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'Making the River' Looks at How One Man Survived a Prison Ordealnew
Like Dead Man Walking, Making the River is less about the matter of guilt than the matter of punishment.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
03-20-2008 |
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'Married Life': A Light Romp of Love, Lust & Murdernew
Kudos to director Ira Sachs, who turned a low budget to his advantage, using only the most minimal of period set pieces and evoking the filmmaking of the target time with canny, simple camerawork and a talented cast.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Once Upon a Time in the Southwestnew
In The Hammer and Under the Same Moon, a middle-aged boxer and an illegal immigrant kid burn up Arizona highways and LA streets.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-20-2008 |
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Board Gamesnew
Gus Van Sant keeps watching -- and tormenting -- beautiful boys.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-20-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Adam Corolla Lays Down 'The Hammer'new
What if I told you Corolla has a new feel-good romantic boxing comedy coming out? Now, what if I told you that The Hammer is pretty good?
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-19-2008 |
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Reality Bytesnew
Director-editor Juan Carlos Pineiro
Escoriaza's Second Skin attempts to humanize Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing gamers who spend a significant portion of their lives hiding behind an avatar and handle.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-19-2008 |
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Tags: Juan Carlos Pineiro, Second Skin
Protecting Our Precious Bodily Fluids with Pure Hokumnew
It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of water. Russian filmmakers Anastasiya Popova and Julia Perkul have done it.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
03-19-2008 |
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Teenage Wastelandnew
Gus Van Sant knows where Portland's skater kids have buried their feelings.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Seattle Director Seeks Uplift in Slums of Manilanew
When the press notes tell you that a neophyte local director quit his job, sold his house, and cashed in his Boeing stock to make an uplifting tale about the power of love, faith, and family in the slums of Manila, a jaundiced critic can only respond that, well, Boeing stock doesn't look so valuable anymore, does it?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gil Ponce, Tall as Trees
Gettin' Jiggy Wid It: International B-Boy Battle Buzzes Onscreen
The mid '80s urban dance form of breakdancing is alive and well in director Benson Lee's joyful celebration of the ingenuity and energy expressed by international "B-boy" dance crews competing in Braunschweig, Germany at the 2005 "Battle of the Year."
Tags: Benson Lee, Planet B-Boy
'Horton' Gets to Hearingnew
Dr. Seuss gets big-screen redemption.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-14-2008 |
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'The Witnesses': Living in the Momentnew
French drama evokes the end of a sexual revolution.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: André Téchiné, The Witnesses
'Funny Games': Nervous Laughternew
Is Michael Haneke funny "ha-ha" or funny "sick"?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-14-2008 |
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Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Gaming the Viewernew
Why would you want to watch a film about a couple and their young son held prisoner and tortured by a pair of bullying psychopaths?
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
'Never Back Down' is an Updated 'Karate Kid'new
Never Back Down is certainly as bad as its Steven Seagal-style title suggests, but I didn't quite hate it. In fact, there are some unintentionally hilarious moments that almost make the film worth seeing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Matthew Scott Hunter |
03-14-2008 |
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Tags: Jeff Wadlow, Never Back Down
