AltWeeklies Wire
Squalor Sadnessnew
When elders in America find themselves alone and living in filth, it's clear we've lost our way
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
07-08-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: elderly
Exiting Junior High with a Bangnew
Spy Kids' Alexa Vega graduates to tween hijinks.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Sam, Joe Nussbaum, Jeff, Jane, Alexa, Boorem, Garlin, Huntington, Lynch, Mika, Scout, Sleepover, Taylor-Compton, Vega
Arthur the Barbariannew
In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be the warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Big Names, Little Suspensenew
Despite the participation of Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, and Willem Dafoe, The Clearing is a psychological thriller sans suspense.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-08-2004 |
Movies
Tags: Matt, Robert, Alessandro, Craven, Dafoe, Helen, Melissa, Mirren, Nivola, Pieter Jan Brugge, Redford, Sagemiller, The Clearing, Willem
Newsroom Anarchynew
Will Ferrell's Anchorman needs more work behind the scenes.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Seldom Is Heard a Discouraging Wordnew
Inspirational documentary is about Americans with true grit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-08-2004 |
Movies
Paris Is for Loversnew
Before Sunset is a fluid, engaging, charming, frustrating, funny, and lively movie. Linklater's characters have seasoned in the nine years since they met, their outlooks are not as carefree as they were in their youth, and their responsibilities in life have multiplied and grown roots.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Bush League: (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administrationnew
The handover of Iraqi "sovereignty" inspires a re-examination of the U.S. role in Iraq.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-08-2004 |
Politics
Haunted by High Expectations, Wilco Produces a Minor Ghostnew
Ghost is far from awful -- in fact, it's often painfully lovely -- and, if you can get past the occasional proggish pretense, the interminable stretches of pure noise, and some embarrassing lyrical missteps, you'll find much to admire.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
The Spoilers: Nader and the Greens Go Their Separate Waysnew
After the Green Party narrowly selected political unknown David Cobb as its presidential candidate, Ralph Nader berated the party as "strange," said it was run by a "cabal," and predicted that it would be a "big loser" in the November election.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
07-08-2004 |
Politics
Ambitious Singer/Songwriter Is a Critic's Dreamnew
Michigan-bred Sufjan Stevens is about as likely to appear on the side of populism as Britney Spears or Linkin Park are to land on a year-end list. But the hushed-voiced creator of folk-based arrangements is optimistic that a change may be coming.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Nikhil Swaminathan |
07-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sufjan Stevens
A Look inside Sao Paulo's Most Notorious Penitentiarynew
With the loose, anecdotal structure of nonfiction work, the film explores the daily lives of the prisoners, who occasionally recount their stories in flashbacks. The tales inevitably build to violent confrontations, but frequently find room for gallows humor.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Carandiru, Hector Babenco
Stick a sword in it, King Arthur's donenew
King Arthur never commands our interest as an action film or a history lesson, and whenever director Antoine Fuqua tries to push the two together, it feels like he's hammering a square peg in the Round Table.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Antoine Fuqua, King Arthur
Delpy and Hawke Reconnect in Before Sunset new
Sequels are rarely improvements on the original, but Before Sunset is an exception to that rule. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are utterly charming as two quirky, overly analytical people whose cynicism blankets a soft core of romanticism.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
Family Values Reaffirmed in Kidnapping Thriller The Clearingnew
The Clearing is unconventional in some ways, for the age of its protagonists and for the way it bucks the usual thriller formula. Gone is the breakneck pacing and the kind of race-against-the-clock, heart-pounding hysteria that seems to dominate the genre.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Pieter Jan Brugge, The Clearing
