of Madness
An immaculately art-directed plunge into bewilderment, Stay begins with a disorienting car crash that recalls the opening of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blue.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2005 |
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Unreal World
This film about a journalist's investigation of two former song-and-joke partners would have been more convincing with actors who played both sides of their characters.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-27-2005 |
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Character Deferences
Set in Minnesota's Iron Range as Anita Hill testifies against Clarence Thomas on TV, North Country is a new Warner Bros. movie in the spirit of the old. It's based on one woman miner's crusade to be treated with decency.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-20-2005 |
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A Reporter in Search of a Novel
Given a lurid case, a reporter becomes a film-noir character, stalking dark alleys in search of light. This setup works even if the reporter is a squeaky-voiced gay narcissist who combines the mannerisms of the Deep South with those of the Manhattan intellectual.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-20-2005 |
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