AltWeeklies Wire
The Long Goodbyenew
Remembering the movies of Robert Altman, 1925-2006.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
12-05-2006 |
Movies
The Stasi Who Came in From the Coldnew
Listening in on The Lives of Others.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
12-05-2006 |
Reviews
Antihero: DiCaprio Just Gets Better
Volatile intrigue abounds in this politicized story about South African arms dealer and diamond smuggler and a former diamond mine captive desperate to reunite with his family.
Tags: Blood Diamond, Edward Zwick
New World Ardor
Gibson captures the simple (500-year-old) story of an intense personal quest in Apocalypto.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
12-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson
Whachoo Say?
A pleasant enough tour d'horizon of the f-word.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: fuck, Steve Anderson
Candy's Too Dandy
It takes more than dirty hair and outbursts of blubbering to evoke the junkie life.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: candy, Neil Armfield
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
The Nativity Story should have been left in the dark.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Express Lame
10 Items or Less wants to be an offbeat character study but forgets to study its characters.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: 10 Items or Less, Brad Silberling
Childish Destiny
Call it Antichrist Superstar.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
An Excess of Good Sensenew
Despite Mirren's sensational performance, The Queen is sometimes as conservative in execution as the people it attempts to dramatize.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Frears, The Queen
Let There Be Lightnew
For beauty, for grief, for visual texture and a willingness to make such a strange, emotional, trippy film, Aronofsky deserves your attention.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Horrors of Hypenew
For Your Consideration should get Oscar buzz itself.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Hold Your Organs Closenew
Turistas is beautifully shot, well-paced and vaguely racist.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Stockwell, Turistas
Montezuma's Revengenew
Turistas is a surprisingly effective horror film with good acting and some breathless action.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Stockwell, Turistas
Get Thee to a Mangernew
Sadly, this familiar tale is presented with a yawn-inducing neutrality more reminiscent of a community-center Christmas pageant than an epic story of divine humanity.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
11-30-2006 |
Reviews
