AltWeeklies Wire
No Country for Unconscious Peoplenew
John Sayles puts the imaginative life of African-Americans on the screen better than most.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Leaky Vesselnew
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman almost make the ridiculous Bucket List script work.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Reiner, The Bucket List
L.A. Storynew
Richard Kelly's latest is sure to let down fans of Donnie Darko -- and movies in general.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
Masterpieces and Mysteriesnew
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that there cannot be too many Jane Austen adaptations for film and television, and PBS stations have compiled seven for an all-Jane week. Plus, a look at the Jane Austen mystery novels.
Boston Phoenix |
Jefffrey Gantz |
01-10-2008 |
TV
Tags: TV, The Complete Jane Austen
Lifting the Veilnew
If we've learned anything in the past five or so years of our foreign policy, it's that we should know a few things about a country -- its history, people, culture, and religion -- before bombing the crap out of it.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
'Persepolis' Turns a Graphic Novel into Animation Classicnew
The film does a first-rate job of outlining what it is like to be a teenager in a religious dictatorship, and it addresses this slow suffocation in a way any self-obsessed American teen could understand.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Age Against the Machinenew
Time is the enemy in Youth Without Youth and The Bucket List.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Black Goldnew
The best work Paul Thomas Anderson has done.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Saving Gracenew
Critics have called The Wire's most unlikely star, Felicia Pearson, and her character "Snoop" one of the "most ruthlessly charismatic" murderers to ever grace the small screen.
San Diego CityBeat |
Will K. Shilling |
01-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Contrasts are 'Youth Without Youth''s Strengthsnew
At first blush, Francis Ford Coppola appears to be having a late midlife crisis.
Willamette Week |
Saundra Sorenson |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Thicker Than Waternew
Paul Thomas Anderson brings out the devil in Daniel Day-Lewis.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
'The Violin': Angels With Dirty Facesnew
Folksy lyricism makes Francisco Vargas's film a quiet beauty.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Francisco Vargas, The Violin
Type Castingnew
Jack plays Jack, Morgan plays Morgan, and The Bucket List plods along.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Reiner, The Bucket List
Say Hello to 'The Merkin Man'new
What a perfect place for a TV special like Devin Dukes' Gettin' Around the Lowcountry, a short film similar to public TV-style magazine shows, that visits charming locales for in-depth looks at South Carolina's most colorful inhabitants.
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
01-09-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Devin Dukes, The Merkin Man
Transform and Roll Eyesnew
Tranformers Animated is bittersweet for people who grew up on the original series (me), especially if they have kids of Transformers age (definitely not me). Some really annoying liberties have been taken with the characters.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
01-09-2008 |
TV
