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The War to End All Warsnew
The title suggests a seasonal release, but this remarkable film is very much of the moment, suggesting the futility of war by depicting the "Christmas truce" of 1914 from three sides in the battle.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christian Carion, Joyeux Noel
Watered-Down Sequelnew
An exercise in the superfluous, this sequel lacks the original film's geniality -- and all of its pro-environment stumping.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Family Life After the Fall of the Wallnew
As two German families collide, this film explores its characters' shared history to unravel the challenges of political and personal reunification.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dani Levy, Go for Zucker!
Exoneratednew
Like the criminal justice system it portrays, Find Me Guilty ultimately works a great deal better than you might expect.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Instinctive Gag Reflexnew
This wholly unwarranted sequel is so outrageously preposterous (and chockablock with bad dialogue) that the end result achieves a basement grandeur of near-epic proportions.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Skating Past the Clichésnew
This wicked smart examination of black kids in modern Atlanta features talented young actors navigating the circuitous path to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: ATL, Chris Robinson
Let's Twist Again
Can't a movie like Lucky Number Slevin just be fun, without trying to impress us with its cleverness?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lucky Number Slevin, Paul McGuigan
Novel Treatmentnew
This novel's framing and dominant narrative, set in present day, allows the author to draw parallels between AIDS and smallpox.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-31-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Julia Alvarez, Saving the World
The Hate Debatenew
A Vermont homeless man known as "Mr. Happy" has been treating cable subscribers to his blend of racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric, pro-war tirades, gay-bashing diatribes and verbal assaults on the Left since 1995.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-31-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Uncivil Libertiesnew
Vermont Renewal fights against what founder Steven Cable calls the "valueless, culturally toxic agenda" of the "homosexual lobby" -- now some bloggers are fighting back.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-31-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Constitutional Crisisnew
The Founding Fathers never imagined a Bush administration.
The Memphis Flyer |
Joyce Appleby and Gary Hart |
03-31-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: George W. Bush
Gilchristification of Orange Countynew
Monday's student walkout shows the past ain't dead -- it isn't even passed.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
03-31-2006 |
Immigration
Those Edgy UCCs Are At It Againnew
Once again the United Church of Christ offers a gesture of inclusiveness to the TV networks, who reject it.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
03-31-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Sundance Kidsnew
Phooey on the narrative-film judges at Austin’s 13th South by Southwest Film Festival for bestowing awards on suffocatingly conventional movies.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
03-31-2006 |
Movies
