AltWeeklies Wire
Fresh Tracksnew
Despite celebrity status, snowboarder Nick Perata will always call Boise home.
Boise Weekly |
Travis Estvold |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Power Pointnew
Woody Allen's location switch from New York to London has yielded his most bracing, sure-handed, satisfying film in at least a decade.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Scarlett's Lettersnew
Match Point co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers lob a few in this interview.
Boston Phoenix |
Gary Susman |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Tasteless, Yet Inspirationalnew
Since the romantic subplot and slapstick stumble so often, a film that focused on the complex dynamics among the disabled should have been more special.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Behind the Musicnew
Despite being frustratingly too abstract at times, this film can be revelatory.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Happy Hookernew
Memoirs of a Geisha inappropriately tells the clean, beautiful story of a girl sold into sex slavery.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall
Man Troublenew
Despite toying with the dark American fantasy of living off the grid and putting a bullet in the head of corporate America, the film ultimately reminds us that we're all just working for the man.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Matador
Ode to Mediocritynew
Be Here to Love Me is an interesting documentary about a solvent-loving songwriter you've probably never heard of.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Unhappy Trails
Brokeback Mountain develops the quality of a mournful fable, transcending its own awkward passages and didactic limitations.
Ghost Worldnew
This Hungarian film, the most existential of holocaust films, is artistic without cheap or superfluous effects, making it almost mystically translucent.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
01-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fateless, Lajos Koltai
Swing Your Pardnernew
Brokeback Mountain is the perfect date movie for straight guys.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-04-2006 |
Movies
Tags: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Broken Hip
Hoodwinked may look low-tech, but the real problem is its attitude.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cory Edwards, Hoodwinked
Politics as Usual for Movies in '06?new
Hollywood's focus on real-life problems in 2005 might explain one of the biggest box-office dips in ages. Will filmmakers return to tried-and-true sequels, remakes, and out-and-out fluff?
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-30-2005 |
Movies
Serve and Follynew
Woody Allen's Cannes-hyped, Brit-inflected latest is a mildly pretentious mediocrity. The performances Allen gets, with his puppet hand permanently up his cast's colons, suggest an undergrad film adaptation of Dreiser.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Early Naomi Watts Indie Shows Talent Amid Chaosnew
Shown in 2001 at Sundance, Ellie Parker originated as a short film by director Scott Coffey and has been expanded, unfortunately, to feature length to make the most of Watts' entrance into the ranks of superstardom.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ellie Parker, Scott Coffey
