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Mo' Better Noirnew
Could Inside Man be a positive turning point in Spike Lee's career?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Blank Slatenew
Unknown White Male is the story about what's left in amnesia's wake.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
03-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
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
Barney's Rubblenew
This new cremasturbatory art film exercises no restraint.
The Village Voice |
Ed Halter |
03-29-2006 |
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'Take the Open Shot!'new
The 50 "directors" documenting this Beastie Boys show on handheld video cameras were only given one stipulation: Once the lights go down, hit the red button and never turn it off.
Seattle Weekly |
Kellie Hwang |
03-29-2006 |
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The Fall of Mannew
Adam & Steve commits sins against comedy.
L.A. Alternative |
Evan Nicoll-Johnson |
03-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam & Steve, Craig Chester
Choice Sophie
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days fails to click for two reasons, one practical and the other conceptual.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
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The Word at War
The film successfully conjures war and peace, as well as its competing notions of Christian duty, but it's vague on any but the most generic sort of humanity.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christian Carion, Joyeux Noel
Bride and Prejudice
This is a surprisingly resonant allegory about arrogance and missed opportunities for connection -- and about the dismal odds of ever reaching peace because of these roadblocks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Riklis, The Syrian Bride
Cracking Wiseguy
Didn't anyone ever tell Sidney Lumet the one about putting lipstick on a pig?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Scrat Catch Fever
One brilliant supporting character is the only thing supporting Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-27-2006 |
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Blank Slate Equals Movie's Fatenew
The ambitions of this intriguing documentary about one man's amnesia far outweigh its accomplishments.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Leader of the Pack Felled by a Babynew
Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, Tsotsi
Period Threads and Story Strandsnew
Tristram Shandy's inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom's chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-24-2006 |
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Who's That Girl?new
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Fickman, She's the Man
