AltWeeklies Wire
Land of the Lostnew
Roland Emmerich still thinks big -- if he thinks at all.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich
Serial Abusenew
Michael Haneke claims modern sophistication but proves he's a sadistic fraud in an American adaptation of his own film.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
'Funny Games' and 'The Witnesses': The Pain Eventnew
Two dramas explore the depths of human suffering.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-13-2008 |
Reviews
Putting the B in 'B.C.'new
Ten thousand years ago, we were all swarthy and hot and had dreadlocks.
Arkansas Times |
Matthew Reed |
03-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: 10,000 B.C., Roland Emmerich
'Horton': Microcosmic Dustnew
Who says this latest Dr. Seuss adaptation doesn't have its charms?
Fort Worth Weekly |
Cole Williams |
03-13-2008 |
Reviews
Grace Notesnew
These must be the gentlest, most sensitive cops in the world.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eran Kolirin, The Band's Visit
Mugging for the Cameranew
You have to wonder: Why an American shot-for-shot remake of Funny Games, Michael Haneke's decade-old Austrian film now?
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
The Arthouse and the Slaughterhouse Meet Againnew
In 2008 -- the era of Eli Roth and Saw -- a remake of Funny Games should be extra potent, especially with Michael Haneke behind the camera and boasting a supreme cast.
Willamette Week |
AP Kryza |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Princess Feministnew
What Penelope says about chasing Prince Charming.
Charleston City Paper |
Consuela Francis |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
Gus Van Sant's Beautiful Losersnew
Soliloquizing the life of a skateboarder in Paranoid Park.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Giving the U.S. the 'Funny Games' it Deservesnew
It's worth noting that perhaps Haneke's most ingenious (and frequently overlooked) gambit is that there is almost no onscreen violence. As much as Funny Games feels like particularly merciless, graphic torture porn, the actual moments of assault are almost always cut away from or just out of frame.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Talking 'Married Life' with Ira Sachs and Chris Coopernew
The four friends in Sachs' mix of drama, dark comedy and a couple of scenes of genial whimsy, are lucid about some things but reserved about others.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life
David Simon: 'The Wire' Exit Interviewnew
The Baltimore-set and -shot series that debuted in 2002 is officially over following this past Sunday night's series finale. It's over. Finished. Kaput. Long live The Wire.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
03-12-2008 |
TV
Trick or 'In Treatment'new
Therapy, as Winston Churchill remarked of Russia, is "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." That's why the new HBO series, In Treatment, makes for such compelling and fearsome drama.
Hartford Advocate |
A.J. Loftin |
03-11-2008 |
TV
More Animated: Dr. Seuss Gets a Spotless Facelift
The best-loved 1954 children's book by Ted Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) gets an appropriately colorful and vibrant film treatment with the aid of beautiful animation and expressive vocal performances.
