AltWeeklies Wire
Where's the Fire?
Catch a Fire relies heavily on Bob Marley tunes and South African “freedom songs” to cover its lack of righteous passion.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Catch a Fire, Phillip Noyce
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
The essence of La Moustache is its inexplicability.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Emmanuel Carrére, La Moustache
Link Globally
Babel sacrifices its atmosphere in a quest to tabulate human misunderstanding and score obvious political points.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Driving Miss Crazy
Starring Harry Potter's Rupert Grint, this is like a TV series that tries, and fails, to reinvent a former cast member of a popular sitcom.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Driving Lessons, Jeremy Brock
New Yak City
Cohen makes tired American jokes funny again, and the fact that he is able to use this vehicle to expose the open hate that still exists here is just a surprising bonus.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Rev. Deathnew
A new documentary about populist preacher Jim Jones is a fascinating portrait of folly and power.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
The Shot Blurred Round the World
Is Babel's culture-spanning drama epic -- or merely unfocused?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
The War Against Comedynew
Feces, semen, urine, and the tears of a gypsy leave a great stain on the nation's silver screens.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Borat, Larry Charles
Back to La Manchanew
By anyone else's standards, Almodovar's latest would be great instead of just really good.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
Raising the Black Flagnew
Rachman and author Steven Blush talk about punk rock, ethics and their new documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Hardcore, Paul Rachman
That '70s Shownew
Saturday Night Live ventures into the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown.
The Village Voice |
Rachel Sklar |
11-02-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
O Lucky Mannew
This first feature by Georgian-born French immigrant Gela Babluani marks a memorable debut: It's a taut and stylish thriller despite its brutal psychological duress.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: 13 (Tzameti), Gela Babluani
Jigsaw's Puzzle Filled Innew
In the context of the Saw franchise, the third time's the proverbial charm, with oodles of backstory ladled atop the proceedings.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw III
Road Trippingnew
Old Joy is an accurately observed moment between post-adolescence and parenthood, when friends cling or scatter, and circumstances force buried feelings to the fore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy
Bowl of Laughsnew
Unlike so many kids movies these days, Flushed Away's characters are living, breathing parts of a small ecosystem.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
