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The Moore Things Stay the Same

Freedomland is a most amazing story of sorts, but in the end, its much and often absurd ado goes nowhere and amounts to nothing.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 02-17-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Richard Price, Freedomland, Joe Roth, Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson

Man's Best Co-Star

This film is quick-moving and riveting, but you may as well tune out when the movie starts cutting back and forth between the humans, safely back in America, and the dogs, left to fend for themselves in increasingly perilous conditions.

Washington City Paper | Tricia Olszewski | 02-17-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Eight Below, Frank Marshall

What In Carnation?

By shaking the hornet's nest of American race relations, von Trier has guaranteed that at least some viewers will find Manderlay injurious.

Washington City Paper | Mark Jenkins | 02-17-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay, 95, dogma

Fables of the Deconstruction

The point of the original novel is never to get to the point, which this movie respects as best it can.

Washington City Paper | Mark Jenkins | 02-17-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Michael Winterbottom, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story

Code Orangenew

Two students work with Christo on "The Gates" -- and live to tell about it in Slaves of Christo.

Philadelphia City Paper | Drew Lazor | 02-17-2006 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Bennett's Choicenew

Was the Philadelphia Inquirer's decision to run "the cartoon" about bravery or braggadocio?

Philadelphia City Paper | Paul Curci | 02-17-2006 | Media

Tags: media

Tall Tale Storylinenew

A brief history of the amazing Lilys is told through frontman Kurt Heasley.

Philadelphia City Paper | Patrick Rapa | 02-17-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Lilys

Clowes Callnew

The creator of Art School Confidential discusses superheroes, museum shows, sad fans and the appeal of Hollywood sleaze.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Steve Appleford | 02-17-2006 | Art

Tags: Dan, Clowes

Deadeye Dicknew

We now know it's literally time to disarm the vice president.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Editorial | 02-17-2006 | Commentary

Getting His War Onnew

David Rees never wanted to be a political cartoonist, but then 9/11 revealed the ambivalent relationship to violence at the heart of American culture.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Dean Kuipers | 02-17-2006 | Art

Tags: visual arts

Freedom Isn't Insult-Freenew

Even those of us who already think fundamentalism is capable of anything find it hard to accept the Islamic fury over those Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Mick Farren | 02-17-2006 | Commentary