AltWeeklies Wire
Louder Than Bombsnew
Ideas fuel this sci-fi thriller for the terrorism age.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Haddon |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Guilty as Chargednew
You're guilty of helping screw up Sidney Lumet's latest movie.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sidney Lumet, Find Me Guilty
Just a Homoerotic Crime Capernew
Many French caper films are as much essays as they are films -- case studies arguing for the artistic relevance of Hitchcock and film noir -- but this one isn't.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Classe Tous Risques, Claude Sautet
Revolution for Fun and Profitnew
V for Vendetta is set in a bleak near-future dystopia, where everything is very familiar -- people even drive the same cars we do now -- but it soon becomes clear that the world has been rocked by catastrophe.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
When the Mierda Hit the Fannew
The new HBO movie Walkout tells the story of the Chicano students who made history in L.A.
San Antonio Current |
B.V. Olguin |
03-15-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Barroom Sprawlnew
Wenders longs to make narrative choices the way a jazz guitarist chooses licks, capriciously, hunting for grooviness -- but the attempt imbues his movies with the personality of a hungover Beat poet playing dress-up.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006new
Parks, the renowned photographer, filmmaker and author, was as self-made as self-made men get.
The Village Voice |
Greg Tate |
03-15-2006 |
Movies
Anarchy in the U.K.
Comic-book cinema gets subversively political in V for Vendetta.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-14-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Mistress of Her Domainnew
The new Christine resembles the old Elaine -- not that there's anything wrong with that.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-14-2006 |
TV
Oscar Overhaulnew
The Academy Awards desperately needs a shot of sports.
Dallas Observer |
Richie Whitt |
03-14-2006 |
Movies
Tags: The Oscars
Will in the Waynew
Winter Passing's father-daughter drama is undermined by Will Ferrell.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
03-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rapp, Winter Passing
Oh Grow Upnew
Failure is McConaughey's perfect movie, and a pretty good one for us.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
03-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Failure to Launch, Tom Dey
Hazy Shades
Winter Passing is enervated and underrealized.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Rapp, Winter Passing
New 'Jack City
Although it tends toward the schematic and sentimental, Tsotsi benefits from memorable performances.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Absolutely Fatuous
Anyone expecting no more than another piece of inscrutable Xbox cinema might be satisfied by Ultraviolet.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kurt Wimmer, Ultraviolet
