AltWeeklies Wire
Harried ... With Childrennew
Suburban kids and parents fail to act their age in Cuesta's second feature.
The Village Voice |
Dennis Lim |
05-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Cuesta, Twelve and Holding
Domestic Violencenew
Guess who's coming to dinner? Your boss's unstable wife and a host of hauntings.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
05-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dominik Moll, Lemming
The New Disaster Movienew
The events of September 11 renewed Hollywood's appetite for destruction.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
05-17-2006 |
Movies
Resistance is Futile
This series of anecdotes gradually accumulates a devastating power.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Mewl Britannia
Africa's colonial period may be over, but the Western tradition of making pretentious, Anglocentric, overlong movies about the continent lives on.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard E. Grant, Wah-Wah
Goals to Newcastle
All slo-mo, Britpop, and blood-pumping, Goal! is nothing less -- or more -- than Armageddon on the soccer pitch.
Washington City Paper |
Huan Hsu |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Statutory Rope
Valley takes itself altogether too seriously, even when dealing in giggle-eliciting cliches.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: David Jacobson, Down in the Valley
All the World's a Sage
Whatever the source of Art School Confidential's bile, this portrait of the young man as an artist could use less concept and more craft.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Waif, Waif, Don’t Tell Me
The story wanders in unexpected directions, but mostly Somersault just wanders.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cate Shortland, Somersault
Australian for Leer
Not since Crash has a movie been so ruthlessly espaliered around a single theme.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Look Both Ways, Sarah Watt
Cruise Control
This is as brisk and artiness-free as a summer blockbuster should be.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Compassion Play
These days, peril doesn't necessarily have anything to do with empathy.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Hell Waits at Homenew
An abusive marriage crumbles in the riveting, intelligent Take My Eyes.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Iciar Bollain, Take My Eyes
Inside the Linesnew
Clowes and Zwigoff upend the college comedy, then wreck it.
Unamerican Dreamnew
Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy.
