AltWeeklies Wire
Aaron Rose Presents a Love-letter to the Creative and Dispossessed in 'Beautiful Losers'new
Rose's directorial debut, is a quirky documentary about the rise of 10 under-appreciated—but highly influential—independent artists whose late 1980s and early '90s street culture roots and childlike spirit continue to shape contemporary pop culture.
New York Press |
Ashna Ali |
08-07-2008 |
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Tags: Aaron Rose, Beautiful Losers
'Hell Ride': A Grindhouse Rejectnew
This Tarantino-produced flick is all geek posturing and biker cliches.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-07-2008 |
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Looking Back at a Rock-and-roller Like Patti Smith is Hard to Donew
I've liked Patti Smith ever since Detroit's legendary Creem magazine published her definition of rock and roll in the poem "We Don’t Look Back!" So it's weird to see a looking-back film like Dream of Life, even though it is distinguished by documenting her constant effort to keep moving forward.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-07-2008 |
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Guy Maddin, Now With More Hockeynew
With My Winnipeg, Maddin attempts a heroic midlife flight from his mythic Manitoban birthplace.
Willamette Week |
Chris Stamm |
08-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg
'American Teen': Kids Todaynew
Nanette Burstein's documentary can't face the reality.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
08-06-2008 |
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'Pineapple Express': Off the Railsnew
Is Judd Apatow losing steam?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-06-2008 |
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Wealth and Privilege Have Rarely Looked So Luscious as in 'Brideshead'new
Lust for companionship. For God. For love. For real estate. For family. Everyone in Brideshead Revisited is hungry for something, and it gets them into terrific trouble.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
08-06-2008 |
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Scott Hicks Documents a Composer's Life in 'Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts'new
At 71, composer Philip Glass is a comfortable member of the highbrow mainstream, as well as a renowned film composer with several scores under his belt. It wasn't always thus; his highly repetitive style made him the scourge of the classical establishment in the '70s.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
08-05-2008 |
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The Otherwise Captivating 'La Graine et le Mulet' is Hampered By Slow Pacingnew
While it may be somewhat of a prolonged exercise in indulgence, Graine is an otherwise engaging and true to life drama about a Maghrebi emigre's attempt to support his nearest and dearest.
Montreal Mirror |
Hillary Brenhouse |
08-05-2008 |
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Dig the New Breed; The Apatow Comedy Spree Continues
"Pineapple Express" could easily be titled the "Apatow Express" for the way it expands on Judd Apatow's influence as a modern-day Mel Brooks. The title refers to a hybrid kind of marijuana so rare that to smoke it is akin to "killing a unicorn."
The Interconnected Humanity of 'The Edge of Heaven' Edges on Clichenew
Is it just me, or is "the inevitable, tragic interconnectedness of all humankind" currently in danger of replacing "wise-cracking hitmen" as the most overworked arthouse cliche of our time?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
08-04-2008 |
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Tags: Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven
That’s Exploi-tainment: Review of Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express takes a funny but unfocused stroll through 1970s cinema.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-04-2008 |
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'Chris & Don: A Love Story': A May-December Gay Romancenew
Nowhere in this fine, quiet, richly-sourced documentary is the phrase "gay marriage" ever uttered.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-04-2008 |
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'American Teen': The YouTube Generation Gets the Movie It Deservesnew
Director Nanette Burstein is so intent here on making a nonfiction version of The Breakfast Club that she erases every trace of documentary convention for most of this pleasing but ultimately unconvincing film.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-04-2008 |
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Tags: American Teen, Nanette Burstein
Dead and Gone, But Not Forgottennew
The many pleasures of this riveting psychological thriller from France derive more from the perplexing questions it raises than the discovery of the answers.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
08-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Guillaume Canet, Tell No One
