AltWeeklies Wire
A Giant Burrito of Sorrownew
Vincent Gallo’s drive across America proves to be a good-looking, albeit occasionally sucky experience
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-16-2004 |
Reviews
Silver City Express Takes Film Stars Around Coloradonew
John Sayles' new film, laden with Colorado political lore, is the first made in the state in many years. Westword editor Patricia Calhoun accompanies the director, actor Kris Kristofferson, cartoonist Tom Tomorrow and others on a promotional bus tour.
Sky Captain Needs Work on Charactersnew
The soft-focus, Technicolor-inspired footage offers an incredibly lush fantasy world, but filmmakers fell into the Star Wars prequel trap by paying so much attention to the digital effects that they forgot to work on the slow-moving story and undeveloped characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
The Wire Earns its Critical Acclaimnew
Each episode moves up and down the chain of command of both organizations, from junkies and street-corner pushers to Baltimore's most powerful elected leaders.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
09-15-2004 |
TV
Murder on the Campaign Trailnew
With Silver City, Sayles lives up to the stereotype of the socially conscientious but humorless leftist. Imagine Ralph Nader trying to crack a joke on the campaign trail and you'll get a sense of Silver City's discomfort with comedy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Sayles, Silver City
Ju-on Marks Turning Point for Japanese Horrornew
Technically, this is Shimizu's third theatrical feature in a franchise begun with a made-for-TV film called Ju-on: The Curse. That might explain Shimizu's fiendish resistance to lay out the film's supernatural rules. The audience stays as off-balance as the characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Ju-on: The Grudge
Election infectionnew
Power, politics, and puppets converge in Bush's Brain and Silver City.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Cheryl Eddy |
09-15-2004 |
Reviews
Report from Telluridenew
I can't remember a more consistently stimulating festival. Even movies that were practically guaranteed to be ghastly—a no-budget first film shot in the subways of Hungary, anyone?—turned out to be a gas, and even the occasional failures were ambitious and honorable.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
09-15-2004 |
Movies
Cinematic Campaigning: This Fall, Filmmakers Assault the Status Quonew
Independent filmmakers are in the midst of an unprecedented assault upon the present administration, timed for campaign body blows and so pervasive as to seem coordinated. More political movies debut this fall, including one on the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and another on sex researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
09-15-2004 |
Movies
Heaven Can Waitnew
Expect wire-fu, recognizable Hong Kong stars, or even a plot that makes you think, and you'll be both disappointed and bored with Warriors. But hang in there until the second half, and the payoff arrives.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
09-14-2004 |
Reviews
The Phantom Menacenew
The film is a little bit eerie, completely disjointed, and sporadically amusing — kind of like Lost in Translation, but with wanton slaughter. Do not expect more.
East Bay Express |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
Reviews
Vile With a Smilenew
In this fairly faithful adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's trenchant novel Vile Bodies, our giddy hosts are the eponymous "bright young things," the glammy, restless, 24-hour party people of 1930s England, busily getting bombed before busily getting bombed.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
Reviews
Wet Kisses: Surf Yarn Shows Social Changesnew
Not since Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer, released in 1966, has surfing been shown in such a worshipful light.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
09-13-2004 |
Reviews
Future Shock: Director Paints a Plausibly Problematic Tomorrownew
At once a weirdly familiar sci-fi trip, a bleak romance, a treatise on technology run amok, and a hot sirocco of mood, Code 46 is the successor to Blade Runner we've long awaited.
Silver City Stands Out in Season of Political Intriguenew
The new John Sayles movie, set and shot in Colorado, is downright bracing, and it has the kind of dramatic acumen the blunt propagandists can only dream about. There's no mistaking its liberal, or progressive, stance, but it's neither a bag of tricks nor a self-righteous rant.
