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I Heart Hegelnew
David O. Russell delivers a comedy that gets both philosophy and funny business right.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-22-2004 |
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Say Amennew
Based on a novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes, a black evangelical preacher and author who also co-stars, this unusual film is part revivalist sermon, part narrative drama, and wholly urgent and engaging.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
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Making Art From Lifenew
Sometimes people grow up sane despite the best efforts of society to drive them mad. So it is for Jonathan Caouette, who with this film assembles his life into his art.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jonathan Caouette, Tarnation
Christmas at Any Costnew
Money can buy happiness is the moral of this cynical yet mildly amusing comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Mitchell, Surviving Christmas
Experiments in Science and Filmmakingnew
Physics and metaphysics mingle in this minimalist yet intriguing fiction about inventor/scientists who discover a technique of time travel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Has-Been Comic Becomes Never-Was Auteurnew
Born and bred L.A. narcissist Pauly Shore turns auteur for this comedy film outing about … himself.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Pauly Shore, Pauly Shore Is Dead
Haunted House Rejects Its Newest Occupantsnew
An American version of a Japanese haunted-house film follows the same tack as its predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge
R.I.P. Ramonesnew
The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
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Men Behaving Badlynew
This family elixir is by turns weepy and hilarious, a little bit of Michael Caine and a whole lotta Christopher Walken.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Around the Bend, Jordan Roberts
Days of Wine and Neurosesnew
Payne's movies are distinguished by their indelible characters, and Sideways -- a cross between a three-legged sack race and a pedant's bacchanal -- is no exception, featuring two of the most fully realized comic creations in recent American movies.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Sex Change: Stage Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deepnew
Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty lives up to its terrific subject: the moment in theatrical history where women were finally permitted to act on the professional stage.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-22-2004 |
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The Man Behind Bushnew
Contrary to White House spin, the man behind Dubya is not God, but Bush's key political adviser, Rove, lurking like Forrest Gump over Bush's shoulder.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-21-2004 |
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Director Demonstrates How to Make an 'Issues Movie'new
Vera Drake makes a powerful pro-choice argument without resorting to polemical speeches or manipulative villainy. Instead, Leigh's exquisite treatment of character and setting speaks with impeccable moral authority.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Team America Cuts Loose on Warmongers and Peaceniksnew
Team America's testosterone-fueled puppet show swings into cinemas in the nick of time. In a bitter election year marked by blood-sport campaigning and politically scalding motion pictures,Team America arrives as the ideal joke to defuse the tension.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-21-2004 |
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Filmmaker's Latest Doc Examines Bitter Hometown Harvestnew
The navel-gazing detective story finds McElwee traveling home again to sort fact from fiction in the family drama of a great-grandfather who created Bull Durham tobacco but lost his entire fortune to business rival James Duke, thus reducing the McElwee family name to a butt in history's ashtray.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bright Leaves, Ross McElwee
