AltWeeklies Wire
Title Wavenew
A flood of new books about Hurricane Katrina are great for the publishing industry, but are they good for readers -- or New Orleans?
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
01-13-2006 |
Books
International Anomienew
Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism and international commerce upon its culture and society.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jia Zhangke, The World
Phair Game
The best tracks on It's a Game stamp their themes into your brain by attaching them to big ol' hooks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
Puppy Love Turns Into Dognew
This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Reynolds, Tristan & Isolde
A Rabbi's 'Regret'new
Daniel Lapin finally explains his relationship with Jack Abramoff.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-13-2006 |
Politics
Tags: corruption
Top O the Mourning
Though there are plenty of potentially bright, brisk sounds thrown in, the results don't often come across that way on this disc.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Very Little Sex, Please -- We're British
Though not without moments of BBC-sitcom appeal, this undertaking is essentially lifeless.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Leaving (and Returning to) the Nestnew
Despite an overreliance on metaphor and symbolism, this is an affecting little film about characters who struggle with issues connected with adoption, homophobia and loss.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Loggerheads, Tim Kirkman
Fool Britannia
The violence is more convincing than the eroticism, but both are pallid.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Near-Death Motivationnew
After being diagnosed with an incurable brain disease, a woman (played delightfully by Queen Latifah) discovers her moxie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Last Holiday, Wayne Wang
Fowl Out
Writer-director Dani Menkin's film seeks to prove how normal its subject is -- only in an exceptional, life-affirming way.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Family Outing
Dorian Blues is a witty if familiar look at a young man's struggle with sexual identity.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
A Different Kind of No-Tell Motelnew
In this horror film, three backpackers check in to the wrong hostel where, unbeknownst to them, very bad things happen from dusk till dawn.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
'Ette Tu?
Made-up stories about unsensational bastards are, in the end, just too boring for words.
Washington City Paper |
Brian Beutler |
01-13-2006 |
Fiction
Urban Update for a Classicnew
This animated retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story has sass but little imagination.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
