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Rent-a-Renoir: Oberlin Students Borrow Masterpiecesnew
Every year since 1940, Oberlin College students have been able to take home one or two of the campus museum's rentable paintings for a semester. All that's required is a five-dollar bill, a student ID and a lot of tenacity.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
09-27-2004 |
Art
Korean Anti-War Film Is Epic in Scopenew
The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Zombieliciousnew
This "romantic comedy ... with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death — ingredients that have already made it a runaway success in the UK.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead
Honey, I Forgot the Kidsnew
Julianne Moore is out of her mind with grief – or is she just out of her mind?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Joseph Ruben, The Forgotten
Lars von Trier Re-Animates "The Perfect Human"new
This sublime documentary recounts a bizarre battle of creative wits between Danish film director Jørgen Leth and the notorious Lars von Trier.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Wade in the Distinctly Waters' Trashnew
John Waters, America's king of trash, is back with this tale of sex addiction, fetishes, and mad, bad, lascivious squirrel sexin’.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: John Waters, A Dirty Shame
Vaya Con Diosnew
What if Californians awoke one day to discover that all the Mexicans in the state had mysteriously vanished overnight?
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Cary On
Touch of Pink creates a realistic Cary Grant, but no realistic human comedy
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Ian Iqbal Rashid, Touch of Pink
Incorporating Understandingnew
To the degree to which this documentary sticks to its initial subject, The Corporation is an amazing work -- abundantly informative, visually arresting, and endlessly thought-provoking.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Wireless Fu
The Twilight Samurai is less clashing swords than romantic parlor drama.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Twilight Samurai, Yoji Yomada
After the Fire
Ladder 49 effectively balances humanizing and lionizing its firefighter heroes.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Russell, Ladder 49
Takahiro Omori's Pursuit of Bass Fishing in Americanew
Takahiro Omori, who won the Super Bowl of bass fishing this year, came to the U.S. to pursue his dream against his father's wishes.
Dallas Observer |
Paul Kix |
09-24-2004 |
Sports
Vet Management
Going Upriver succeeds at making John Kerry look presidential ... 30 years ago.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Dancing to the Brink of Warnew
Actor and author Stephen Fry turns director for this colorful group snapshot of monied revelers in 1930s London.
Austin Chronicle |
Kiimberley Jones |
09-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bright Young Things, Stephen Fry
Pixar Foes Challenge City to Ask More of Its Corporate Citizensnew
When Pixar Animation Studios decided to triple the size of its Emeryville, Calif., headquarters, 380 people in the working-class flatlands stopped Steve Jobs' company in its tracks.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-24-2004 |
Business & Labor
