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When the Music's Overnew
Gus Van Sant concocts an abstruse film "loosely inspired" by the end of Kurt Cobain’s life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
War's a Snoozenew
The single dullest war film of the past decade comes from the once promising director John Dahl.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Dahl, The Great Raid
It Ain't Heavy … It's Four Brothersnew
A scrappy Seventies throwback about vigilante justice in the corrupt urban jungle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Four Brothers, John Singleton
Wild Seeds and the Flowers of Youthnew
Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray meditate on middle age and the world of possibilities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Film Causes Gag Reflex to Kick Innew
The Aristocrats takes a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of entertainment, but it isn't always the laugh riot you might expect. The filmmakers rely on attention-deficit editing and overlapping interviews until some jokesters' verbal rhythms are trashed.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Nature Trumps Man in Grisly Flicknew
Director Werner Herzog views Timothy Treadwell's life through a fascinated but skeptical gaze. Drawing on 100 hours of Treadwell's own footage, as well as interviews, Herzog conducts a compelling autopsy on Treadwell's ideals and contradictions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Van Sant Goes Rambling Againnew
Last Days focuses not on the glamour and violent cataclysms of death-by-drug-addiction, but gives us the crushing banality and catatonic alienation of its Kurt Cobain-inspired hero, Blake.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
In the Thin of It
Kate Hudson and an overqualified supporting cast move into yet another ho-hum haunted house movie.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Meet the Parrots
This old-school style doc gives a bird's eye view of tropical flocks.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
The Last Temptation of Cobainnew
Last Days does not leave us with the illusion that we know Kurt Cobain. If anything, it snatches him away.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
Real Geniusnew
DIY sensation Funny Ha Ha operates at the speed of life.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrew Bujalski, Funny Ha Ha
Bad Ol' Boysnew
Despite big box-office numbers, these Dukes are completely without charm.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Smells Like Film Spiritnew
Gus Van Sant trusts the audience with his beautiful picture, Last Days.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
So This Family Walks Into a Talent Agency ...new
Bob Saget and some unlikely cohorts make fun of just about every taboo known to mankind in a film that is basically one long filthy joke, but they do it with enough skill that even shit-eating seems hilarious.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohane |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Death of a Guy Who Is Not Kurt Cobainnew
Gus Van Sant makes an up-close and personal flick about a blond druggie rocker who lives in the hinterlands of Seattle ... and, wait a second, is not Kurt Cobain?
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
