AltWeeklies Wire
Character Deferences
Set in Minnesota's Iron Range as Anita Hill testifies against Clarence Thomas on TV, North Country is a new Warner Bros. movie in the spirit of the old. It's based on one woman miner's crusade to be treated with decency.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
A Reporter in Search of a Novel
Given a lurid case, a reporter becomes a film-noir character, stalking dark alleys in search of light. This setup works even if the reporter is a squeaky-voiced gay narcissist who combines the mannerisms of the Deep South with those of the Manhattan intellectual.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Enemy Minesnew
Good filmmaking and bad conspire in the ultimately affecting sexual-harassment saga North Country.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
The Fastidious and the Furiousnew
Murder, adultery and good manners collide in an upper-crust British marriage.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Good Is The Operative Word
George Clooney's thrillingly topical film about the McCarthy vs. Murrow battle is as much about today's media as yesterday's...just replace the word "Communist" with "terrorist."
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
A Horse Of A Similar Color
An inspirational, true-story sports movie screenwriter makes the jump to directing...with an inspirational, true-story sports movie.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
This Whole Courtroom Drama's Out Of Order!
An Oscar-baiting tale of the country's first class-action sexual harassment suit goes from gritty to squishy on the stand.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: North Country, Nikki Caro
Should You Stay Or Should You Go Now?
Finding Neverland's director Marc Forster's slick execution of one of the dumbest ideas ever put to film.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
Head Casenew
Both patient and shrink could use some meds. So could the movie.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Stay
The Rock In A Hard Place
Not even the normally engaging wrestler-turned-actor seems half-alive in Doom, the based-on-a-videogame movie that gives based-on-a-videogame movies a bad—well, worse—name.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: doom, Andrzej Bartkowiak
Inside The Marginsnew
Filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan unravels the stubborn knot of aberrant human behavior in his latest look at people society doesn't typically like to look at.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
10-20-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Publish and Perishnew
The writer will do anything to get his book. The film shows at what a profound moral cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
Bully for Americanew
As George Clooney’s film reminds us, Joe McCarthy, a blusterous, bibulous Republican Senator disgraced the American heritage of freedom and justice for all
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
10-20-2005 |
Movies
Strangers No More: The Story of a Bluegrass 'Opera House'new
For 55 years Nelia Hyatt has hosted Thursday night pickin' sessions in her converted garage. Now, as explained in a new documentary, highways and development threaten to end the musical legacy.
Mountain Xpress |
Brian Sarzynski |
10-20-2005 |
Movies
Actress Gets Down and Dirtynew
The film begins on a downbeat note and only spirals deeper into the muck, though it's engrossing, socially relevant mud-boggling all the way.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
