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2004 Movies: Damaged Men and Second Chancesnew
With American authority at a low ebb, the movies of 2004 were full of damaged men struggling to define themselves in a world that seemed to have no use for them.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
12-30-2004 |
Movies
The Snow Globenew
Bay Area filmmakers who are bound for Sundance in January name some of their favorite films of 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Area producers and filmmakers |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Discovery Channelnew
Our critic takes a look at some undiscovered and undistributed gems of 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Area filmmakers and critics |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Taking Sidesnew
As Nov. 2 slopes away and Americans dig in for four more years, one wonders what to make of the innumerable hours documentary filmmakers spent parked at editing stations, determined to dethrone George W. Bush.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Behind the Celebritynew
The trouble with music documentaries today is they go behind the music instead of stay with it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Reasons to Disbelievenew
Torture reigned inside and outside movie theaters in 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Susan Gerhard |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Five Experts' Top 5 CD Picks for 2004new
The critics choose works by seasoned artists like Prince and Brian Wilson as well as the sophomore release of a startling young band, Perpetual Groove.
Mountain Xpress |
Melanie McGee, Kevin Cassels, DJ Jah Seh, Ele Ellis and Stuart Gaines |
12-29-2004 |
Music
Toga Partynew
An academic takes a gimlet-eyed view of Troy, The Passion of the Christ and Alexander.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
David Larsen |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Region Bullnew
With enforcement of copyright laws being lax in Southeast Asia, many unreleased American gems can be found on DVD.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chuck Stephens |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Baby, It's Cold Inside the Theaternew
Despite the coming of Kinsey and company, sex was paltry, ominous, and perverse at the movies.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Westword's Favorite National CDs for 2004new
After sifting through more crap than a Roto-Rooter guy, Westword's music staff submits these suck-free national releases as reason not to stick a shank in your speakers.
Men on Firenew
A Bay Guardian critic reports on the many macho movies of 2004 and finds that films carved from the craggy rocks of dude-dom hogged the lion's share of marquee space.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Baseball Is in Ruins -- Until Springnew
The steroids use scandal that has caused baseball to stumble is part of a jarring pro-sports tumble.
Our True Storiesnew
Ten of the best non-fiction works covered by the Phoenix in 2004, including books by Bob Dylan, Art Spiegelman, Alain de Botton, and Rachel Cohen.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix reviewers |
12-29-2004 |
Nonfiction
Personal and Political Conundrumsnew
A selection of fiction that Phoenix reviewers liked this year, including novels by Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth, Edward St. Aubyn, and Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum.
Boston Phoenix |
Phoenix reviewers |
12-29-2004 |
Fiction
