AltWeeklies Wire
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Remake?new
Sometimes, the scares are sweeter the second (or third) time around.
San Antonio Current |
Cole Haddon |
06-07-2006 |
Movies
Shohei Imamura, 1926–2006new
Shohei Imamura was an artiste among pulp mavens, a pop comic amid tragedians, a deep-dish cynic and folksy absurdist both.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
06-07-2006 |
Movies
The Long Goodbyenew
Keillor and Altman team up for an elegiac backstage musical.
The Village Voice |
Rob Nelson |
06-07-2006 |
Reviews
Hugging the Homelessnew
Mouth to Mouth brings tenderness to a story of struggling street kids.
L.A. Alternative |
Eric Otto |
06-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alison Murray, Mouth to Mouth
This Year’s Model
John Lasseter’s Cars finds humor and heart in a sense of history.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
Shooting Loose, Long or Shortnew
The Duplass Brothers discuss how they found The Puffy Chair and where they're headed now as it hits theaters.
Austin Chronicle |
Spencer Parsons |
06-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Love and Learnnew
In their first feature film, the Duplass brothers have made a near-perfect relationship-trauma comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Hope Springs Eternalnew
Joan Plowright stars in this bittersweet yet predictable story about an aging widow's new friendships.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Gore Version 2.0new
Al Gore's zeal for spreading knowledge about global warming is inspiring and this documentary about his efforts also showcases the new, improved Gore.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Valley Boynew
Sadly, this is less the epic modern Western it aspires to be than a muddled melodrama about a delusional drifter played by Edward Norton.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Jacobson, Down in the Valley
Pol Vault
The movie, for all its gleeful violence, also packs a social conscience.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
All Hams on Deck
This is a lame imitation of American action movies right down to the line "You and I -- we're the same."
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kwak Kyung-taek, Typhoon
Run Wild, Run Freenew
This French import is not big on plot exposition, instead focusing on its finely wrought action momentum, which moves ever forward with rushing exhilaration.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
Sit a Spell
This is squirmily funny.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Rock & Roll Residuenew
With an award-winning performance by Maggie Cheung, Clean is one of the most emotionally honest movies about drug addiction ever made.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
