AltWeeklies Wire
The Movie and the Realitynew
The documentary paints a visceral and disturbing cinematic portrait of our criminal-justice system in action -- yet if anything, After Innocence understates the problem.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
02-03-2006 |
Movies
Tags: After Innocence, Jessica Sanders
Not Quite a Movementnew
Slamdance features tenderness, anger, and a very steep slope.
Austin Chronicle |
Spencer Parsons |
02-03-2006 |
Movies
Ride Lonesomenew
Anthony Hopkins' great performance as Burt Munro, the real-life New Zealand codger and Indian motorcycle enthusiast who in 1967 set a land speed record that still stands today, is not enough to crash through this unabashedly sentimental wall of schmaltz.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-03-2006 |
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Trial and Errornew
The system is found guilty in After Innocence, a documentary on wrongful convictions.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: After Innocence, Jessica Sanders
Landscaping the Romantic Comedynew
Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket case, and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit in this genre-tweaking romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sanaa Hamri, Something New
The Remains of an Eranew
The final collaboration between director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant is a gorgeous slice of Merchant/Ivoryisms that nevertheless fails to equal the team’s greatest works.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
Populism Unbridlednew
This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
There's Nothing Like This Damenew
This staid British music-hall drama seems calculated to earn Judi Dench lots of award notices. Mission accomplished.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-03-2006 |
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Jazz Age Gone Wildenew
Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: A Good Woman, Mike Barker
Momma's Got the Same Old Bagnew
It's a shame to again witness Martin Lawrence squander his considerable comic talents under a fat suit and fake breasts in this shoddy sequel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Big Momma's House, John Whitesell
Schoolhouse Reichnew
Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking and brutal, its tale of two boys training together at an elite school is as intimate and truthful to its characters as it is powerfully topical and politically brave.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Before the Fall, Dennis Gansel
From Dog to Mannew
Lars von Trier pushes Dogville one step further.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
Sobering Thoughtsnew
Threat explores the darker side of
straightedge subculture.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
02-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Matt Pizzolo, Threat
How Gay Will Oscar Go?new
Handicapping who'll win, who'll lose and who'll just jerk off.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
02-03-2006 |
Movies
Malick's Naturenew
The films of Terrence Malick are an acquired taste, and The New World is not likely to gain him any new fans.
Illinois Times |
Marc Sigoloff |
02-03-2006 |
Movies
