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Mumblecore: A New New-Wave Showcasenew
Two of the genre's more prominent works -- Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs and Aaron Katz' Quiet City -- screen this weekend at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Gus Van Sant on 'Paranoid Park'new
"When you're 16, that's the most important time in your life," he says. "It might not be a time when you get much done, but you're influenced by everything that's come your way. By 25, you're going to be much more frozen in your ways."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Tax Credits Battle Over Bill C-10 Continuesnew
Bill C-10 would grant Heritage Canada officials authority to deny tax credits to filmmakers on the basis of gratuitous violence and sexually explicit content.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
'Miss Pettigrew' is Charming but Not Funnynew
For its admirable attempt to recreate the rhythm and madcap antics of a period screwball comedy, the film is missing something. It's missing the comedy.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
03-07-2008 |
Reviews
Quebec Filmmakers Recoil at Funding Threatsnew
The legislation would allow the federal Heritage ministry to yank funding for movies or TV shows that contain "excessive" portrayals of violence and sex.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Double-crossed in Londonnew
The Bank Job delivers all the pleasures expected from a crime-heist picture.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
03-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
Heists and Homelifenew
The Bank Job is solid entertainment, while Married Life and CJ7 run out of laughs.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
03-07-2008 |
Reviews
The Man Behind the Moviesnew
Getting all your DVDs from Netflix? A video store buyer explains how his store cultivates a connection with customers.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
03-07-2008 |
Movies
Strange Transmissionsnew
Bleak and brutal sci-fi horror flick falls flat.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Sorry, Charlienew
Combining elements of Rushmore and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as well as the illicit-entrepreneur plot of Risky Business, Charlie Bartlett suffers greatly by comparison to these films.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
Lying Lownew
A joke-laden, quirky shoot-out, In Bruges is not.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Eraserheadnew
Like a runaway satellite or a shaggy transvestite, Be Kind Rewind is a confusion of messages and signals, few of which hit their mark.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
Fun With Ferrellnew
Semi-Pro is better than most comedies, but that's not saying much.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kent Alterman, Semi-Pro
Expect the Expectednew
City of Men is almost tolerable, if you go in with really, really low expectations.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: City of Men, Paulo Morelli
Nobody Loves a Nobodynew
If David Lynch remade Taxi Driver with equal doses of Eraserhead and The Elephant Man, the result might look something like the drab existential loneliness of Ronald Bronstein's Frownland.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
03-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Frownland, Ronald Bronstein
