AltWeeklies Wire
'Jindabyne': The Men From Snowy Rivernew
Disintegration in a small Australian town.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jindabyne, Ray Lawrence
'The TV Set': Pilot Seasonnew
Television is no place for a writer.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jake Kasdan, The TV Set
'Waitress': Bittersweet Triumphnew
Serving a slice of sweet sorrow.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adrienne Shelly, waitress
'Severance': Not Just Another Day at the Officenew
This British horror comedy ricochets from violence to vengeance to outright survivalism, with comedy -- some brilliant, some less so -- underlying it all.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
'Provoked': The Burning Bednew
What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jag Mundhra, Provoked
'Offside': Girls, Goals, and Ballsnew
Deeply immersive, thought-provoking, and quite often funny, this film depicts the resourcefulness women in Iran must rely on in order to enter a stadium to watch, no less play, soccer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jafar Panahi, Offside
'I'm Reed Fish': Advertisements for Myselfnew
The ultimate indie self-indulgence, this film (with a script by Reed Fish) is weighed down in its own coming-of-age angst.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Reed Fish, Zackary Adler
'Hostel: Part II': Where It's Always Check-Out TImenew
Roth has accomplished the near impossible: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to Hostel, one that supersedes the original's sadistic quotient, gore effects, and narrative subversiveness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eli Roth, Hostel: Part II
Cinema of Shadowsnew
We're nearly five years into the Iraq crisis, and Hollywood has yet to make a film about the war. Scratch that -- every film is about the war.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
06-07-2007 |
Movies
We Watch QubeTV So You Don't Have Tonew
On the video-sharing site "run by conservatives for conservatives," the racism is thinly veiled, the homophobia vigorous, the jingoism loud and proud.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
06-07-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'Mr. Brooks': A Cinematic Crimenew
Poor writing dooms the film despite good work by Kevin Costner.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bruce A. Evans, Mr. Brooks
'Air Guitar Nation': Imaginary Rock Godsnew
Who knew that fake guitar-playing could lead to such a real, compelling documentary?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
'Red Road': Eye of the Beholdernew
Feature-film debut speaks to our need to watch.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrea Arnold, Red Road
'Severance': Torn Curtainnew
Exploring the horrors of the workplace.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
The Big Scoresnew
Cracking the code of the heist movie.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-07-2007 |
Movies
