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'The Last Mistress' Frames Intense Performances with Relative Restrainnew
Although it's based on a scandalous 19th-century novel by Jules-Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly, Catherine Breillat's film makes few concessions to the conventions of costume drama.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-22-2008 |
Reviews
How a Porn Star-Turned-Producer Presses Flesh for Cashnew
Dave Pounder is many things: a local boy who made a name for himself nationally; an entrepreneur who left the corporate world to follow his passion; a guy smart enough to stay one step ahead in arguably the dirtiest, riskiest end of the entertainment business. Dave Pounder, see, is a pornographer.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
07-22-2008 |
Movies
Tags: pornography, Dave Pounder
'A Jihad For Love' Director Parvez Sharma Speaks His Mindnew
In his impressive documentary, queers from many different countries embrace both Islam and their sexuality, and that creates a fascinating tension.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Indestructible': Living with ALS for the World to Seenew
Ben Byer died just weeks before the theatrical premiere of his documentary about fighting the disease.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
07-21-2008 |
Movies
'The Dark Knight': Batman for the 21st Centurynew
It's not just about good and evil anymore -- it's about order and chaos.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
07-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
The New Batman Film is Deeper, Darker, More Action-packednew
We learn that Batman's dual existence is taking a toll on him, both physically and spiritually ... and the latter is the more dangerous.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
'Mamma Mia!': For the Dancing Queen Withinnew
This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Phyllida Lloyd, Mamma Mia!
Life Ain't Pretty in Gotham Citynew
Although the visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, this new Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our new age of anxiety.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
The Long and Winding Road of 'Brick Lane'new
Brick Lane shows us the life of a Bangladeshi woman, who moves to London to marry a man she's never met, keep house, raise a family, and eventually act on her squelched yearnings.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick Lane, Sarah Gavron
Werner Herzog Sits on the Bottom of the Worldnew
Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Queer Cinema Figurehead Returns With 'Savage Grace'new
You can almost smell the desperation in the twisted psychosexuality of Savage Grace, the film purportedly based on the true story of a mother-son relationship that went tragically wrong.
Austin Chronicle |
Steve Davis |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Savage Grace, Tom Kalin
Elevated by Effectsnew
In 3-D, Center of the Earth is great fun; in 2-D, it's stupid and silly.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
A Hero With Issuesnew
Its look, intelligence and consistency help The Dark Knight become the best Batman film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Was Roman Polanski a Pedophile?new
Along its winding road to crucifying the American judiciary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired grinds some very blunt axes, makes some dizzying leaps to judgment and does a lot of silly editing with movie clips.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
'Mamma Mia!' Big-Screen Musical Drains the Fun Out of ABBAnew
For all its halfhearted stabs at catering to the transatlantic youth market (with a little gift tucked in for the stage show’'s voluminous gay following), Mamma Mia! is a (Shirley) valentine to 50-something we're-not-done-yet broads.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
07-18-2008 |
Reviews
