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Blues Roots Take Hold In Craig Brewer's Gothic Tale of Redemption
The title Black Snake Moan comes from Texas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson's song about going blind, and the swampy imagery serves as a beacon of primal anguish for writer/director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow).
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
'Astronaut Farmer' Taps into Space Race Iconographynew
Billy Bob Thorton's latest is inspiring because it earns its sadness, not because of any speechifying.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Fame and Folly with 'Factory Girl'new
The Andy Warhol biopic dares to explore the toxic social consequences of superficiality, sarcasm and artifice.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Factory Girl, George Hickenlooper
Second Act: Craig Brewer Isn't Interested in Playing it Safenew
The Hustle & Flow director takes an unexpected turn with Black Snake Moan, a pulpy Southern Gothic tale starring a white "nymphomaniac."
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
02-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Nip/Tuck Dumps the O.R.new
Characters' personal lives are taking them away from their jobs.
NOW Magazine |
Barrett Hooper |
02-23-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Slanted Truthsnew
The Slanted Screen upends Asian stereotypes.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Adachi, The Slanted Screen
The Zodiac is Backnew
Who was Northern California's most notorious serial killer? Despite what a new major motion picture suggests, no one really knows.
Sacramento News & Review |
R.V. Scheide |
02-23-2007 |
Movies
Vicious Cycle
Wild Hogs rides a nasty strain of gay-panic humor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Walt Becker, Wild Hogs
Suicide Missionnew
Clint Eastwood takes the Japanese view, directing one of the most powerful war movies ever.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Smetanka |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
The Year in Reviewnew
Eugene Weekly's movie critics pick the best of 2006.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair and Molly Templeton |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
'The Astronaut Farmer' Doesn't Get Off the Groundnew
It may be most self-consciously old-fashioned and straight-up corny motion picture to come out of Hollywood in years.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
College (Fish)Bowlnew
This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story's characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Starter for 10, Tom Vaughan
Just in Time for Nader '08new
Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on An Unreasonable Man.
Austin Chronicle |
Shawn Badgley |
02-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: An Unreasonable Man
Consuming Ralph Nadernew
This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Emotional Rescuenew
Despite the fact that Tyler Perry relies on contrivances and sentimentality, he manages to spin a good yarn in the process.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
