AltWeeklies Wire
All Gore, No Thrillsnew
Horror flicks don't need to have a point, but they should have style.
Nashville Scene |
Noel Murray |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Unloading Baynew
In Keane, Lodge Kerrigan confirms something every commuter dreads: Transportation stations may be gateways to home and security, but they can also be places where people become hopelessly lost.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Keane, Lodge Kerrigan
Stretching the Pointnew
The hype is technically true: Match Point is Woody Allen's best movie in years, but only because he's already had practice making it.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Historic Hoopsnew
Sports clichés aside, Glory Road rises above the typical January movie sludge.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Glory Road, James Gartner
Sophisticated Surprisenew
Who is this Woody Allen fellow who made this fresh and interesting delight?
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Open Sesamenew
They don’t give out awards for best titles, otherwise Albert Brooks’s Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World would be in the running. Instead, all it got him was trouble with the studio.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
01-19-2006 |
Movies
The Ladies Who Munchnew
A new season of The L Word turns down the titillation and dials up the nuance.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
01-19-2006 |
TV
Tags: Showtime
Why He Fightsnew
The director of the legendary film traces the history of the military-industrial complex.
The Village Voice |
Rob Nelson |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Eugene Jarecki, Why We Fight
American Beautynew
Terrence Malick's latest is defined by its combination of beauty and opacity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
The Sting of Comedynew
Albert Brooks talks about finding the funny, apartment hunting in Bahrain and how shitty the movie business is.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Delhi Laughsnew
A funny thing happened on the way to the mosque -- Brooks gets lost in translation.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
01-18-2006 |
Reviews
A Silver-Lined Screen?new
What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater?
International Anomienew
Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism and international commerce upon its culture and society.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jia Zhangke, The World
Puppy Love Turns Into Dognew
This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kevin Reynolds, Tristan & Isolde
Very Little Sex, Please -- We're British
Though not without moments of BBC-sitcom appeal, this undertaking is essentially lifeless.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
