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Women's Lib in the Form of a Jewel Heistnew
It's gotta mean something, right? In only the first few months of 2008 we've seen more than two movies about daring robberies pulled off by little people who feel, perhaps justifiably so, that they've been cheated by life while other fat lucky bastards have made out at their expense.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
04-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Flawless, Michael Radford
Anything is Possible for Sol Driven Trainnew
Charleston's unorthodox Sol Driven Train dedicate themselves to an unusually healthy and consistent do-it-yourself work ethic -- on the stage and in the studio.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
04-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lighthouse, Sol Driven Train
'Married Life' Gets Dark Laughsnew
It always pains me to use the word tandem "chamber drama," but there you have it.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
04-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
CineMujer Puts Women's Real Issues on the Big Screennew
In addition to showcasing more feature films (though fewer total films than last year), a major change in programming has been the division of the festival into two weekends rather than fill an entire week.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
04-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Will a Critics' Dearth Hurt Hard Films?new
What if a movie like Stop-Loss falls in the forest and there are no crickets there to chirp its praises?
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
04-02-2008 |
Movies
Courting Dangernew
Aristocrats play complicated mating games in The Duchess of Langeais.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-01-2008 |
Reviews
'Flawless' Isn'tnew
It's a pity that even escapist genre fiction stoops to having a message these days.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
04-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Flawless, Michael Radford
Living Through Thisnew
Andre Techine's latest takes an intimate look at a different generation of survivors.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
04-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: André Téchiné, The Witnesses
Bi Sci-Finew
BBC's gleefully bonkers Torchwood returns born-again queer hard for its second season.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Back Door Draftnew
Nearly a decade after Boys Don't Cry, writer/director Kimberly Peirce returns with another disquietly American story.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Hadden |
04-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Jerry Springer Stumps for Hillarynew
How he shills for Clinton between tranny midgets and onstage brawls.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
04-01-2008 |
TV
Empathy for the Stones
Martin Scorsese returns to the rock 'n' roll concert documentary genre that he helped develop in 1978 with The Last Waltz, to capture an energized performance by The Rolling Stones at New York's Beacon Theater in the fall of 2006.
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Shine a Light
Blues Travelers
Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light manages to find a new angle on the Rolling Stones in concert.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Shine a Light
'Stop-Loss': Well-Meaning, but Battles Itselfnew
Lord knows, even at its worst, Stop-Loss remains light years more accomplished than the hand-wringing speeches we've been subjected to recently.
The Memphis Flyer |
Sean Burns |
03-31-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Scorsese Shines a Light on the Stones
On a cold Sunday at Manhattan's Palace Hotel, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts joined a throng of anxious journalists so we could pepper them with questions. Needless to say, Marty and the Stones looked marvelous, laughed a lot, and cracked wise to everyone's delight.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
03-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Shine a Light
