AltWeeklies Wire
Real Life Drama
A new movie about the femicides in Juarez, Mexico, has prompted questions from activists.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nadra Kareem |
06-22-2005 |
Movies
This One Should Be Burned at the Stakenew
A film reviewer is possessed by a force of sheer evil: Will Ferrell in Bewitched.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-22-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Knox Knocks Premarital Popsnew
Co-directors Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt lay bare the emotions and logic driving the national sex education fight for PBS's award-winning POV documentary series.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
06-15-2005 |
Movies
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinsonnew
During her acting career, Anne Bancroft veered between two big-screen personas: queens like Annie Sullivan or Mrs. Robinson, or commoners who took their inspiration from her real life as Anna Maria Louise Italiano, native of the Bronx.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
06-10-2005 |
Movies
Tags: The Producers, Mel Brooks
Prison Becomes Movie Starnew
The 150-year-old Joliet Correctional Center has served as the set for three show-biz projects since it was officially decommissioned as a prison last August.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-27-2005 |
Movies
Seattle International Film Festivalnew
Introduction and index to stories previewing the monthlong festival of more than 300 movies.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-18-2005 |
Movies
The Dark Lord Speaksnew
George Lucas discusses how Sith compares to Vietnam-era foreign policy in a story filed by film critic Rob Nelson from the Cannes Film Festival.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
05-18-2005 |
Movies
Everything Cinematic Is Illuminatednew
Tucson Weekly reviewers look askew at the coming summer movie season.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna and Zachary Woodruff |
05-12-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
Myth Over Matter: How George Lucas Reached for the Starsnew
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" -- from Star Wars’s opening moment, George Lucas made it clear he wasn’t interested in making ordinary movies. No Casablanca for him; no Citizen Kane or The Searchers or L’avventura or Persona.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeffrey Gantz |
05-12-2005 |
Movies
Excess Hollywood: A Preview of Summer Filmsnew
The 130-something films lined up for this summer include ones starring comic-book heroes (Batman, the Fantastic Four) and big-screen redos (The Honeymooners, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and War of the Worlds).
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Robert Wilonsky, Luke Y. Thompson and Bill Gallo |
05-11-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
Ball Bustersnew
A documentary chronicles the absurd legal battle over the ownership of the baseball that Barry Bonds slammed deep to the cheap seats for a record-setting home run.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-25-2005 |
Movies
The Upside of Dangernew
Adventure rules in Dust to Glory and Sahara.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
04-06-2005 |
Movies
South by Southwest Compassnew
The Austin Chronicle offers complete coverage of the 2005 SXSW Film, Interactive, and Music conferences and festivals with links to individuals reviews, profiles and stories.
Austin Chronicle |
Various |
03-25-2005 |
Movies
Joseph Smith Gets His Close-upnew
The Work and the Glory is the biggest-budget film ever made—for and about Mormons.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-10-2005 |
Movies
Who the #$*! Are They?new
How I was suckered by a 35,000-year-old entity.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
03-09-2005 |
Movies
