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Hussy 'n' Flownew
God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl as Brewer's South rises again.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rob Nelson |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Book Smartsnew
The Number 23 is entertaining -- despite the presence of Joel Schumacher.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
02-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Joel Schumacher, The Number 23
Flash of Brilliancenew
The Aura works on multiple levels and keeps the viewer constantly surprised.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
02-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Fabian Bielinsky, The Aura
Is Joe Swanberg Chicago's First Small-Screen Auteur?new
While the culture of surveillance and self-surveillance has started to prompt and provoke interesting art, Swanberg has made the lives of his friends and himself the center of his work.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Old Wine, New Bottlesnew
Days of Glory and The Lives of Others refit familiar genres to tell unfamiliar stories.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-27-2007 |
Reviews
It's Not Rocket Science
The Astronaut Farmer is a sputtering retro rocket that takes off on October Sky and crash-lands into a Field of Dreams.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-26-2007 |
Reviews
Q&A with Michael Apted, Filmmakernew
The documentarian ranges from Bond flicks to the Up series and Amazing Grace.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
02-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amazing Grace
Refighting History: 'Days of Glory' for Marginalized Soldiersnew
An angry, hardscrabble WWII tale of a North African platoon fighting for France.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
02-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb
David Fincher Triumphs With Unsolved Murder Mystery
David Fincher has said that with Zodiac he wanted "to make the last serial killer movie."
Tags: David Fincher, Zodiac
Eastern State of Mindnew
Though his film is set in the '80s, von Donnersmarck dislikes Soviet-era nostalgia.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Buggin' Outnew
The Lives of Others traffics in a virtue too many art-house directors fear: optimism.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Raiding Nadernew
A film dedicated to a man with a jones for warnings should come with this one: Like Nader himself usually is, it's better to go into An Unreasonable Man already armed with an opinion.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Riding Solonew
Cage brings all his Elvis-wannabe coolness to the role, projecting mellow self-confidence whether Johnny is stumbling away from a stunt or telling his manager not to mess with the Carpenters soundtrack in his apartment.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ghost Rider, Mark Steven Johnson
Wilberforce of Naturenew
Anti-slavery crusader William Wilberforce certainly deserves a film, and if Amazing Grace isn't equal to his achievements, it's a useful introduction to them.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Amazing Grace, Michael Apted
Cause Celebresnew
You Can't Spell "Disenfranchised" Without "France": Days of Glory takes aim at colonialism.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb
