AltWeeklies Wire
The Remains of an Eranew
The final collaboration between director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is a gorgeous slice of Merchant/Ivoryisms that nevertheless fails to equal the team’s greatest works.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Populism Unbridlednew
This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
There's Nothing Like This Damenew
This staid British music-hall drama seems calculated to earn Judi Dench lots of award notices. Mission accomplished.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Jazz Age Gone Wildenew
Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: A Good Woman, Mike Barker
Momma's Got the Same Old Bagnew
It's a shame to again witness Martin Lawrence squander his considerable comic talents under a fat suit and fake breasts in this shoddy sequel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Big Momma's House, John Whitesell
Schoolhouse Reichnew
Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking and brutal, its tale of two boys training together at an elite school is as intimate and truthful to its characters as it is powerfully topical and politically brave.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Fall, Dennis Gansel
Boehner: Yet Another Lobbying Slut?new
The new House Majority Leader is not quite the 'reformer' he claims.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
Un-Made in Mexiconew
Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family.
OC Weekly |
Boyd Taylor |
02-03-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
'Military Is Very, Very Important'new
Camouflage is back, at the latest Action Sports Retailer expo.
Tags: fashion
Star-Buckernew
Xtine Hanson takes on corporate coffee with Delocator.net.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
02-03-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
From Dog to Mannew
Lars von Trier pushes Dogville one step further.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
Bloody Valentinenew
Subtle magic clashes with pulp fiction storytelling in Eden Robinson's tortured love story.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-03-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Blood Sports, Eden Robinson
Sobering Thoughtsnew
Threat explores the darker side of
straightedge subculture.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Matt Pizzolo, Threat
Five Reasons to Hate Albertanew
A political refugee presents a handy guide to Conservative bull.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
The Comrades in Caracasnew
In Venezuela for the World Social Forum, a Montrealer finds a city awash in revolutionary fervor and slogan-spouting dolls.
Montreal Mirror |
Brett Story |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
