AltWeeklies Wire
Pomp and Circumstance Drives Brit-Lit Romancenew
I really couldn't give a toss if poor Ms. So-and-so finally climbs up that snobby social ladder and marries Lord What's-his-name.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
09-03-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
What People Fight About When They Fight About Lovenew
Although We Don’t Live Here Anymore is taken from two short stories by Andre Dubus, it was the recollection of another story – Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We talk About Love" – that gnawed at me throughout the film.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Enter Park at Your Own Risknew
Paul McGuigan pulls out all the stops on his Wurlitzter Organ of Incessant Camera Trickery to muddy the waters of rationality in this bizarre remake of a fine French thriller.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul McGuigan, Wicker Park
Reese's Pieces of Thackeraynew
Disappointing screen adaptation lacks the novel's satiric edge.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
There Ought To Be a Lawnew
Let’s just call SuperBabies what it is: Child abuse.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Foxing Rupertnew
The Fox News Channel's "fair and balanced" reporting is put to the test in this partisan documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Coming Cleannew
Provocative Austin-made feature pushs sexual buttons meant to arouse and provoke, but never satisfy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Poyser, Dear Pillow
Sink or Swimnew
A Hollywood vessel of doom hunts for the Big Squeeze.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
"Bow-Wow," Said the Bunnynew
I can forgive Gallo his histrionics, which are entertaining enough when they’re not downright vicious. What I can’t forgive is his boring me silly.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo
Lawn Chair Larry a Flimsy Excuse for a Feature Film.new
In 1982, Los Angeleno Larry Walters earned notoriety by attaching 42 weather balloons to a lawn chair and taking off on a near-fatal flight at 16,000 feet. Jeff Balsmeyer's new Australian comedy takes the episode, transplants it Down Under and recasts "Lawn Chair Larry" as Danny Deckchair in a flimsy excuse for a feature film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Danny Deckchair, Jeff Balsmeyer
Bang Rajan Rumbles in the Junglenew
In 1765, when Burma's massive army invaded Siam (now called Thailand), a remote village named Bang Rajan held the attackers at bay for five months. The name "Bang Rajan" strikes patriotic chords in Thailand today, explaining why, despite characters as flat as shadow puppets, Tanit Jitnukul's film become the most successful Thai film in the country's history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bang Rajan, Tanit Jitnukul
First-Time Director Gets Stuck in a Genre Whirlpoolnew
Mean Creek feels like a supremely milquetoast film made not out of passion, but out of some assurance that a tight screenplay with all the characters' motives and artsy cinematography stacked domino-neatly in a row guarantees success. But as any game player knows, orderly dominoes are made to tumble.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mean Creek, Jacob Aaron Estes
Echoing Disasternew
Never at any time in The Brown Bunny does Vincent Gallo give the impression of being outside the world of the film: in The Brown Bunny, artist and world are one.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Fair to Middlingnew
Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair is no bonfire.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Krough |
09-02-2004 |
Reviews
Give Donnie Darko One More Chancenew
With the release of the director's cut, two Bay Guardian critics give bizarre cult film Donnie Darko another chance.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
09-01-2004 |
Reviews
