AltWeeklies Wire
LA People: Michael Kearnsnew
Brad Davis' death jolted Kearns into speaking out not only about AIDS, but against the entertainment industry's self-congratulatory, red-ribbon response to it.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
05-11-2007 |
Movies
LA People: Bob Barkernew
Come June 6, the 17-time Emmy winner will remind viewers to help control the pet population for the final time.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
05-11-2007 |
TV
IFC's Anime Block: Beware the 'Basilisk'new
The good folks over at the IFC have presently legitimized animation as a viable subdivision of film snobbery -- if it wasn't already.
New York Press |
Drew Toal |
05-11-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Extreme Closeupnew
Portrait of a Times Square suicide bomber.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Day Night Day Night, Julia Loktev
Totally FUBARnew
Raging against the military machine (and zombies).
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-11-2007 |
Reviews
'28 Weeks Later' & 'The Page Turner'new
Zombies return to Britain; plus, a civilized French thriller.
Secret Agents: Danish Actor Mads Mikkelsennew
On the acclaimed melodrama After the Wedding and what it was like to kick Bond in the balls.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sarah Polley's Art of Adaptationnew
Polley takes the director's chair for the acclaimed Away From Her, based on a story by Alice Munro.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Away from Her, Sarah Polley
Bad Lucknew
This poker movie will have you wanting to abandon the game early.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, Lucky You
Don't Kiss the Undeadnew
No matter how you count it, 28 Weeks Later is a great zombie flick.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Homeward Boundnew
Despite the presence of three acting powerhouses -- Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan -- this movie about three generations of "difficult" women never rings true.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Garry Marshall, Georgia Rule
Poker Platitudesnew
This romantic drama is set against a Las Vegas background and stars Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore, but it rolls snake eyes all the way.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Curtis Hanson, Lucky You
After the Gold Rushnew
This amazing-looking Mexican epic is a work of historic fiction by a first-time filmmaker, and focuses on the aftermath of the takeover in 1519 of the Aztec empire by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortes.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Innoculation Nationnew
This continuing story of a populace that fears infection from a "rage virus," forges ahead with panic-paced sequences of graphic, random violence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Pie-Eyed for 'Waitress'new
Despite a storyline that involves an unplanned pregnancy, various affairs, spousal abuse, maternal ambivalence, and food-service employment, Waitress is an optimistic comedy about getting past your mistakes and making the best of life.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adrienne Shelly, waitress
