AltWeeklies Wire
Political Pranksters Invent the Art of 'Identity Correction'new
The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, developed Web sites like GWBush.com that people thought were real, then masqueraded as influential men to satirize the goals they despised.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
10-05-2004 |
Reviews
Finding a Waynew
In this Czech drama, war creates the atmosphere in which an unlikely love flourishes, then overwhelms that love.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
10-05-2004 |
Reviews
George's Junglenew
The feature-length documentary details Girl George's dalliances in 1970s Nashville, but it never shows the East Bay open mic legend and her sidekick, Star, actually performing.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
10-05-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taking the Pulse of Latin Cinema in Chilly Torontonew
Two of the Toronto International Film Festival's hottest tickets were Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's latest psycho-sexual melodrama, Bad Education, and Brazilian director Walter Salles's biopic of a young Che Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-05-2004 |
Movies
Stop and Gonew
The French flick plays like a parody of suspense movies, then occasionally becomes serious, then boring, then makes a jarring 180, then frustrates, then gets vaguely interesting again.
Riverfront Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-04-2004 |
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The Ramones Bopped Toward History and an Unhappy Endnew
This film is a history about the twin mysteries of how two guys who hated each other stayed in a band for more than two decades and how the Ramones managed to influence a million kids to start 250,000 bands without ever having a hit.
Riverfront Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-04-2004 |
Reviews
Past As Prologuenew
If there is one thing Going Upriver can accomplish, it is to articulate Kerry's belief that it is "men of small character" who are afraid to admit America's (and their) mistakes.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
10-04-2004 |
Reviews
Cruel, Vapid and Unfunny, This Shark Bitesnew
There's nothing at all sweet or endearing about Shark Tale, no warmth compensating for the clinically cold computer-generated animation.
Like Moths to a Flamenew
Jay Russell's action-packed, flame-broiled Ladder 49 is an all-out valentine to the firehouse fraternity. While it's good with mayhem, it's pretty weak in terms of actual human behavior.
A Sort of Homecomingnew
There is still more Vietnam to come in this year's presidential campaign. And thanks to Butler's latest contribution, you will find a narrative, not infused with partisan sound bites or Michael Moore-style storytelling, but one that most importantly constructs a painful history lesson. A lesson that it seems America is hell-bent to learn a second time.
Weekly Alibi |
Tim McGivern |
10-01-2004 |
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Rolling Rocknew
Hurtling across Canada during the summer of 1970 was a trainload of musicians – among them Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Buddy Guy – who partied and played music ’til the very end of the line.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Smeaton, Festival Express
Bunny Lovenew
Vincent Gallo's notorious film turns out to be an anti-action road trip that has the feeling of a fever dream.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo
Girls Just want to Have Funnew
This movie's tortured young protagonist and clueless dad just happen to be members of the First Family of the United States.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Forest Whitaker, First Daughter
A River Runs Through Itnew
This documentary seeks to identify the sparks that made John Kerry and so many others of his generation so eager to serve their country.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-01-2004 |
Reviews
Strangers on a Trainnew
Chinese romance stars beautiful Gong Li as a modern woman with two male lovers.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Sun Zhou, Zhou Yu's Train
