AltWeeklies Wire
This is for All the Lonely (and Finnish) Peoplenew
The bloom has fallen off the fable-spinning formalism of directors like Aki Kaurismaki, Jim Jarmusch and even Wes Anderson; what critics once saw as sweetly askew in their work is now suspected of being arch and self-conscious.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aki Kaurismaki, Lights in the Dusk
Two Takes on William Friedkin's 'Cruising'new
The 1980 tale of an undercover cop's pursuit of a serial killer in the West Village's leather-clad S-M scene is being screened in select cities in anticipation of the DVD release.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Matt Sussman and Jason Shimai |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: William Friedkin, Cruising
'Vitus': A Beautiful Mindnew
There's something about a boy in this latest prodigy film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-05-2007 |
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Tags: Fredi Murer, Vitus
'2 Days in Paris': French Kiss-offnew
Julie Delpy offers an affair, and a city, to remember.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-05-2007 |
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Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
Johnnie To's 'Exiled' (John) Woos Leonenew
It doesn't get much better than a movie that balances hair-trigger violence with moments of gentle humor.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Exiled, Johnnie To
'3:10 to Yuma' Successfully Remakes an Adult Westernnew
In overhauling an antique genre piece no one particularly remembers, Mangold kept the original theme -- poor-but-honest homesteader vs. high-living crook -- while simultaneously amping up the many grotesqueries available in the Old West.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-05-2007 |
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Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'3:10 to Yuma' is a Thinking-person's Westernnew
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale help further define a subgenre.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-05-2007 |
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Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold
'Shoot 'Em Up': Gun Fight After Gun Fight After Gun Fightnew
Body count high, plot points low, title accurate.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Davis, Shoot 'Em Up
Olivier Dahan Steers Clear of Cliches in 'La Vie En Rose'new
The writer/director cracks famed French songbird Edith Piaf's life apart like a frozen chocolate bar and serves it up in disjointed shards.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan
'The Nanny Diaries': Lifestyles of the Rich and Thoughtlessnew
The film takes an easy, bland path to Annie's unsurprising self-discovery, peeking at but quickly dropping some complex ideas along the way.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-04-2007 |
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'Talk to Me': Ladies' Mannew
A tonal shift from gentle biopic to record of social upheaval unmoors Talk to Me.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kasi Lemmons, Talk to Me
Can Leonardo DiCaprio Make Ecology Sexy?new
Leo boosts The 11th Hour with his star power, but the environmental film seems like it's preaching to the converted.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
09-04-2007 |
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Adam Goldberg is the New Woody Allen?new
2 Days in Paris is a casually heady, observationally nuanced peek inside one couple's romantic foibles -- for good and, most humorously, ill.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
09-04-2007 |
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Tags: 2 Days in Paris, Julie Delpy
'The 11th Hour' Directors Hope to Deliver a Global Warningnew
The film distinguishes itself from other talking-head documentaries not only by the sheer emotional fervor, but also by demonstrating that our species can engineer its survival.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
09-04-2007 |
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'Them' Does Its One Thing Wellnew
Hardly in need of recap, the film simply involves a young couple in a large house being terrorized by unseen aggressors over the course of a long, dark night.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-04-2007 |
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