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You'll Take It and Like Itnew
Rian Johnson's Brick is proof that you're never too young for noir.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-21-2006 |
Reviews
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Noir School Confidential
Evoking John Huston, Jean-Luc Godard and John Hughes without resorting to slavish imitation, Brick doesn't come out of nowhere, but it does end up in a class of its own.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-07-2006 |
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Out of the Pastnew
Brick transfers Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled universe to the modern high school campus with nary a clue that more than a half-century has passed since the Continental Op's heyday.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
04-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
School of Hard-Boilednew
Brick takes gumshoe high school.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
04-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
In a Lonely Placenew
This film recasts hard-boiled cliches as metaphors for teenage isolation.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
03-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
Hammett Meets Hughesnew
Writer-director Rian Johnson discusses high school noir and the Austin Film Festival highlight Brick.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
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