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Inside the Mind of a Killernew
Factual consistency predicates the narrative in The Killing of John Lennon, but Andrew Piddington's re-creation of Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman's descent into murderous insanity is hardly a procedural investigation into psychological disarray.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
A Year Without Altmannew
The notable abscence of the master director diminished the art of movies in 2007.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-03-2008 |
Movies
Everybody and Their Brother Made a Movie in 2007new
Coens, Afflecks, Farrellys, Wilsons, Wachowskis… O brother, there art thou!
New York Press |
Staff |
01-03-2008 |
Movies
The Better Than Listnew
End of the year movie polls used to offer consensus; now they preserve film culture's herd-mentality. But anyone who responds to movies for what they mean -- instead of the way they are sold -- must depart the herd. That's how to find good, unheralded (often derided) films that don't insult the intelligence.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-03-2008 |
Movies
The Herbivore's Dialoguenew
Eleni Vlachos' Seeing Through the Fence, an 84-minute-long collection of interviews, statistics and food production footage, is steeped in facts about the vegan lifestyle and animal rights.
INDY Week |
Kathy Justice |
01-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Year in Filmnew
Into the Wild is the year's best, and a Charlotte-based indie joins the list.
Speaking the Truthnew
Historical drama struggles to rise above conventions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Allison Keene |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
Care Giversnew
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney find time for Dad.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Belles and the Beastnew
Julian Schnabel once again delivers high art.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
The Year in Filmnew
There Will Be Blood, Ratatouille top our critics' charts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster and Curt Holman |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
Against Blood Typenew
There Will Be Blood marks a sharp change of pace for writer/director P.T. Anderson, the most prodigiously gifted and brashly confident of Hollywood's young hotshots.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
'There Will Be Blood' Falls Down its Own Wellnew
We're variously reminded of Greed, Citizen Kane, Days of Heaven, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and even Werner Herzog's oil-fire documentary, Lessons of Darkness -- all better movies on similar themes.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
Not All of Today's Horror Films are Schlockynew
The Orphanage is more ghost story than horror movie, and though it's low on the gore scale, it's still very scary, deeply atmospheric and seriously creepy, owing success to its solid direction and cinematography from Oscar Faura that holds the same precision to detail as Pan's Labyrinth.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
01-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
The Prosthetic Achievement: Oil is Sweeter Than Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson has grown immensely as a writer/director since his last picture (Punch Drunk Love), so much so that in a single film he has become America's most visionary and accomplished modern-day auteur.
The Year in Film: Cartooning the Warnew
Transformers and 300 turn the conflict into comic book blockbusters.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
12-28-2007 |
Movies
