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Robert Redford and the Facade of a Nationnew
Redford is once again traversing the chasm between the American dream and the American reality in a new film that meets the War on Terror and a grab bag of other sociopolitical issues head-on.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'American Venus' is Just Weirdnew
With his latest film, it is as though Vancouver-based filmmaker Bruce Sweeney has taken Rebecca De Mornay's persona and given her children of her own.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Venus, Bruce Sweeney
'American Gangster' is a Heroin-Dealing Disappointmentnew
There's a lot that this movie promises and never delivers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'Martian Child' Rises Above Average Family-Positive Sweetnessnew
Director Menno Meyjes pulls an engaging film out of the potential claptrap, while also putting across a message about the beauty of nonconformism.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
Cinematic Torturenew
Another Halloween, another crappy Saw movie.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw IV
Schmaltz Stewnew
King of California has its heart in the right place, but this movie has already been made numerous times.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: King of California, Mike Cahill
'Sleuth': Verbal Sadomasochismnew
Branagh's remake of the 1972 film Sleuth represents that theater/cinema crossover at its finest.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
Dealing Drugs is Fun, Profitablenew
Yes, American Gangster touches on all sorts of things -- Vietnam, police corruption, urban decay, race -- but at its entertaining core, it's really just about two badasses going head to head.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'For the Bible Tells Me So,' 'Mr. Untouchable,' and 'Kurt Cobain About a Son': To Blur With Lovenew
Three new docs offer sincere but fuzzy portraits of homophobia, a fallen drug kingpin, and Kurt Cobain.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Wristcutters' and 'Martian Child': Another Mean Worldnew
The heroes of Wristcutters and Martian Child navigate alien turf.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'American Gangster' and 'Control': Bio Hazardsnew
Biopics on a drug kingpin and Ian Curtis expose the perils of outsize ambitions.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe Face Off -- Sort ofnew
Is it not unavoidably frustrating in a movie when the two main antagonists almost never see each other?
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'Control': Dead Soulnew
Love tears apart Joy Division's Ian Curtis -- again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
Jimmy Carter, Missionary Mannew
Jonathan Demme exalts the ex-president.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'American Gangster': A Criminal Mindnew
Ridley Scott turns up the heat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
