AltWeeklies Wire
Not So Pleasurable 'Pleasure for Sale'new
Take HBO's softcore Cathouse, suck out all the fun and frivolity, throw in a bunch of traumatic sexual baggage and you have Pleasure for Sale, the six-part documentary series on the Sundance Channel.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
02-11-2008 |
TV
Enemy of the Statenew
Director Cristian Mungiu discusses his acclaimed film about illegal abortion in Communist Romania.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Trust the Audiencenew
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a powerful story about abortion and betrayal, leaves the value judgments to the viewer.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
Alba-Trossnew
So-so The Eye lets good talent go to waste.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-10-2008 |
Reviews
How the South Was Boringnew
The obvious, trite plot of Honeydripper will leave viewers longing for a nice, big dose of Ritalin.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Bleak Streetnew
British kitchen-sink realism meets crime drama in the atmospheric but underdeveloped London to Brighton.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
02-08-2008 |
Reviews
Alternate Awardsnew
No Oscars? Try these honors on for size.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
02-08-2008 |
Reviews
Martin Beats Stillernew
Your enjoyment of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins can be predetermined by one question: Do you think an obstacle course showdown between Martin Lawrence and Cedric the Entertainer sounds hilarious? If not, move along to the next review.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
02-08-2008 |
Reviews
Are We Excited Yet?new
Hang the blame on poor marketing, or a tendency to cater to a faithful older audience rather than drum up some fresh blood—fact is, Portland's International Film Festival (PIFF) is not the Big Deal it should be.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
02-08-2008 |
Movies
Let's Hope Real Comedy Comes into Playnew
You know how most DVDs come with extra features about the making of movie, interviews with the stars and the director, and whatever else was captured on film that fans might find moderately interesting? They seem to have got it backward here.
Did Romance Exist Before Movies?new
Hollywood perfected it with sophisticated women and beautiful men trading witty dialogue while overcoming artificial obstacles to the kind of rapturous love that only had to last until the words "The End" left us to imagine that they could keep it up for the ensuing lifetimes.
Vaughn & Gamesnew
Don't judge Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show by its title—the documentary isn't 100 minutes of Fred Claus running his mouth.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-08-2008 |
Reviews
El Violin Plays a Song That Hurts to Hearnew
It is unsurprising how seamlessly writer/director Francisco Vargas’ filmic language in El Violin melds a 1970s tale of peasant rebellion with intimations toward the country’s entire history of oppression, struggle and survival.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
02-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Francisco Vargas, El Violin
Recent Comedies Mostly All Wetnew
Some observers are calling this a golden age for comedy films, but even a golden age has its share of fool’s gold.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
02-07-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Tennant, Fool's Gold
Asheville Indie Film Garners Attention at Sundancenew
Asheville-based director Chusy Haney-Jardine took an entirely different road to Sundance: Most of the players in his film had never acted before—anywhere.
