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Think Globally, Film Locallynew
Two films explore cultural differences in distinct ways.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
11-01-2006 |
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He Almost Did!new
After watching this bug's-eye view of Jeff Smith's astounding assault on the 2004 Democratic primary, anybody who concludes that the archetypical man of the people can't get to Washington anymore is a hopeless pessimist.
Dig Boston |
Lissa Harris |
11-01-2006 |
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinksnew
Augusten Burroughs' memoir of a messed-up childhood hits the big screen.
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Radical Chicknew
You can't tell Natalie Maines to Shut Up & Sing.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Barbara Kopple, Shut Up & Sing
Out of Afrikaansnew
Phillip Noyce harvests the seeds of South African revolution.
Tags: Catch a Fire, Phillip Noyce
Border Crossingsnew
Welcome to the Make Your Own Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Movie Kit!
Pasadena Weekly |
Andy Klein |
10-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Bites of Realitynew
Death of a President wants to function as a mindless thriller that eventually makes us think -- and only after the film is over question the form that encouraged us to be mindless.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
10-30-2006 |
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Girl, Interruptednew
Sofia Coppola offers a lush but flawed history of Marie Antoinette.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola
Real Quietnew
A subtle, graceful and haunting film, Old Joy is the story of two old friends finding themselves in the mountains.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy
Craft of Deceptionnew
With the enthralling The Prestige, Christopher Nolan masters the art of deception.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
The Curse of Quixotenew
Terry Gilliam misfires completely in this dreary, unfocused, and exhausting psychodrama.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, Tideland
Off-Kilter Kinshipnew
This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Pomp and Circumstancesnew
This Helen Mirren starrer provides a glimpse of the British monarchy at a contemporary crossroads between supreme dominance and utter irrelevancy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Frears, The Queen
Tricks and Some Treatsnew
Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
A Postgrad State of Mindnew
Writer/director/actor Bujalski has been branded the “emo Cassavetes”: His movies have an astoundingly lifelike rhythm full of small moments that only add up to something bigger later on.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
10-27-2006 |
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