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Quarterlife Crisisnew

A portrait of contemporary twentysomethings (and an orgy of self-reference), quarterlife is a failed network pilot that found new life on the internet as not just a web-ivision show, but also a real-life social-networking website (quarterlife.com).
San Antonio Current  |  Luke Baumgarten  |  11-28-2007  |  TV

People Who Need Peoplenew

Are the most fucked-up people in the world. Take it from Noah Baumbach and Kurt Cobain.
East Bay Express  |  Kelly Vance  |  11-28-2007  |  Reviews

2007: The Year Cinema Got the Music Rightnew

This may be the year that showed making movies about rock 'n' roll -- particularly some of its most iconic figures -- need not be overburdened by formula, deification or condescension.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  David Lee Simmons  |  11-28-2007  |  Movies

'Margot at the Wedding': Unholy Matrimonynew

Nicole Kidman as a party killer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Felicia Feaster  |  11-28-2007  |  Reviews

'The Mist': White Noisenew

Rescuing a Stephen King adaptation from the fog.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  11-28-2007  |  Reviews

'I'm Not There': Man for All Seasonsnew

Todd Haynes' latest wrestles with Bob Dylan's life and myth.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Felicia Feaster  |  11-28-2007  |  Reviews

Francis Ford Coppola: Like a Fine Wine

In his first film in a decade, Coppola explores the mysteries of youth.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Carl Kozlowski  |  11-28-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Crispin Hellion Glover's Strange Nocturnal Emissionsnew

Working with cash banked from playing an eccentric baddie in Charlie's Angels, Glover produced and directed a feature from a perspective no one else would likely ever consider.
Chicago Newcity  |  Ray Pride  |  11-28-2007  |  Reviews

Asian Sex Tourism is at the Forefront of 'Holly'new

What gives Holly its strength is that it's a well-told story that doesn't belabor the point with cheap music cues or David Fincher-esque grungy sets.
OC Weekly  |  Luke Y. Thompson  |  11-27-2007  |  Reviews

Todd Haynes on 'I'm Not There'new

"I really think of Dylan as the consummate performer, even more than being this amazing singer and songwriter and wordsmith," Haynes explains.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Violet Glaze  |  11-27-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

'I'm Not There' Breathes Life Into the Many Sides of Bob Dylannew

Like a gem whose intrinsic flaws only make it more fascinating, Todd Haynes' biopic changes shape as you hold it to the light.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Sam Adams  |  11-27-2007  |  Reviews

'Evening' Inspirationnew

With his new film, director Andrew Wagner digs deeply into the hard work behind the creative spark.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Carl Kozlowski  |  11-27-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

'Starting Out in the Evening': Intelligent Designnew

If Starting Out in the Evening is a movie about how little we know and how much we presume, it is also about transformation, and heartbreak and halting renewal.
L.A. Weekly  |  Ella Taylor  |  11-26-2007  |  Reviews

Family Matters in 'Margot at the Wedding'new

Everyone is on the brink of something in Noah Baumbach's latest -- marriage, divorce, puberty -- and by the time one character huffs, "I'm out of breath," you'll have a reasonable idea of how she feels.
L.A. Weekly  |  Scott Foundas  |  11-26-2007  |  Reviews

Tackling Pop Culture's Greatest Enigmanew

I'm Not There turns out to be a triumph of intellect and cinematic imagination that feels light rather than heavy, and such a novel approach to film biography as to leave every Ray and Walk the Line looking especially clueless.
L.A. Weekly  |  Scott Foundas  |  11-26-2007  |  Reviews

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