AltWeeklies Wire
Chronicles of the Vindicatednew
The men in After Innocence are released from prison, often without even an apology and are expected to get on with their lives and forget the decades stolen from them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felecia Feaster |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: After Innocence, Jessica Sanders
Old-World Debaucherynew
Contributing to the drama's disingenuous tone, love finally proves a greater force in The Libertine than the orgies, giant dildos, sexual abduction and whoring that initially give the film its naughty, funky edge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Laurence Dunmore, The Libertine
Valuing Vague Virtuesnew
In a post-9/11 world, could any film be as politically provocative as one that makes a hero out of a bomb-throwing terrorist?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
V for Vexingnew
This revolution is better suited for the funny pages.
New York Press |
Matt Zoller Seitz |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Arms and the Mannew
Despite their differences of style, Eugene Jarecki and Michael Moore are two of a kind: debaters, not journalists.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eugene Jarecki, Why We Fight
Knock Outnew
Wenders and Sam Shepard color-coat the American landscape, creating a film where the real world and art are experienced simultaneously.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Terrorism (The Good Kind)new
The new film version of a futuristic graphic novel overcomes obstacles.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Jackbooted Into the Futurenew
This is a futuristic slice of pop-culture agitprop, replete with a costumed antihero, lovingly choreographed action sequences, cunningly ornate dialogue and a rousing score.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Demme and Young: In Concertnew
Jonathan Demme dreams us back to the golden age of performance films, in which Neil Young unfolds his latest album Prairie Wind in concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Austin Chronicle |
Raoul Hernandez |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Louder Than Bombsnew
Ideas fuel this sci-fi thriller for the terrorism age.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Haddon |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Guilty as Chargednew
You're guilty of helping screw up Sidney Lumet's latest movie.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Just a Homoerotic Crime Capernew
Many French caper films are as much essays as they are films -- case studies arguing for the artistic relevance of Hitchcock and film noir -- but this one isn't.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Classe Tous Risques, Claude Sautet
Revolution for Fun and Profitnew
V for Vendetta is set in a bleak near-future dystopia, where everything is very familiar -- people even drive the same cars we do now -- but it soon becomes clear that the world has been rocked by catastrophe.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Barroom Sprawlnew
Wenders longs to make narrative choices the way a jazz guitarist chooses licks, capriciously, hunting for grooviness -- but the attempt imbues his movies with the personality of a hungover Beat poet playing dress-up.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Anarchy in the U.K.
Comic-book cinema gets subversively political in V for Vendetta.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
