AltWeeklies Wire
Gimme Shelternew
Not since The Usual Suspects has a film of such complexity been so immensely enjoyable to watch.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Here Come the Bridesnew
This Spanish comedy is about same-sex marriages and mothers-in-law.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Manuel Gómez Pereira, Queens
Opera Bouffenew
This Chinese film by veteran Zhang Yimou is a tale about good intentions and missed opportunities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
The Joy of Sexnew
John Cameron Mitchell's sophomore film effort asserts -- with great gusto and even a brass band -- our universal right to sexual happiness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
The Sound of One Detective Crackingnew
A hard-boiled detective investigates a murder at a Buddhist monastery.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Rosenbush, Zen Noir
Coming in Lastnew
The other Truman Capote movie isn’t just second fiddle -- it’s awful.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Douglas McGrath, Infamous
Nuclear Family Warnew
Veronica Mars And Battlestar Galactica plumb the limits of today’s untraditional filial units.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
10-12-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Decent Exposurenew
Director Mitchell and leading lady Sook-Yin Lee offer penetrating insights in this emotionally wrenching and very sexy comedy.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
10-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
Freaks in the Familynew
Incest and murder are the order of the day in this taboo-busting but ultimately confusing film.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Kent, The Hamster Cage
A Truer Trumannew
Capote finally gets the biopic he deserves.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Douglas McGrath, Infamous
Yearning to Breathe Freenew
Mitchell says Shortbus was born out of admiration for the openly sexual Hollywood movies of the late 1960s and early 1970s and as a corrective to today’s increasingly chaste Hollywood climate.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
10-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
Last Orgasm in Hollywoodnew
Sex on film through the ages bring us to the question -- what makes movie sex dirty?
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
10-12-2006 |
Movies
Time to Dienew
This Chainsaw origin story is flat-out terrible.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-11-2006 |
Reviews
God's Childrennew
Christian extremists train kids to be warriors in the horrifying Jesus Camp.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-11-2006 |
Reviews
Flunking the Electoral Collegenew
New film gives a grade to America's unresolved voting issues.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
10-11-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Call It Democracy, Matthew Kohn
