AltWeeklies Wire
Harmony Korine Unleashes His Zombies on Celebrity Culturenew
Yes, he makes movies about repellent creatures, but his directorial career -- one of the freak occurrences of the '90s -- is also back from the dead.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
David Mamet Creates a Serious 'Karate Kid'new
But Mamet's self-seriousness stifles Redbelt's cinematic potential.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Does Werner Herzog Take Werner Herzog Seriously Anymore?new
Encounters at the End of the World is principally a collection of Herzog's Antarctic vacation pictures; the movie feels like an episode of Travels with Rick Steves if the show were hosted by a perpetually gloomy German.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
'Beaufort' Doesn't Retreat from War's Futilitynew
The semi-fictionalized film is adapted from a novel by Israeli writer Ron Leshem and set in the waning days of Israeli control over an ancient fortress. It is -- rather originally for a war film -- not about conquest, but about retreat.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Beaufort, Joseph Cedar
Hash Rehashednew
This second Harold and Kumar film is disappointingly lame, dude.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Hair and Feelingsnew
This Lebanese chick flick is entertaining enough, even if Cylons are few and far between.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
'The Life Before Her Eyes': Undo the Twistnew
Complex drama spoils itself.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
'Dark Matter' Explores Strange Territorynew
Chen Shi-Zeng wrote Dark Matter to investigate the unhappy flip side of the immigrant experience, in particular the forces at work beneath the cheerful surface of cross-culturalism that he lampoons so devastatingly in the film.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Chen Shi-Zeng, Dark Matter
Know Thy Spouse?new
A bizarrely complicated love triangle that unfolds during the film's 90 minutes. To get technical, the shape of the affairs that ensue is much more amorphous than a triangle, but "love polygon" has less of a ring.
Boise Weekly |
Travis Estvold |
04-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
Richard Jenkins on Having 'One of Those Faces'new
Jenkins moves from one of the ensemble to The Visitor's star.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy
Actor Danny McBride is About to Blow Upnew
Wait. Danny McWho? How can he be the next big thing if no one's ever heard of him?
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Summer Movies for Those Who are More Indie Than Indynew
So, you're one of those artsy types who can't deal with the summer popcorn movies. No worries: There's plenty of small- to mid-size movies sneaking in under the blockbuster radar.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-30-2008 |
Movies
Tags: indie, independent films
Strap Yourself In for the Summer Movie Blitznew
Must be summer -- every movie I want to see in the next three months is either a sequel, a superhero movie, or a superhero movie sequel.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
04-30-2008 |
Movies
Chris Carter Reopens The X-Filesnew
Carter has been tight-lipped about plot details but says I Want to Believe picks up where things left off.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
04-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Medicine for Melancholy' Faces the Changing San Francisconew
Jenkins' film is important because it spotlights the most overlooked aspect of the city's changing face: black people, and the lack thereof.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
D. Scot Miller |
04-30-2008 |
Reviews
