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Abstract Reasoningnew
A film's exploration into the authenticity of 4-year-old Marla Olmstead's paintings raises the thorny question of how we judge abstract art.
Director Sidney Lamut Creates the Taut Dramanew
Whenever a movie begins with a wide-screen view of Philip Seymour Hoffman's ass, there's a director behind the camera who doesn't take orders.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
'Culture' Crashnew
What Strange Culture says about art, politics and paranoia in post-9/11 America.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jerry Seinfeld Waxes Nostalgic About 'Bee Movie'new
"You can't imagine what it's like when Steven Spielberg gets excited by something you say," he says. "It's intoxicating."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tami Fertig |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Lions for Lambs' is Skeptical About the War on Terrornew
It's certainly didactic at times, like a college theme paper turned into an episode of West Wing. But the dialogue's sharp and incisive, and the acting's first-rate. And there's star charisma to burn, what with Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and, of course, Redford himself along for the ride.
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'Dinosaurs Alive!' Includes More than a T-Rexnew
The film may sell itself with the larger-than-life CGI beasties, yet it's ultimately more about the humble paleontologist and the way a new generation is adding to or altering old discoveries.
The Georgia Straight |
Janet Smith |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ludacris on 'Fred Claus'new
Ludacris, aks Chris Bridges, says that his previous movie roles had led producers to assume that was all he could do. "When you do a role like the guy in Hustle & Flow where you play an asshole, people will send you scripts and say, 'We want you to play this other asshole.'"
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Dobkin, Fred Claus
Josh Brolin & Kelly MacDonald on 'No Country for Old Men'new
Both Brolin and MacDonald are open in their admiration for the Coen brothers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
John Pilger on American Malfeasance in Latin Americanew
The journalist and documentary filmmaker probes the uncomfortable truths of American influence in Latin
America in The War on Democracy.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Pilger, The War on Democracy
'Once' Wasn't Enough for Marketa Irglova & Glen Hansardnew
Not long ago, Dublin's Glen Hansard was a little-known quantity in the entertainment industry. Now, however, everything's changed thanks to Hansard's co-starring role in director John Carney's Once, 2007's most unexpected, and well-deserved, independent-film success story.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Carney, Once
All the Pretty Carnagenew
Remorseless murder isn't all there is to No Country for Old Men, but it's all anyone seems to care about.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-12-2007 |
Reviews
The Dull and the Kinkynew
With Tell Me You Love Me and Californication, HBO and Showtime offer two takes on erotica with one thing in common: neither is very sexy.
Chicago Reader |
Lee Sandlin |
11-12-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Lowering the Stakesnew
As networks try to recreate cult-followed fantasy and sci-fi shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the new shows are derivative and, worse, dreadful to mediocre.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
11-09-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Tonal Gravitynew
Coen Brothers return to darkness with No Country for Old Men while Lions for Lambs offers an anything-but-subtle attack.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-09-2007 |
Reviews
Michael Haneke Over Americanew
Some great directors begin in TV, like Austrian Michael Haneke. Eight of his TV films have been subtitled into English and are touring North America for the first time as part of the Boston University – curated retrospective "Michael Haneke: A Cinema of Provocation."
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Haneke
