AltWeeklies Wire
It Doesn't Get Much Grimmernew
Unlike the original fairytales, this movie utterly fails to spin a creepy or interesting tale.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-24-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Grimm Jobnew
Terry Gilliam's latest brings no magic to his fantasy of fabled fabulists.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
08-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
Inside Jokenew
The hilarious new film, The Aristocrats, proves, our hesitance to offend sometimes robs humor of its vitality.
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Third Whirled
Despite noble intentions, The Constant Gardener eventually starts running in circles.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-23-2005 |
Reviews
Mind Gameynew
A tricked-up mental exercise that may intrigue the most impressionable film school students and a philosophy major here and there, Dot the I is more a pretentious load of crap.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Flight Risknew
Wes Craven takes a suspense cue from Alfred Hitchcock in Red Eye.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Cherry on Topnew
The 40-Year-Old Virgin gets a heart-on while telling wonderfully dirty jokes.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Deuce Deuxnew
This Bigalow sequel is better than the original--but that's not saying much.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-19-2005 |
Reviews
Beautiful Slownessnew
Don't let the boring beginning chase you off: Broken Flowers is worth staying for
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Flesh and Bloodnew
"It all seemed supremely perverse," said Carly Pope, upon
first reading the script of this boundary-pushing, incest-
laden black comedy by indie director Larry Kent. It's one
of the most talked-about films at the World Film Festival.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
08-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Kent, The Hamster Cage
Obsession and Entrapment Fuel Superb Filmnew
Scottish director David Mackenzie's morbid, erotic film has an economical, compressed style that covers a great deal of action and subtext in a tight space.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: asylum, David Mackenzie
Film Chronicles a Doomed Romance in Reversenew
A bitterly pragmatic argument for the complexity of relationships, 5x2 doesn't make any bones about the grim course it's on.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: François Ozon, 5x2
Feels Like the First Time Gettin' It Onnew
The 40 Year-Old Virgin celebrates the pleasures of the flesh as a healthy part of life while tweaking the juvenile hang-ups of both genders. OK, mostly juvenile male hang-ups, but women get teased, too.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Discord and Ecstasynew
Filmmaker Werner Herzog discusses Grizzly Man.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
08-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man
Pigeon Poopnew
Valiant, an animated adventure about heroic homing pigeons in England during World War II, flies in on a wing and a prayer.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gary Chapman, Valiant
