AltWeeklies Wire
Recalling Music, Protest of Woodstock Eranew
Bob Smeaton's documentary of Canada's 1970 Festival Express concert tour captures the era's peace-and-love ideals unified by rock 'n' roll, as well as the more militant, violent impulses of the protest movement. Watching Festival Express is like seeing the performances of Woodstock 1969 alongside the riots of Woodstock 1999.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Smeaton, Festival Express
Director's Cut Resurrects Cult Filmnew
Hoping to capitalize on the film's growing cult following, Kelly's story of teenager Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), who has apocalyptic visions of the future, is being re-released theatrically. Kelly's Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut features additional '80s pop tunes and 20 more minutes of footage meant to clarify some of the story's loose ends.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-26-2004 |
Reviews
Mira Nair Spins Thackeray's Classic Heroinenew
Nair's multifaceted work has often focused on outsiders, from the Bombay strippers in her 1985 documentary India Cabaret, to the Cuban exiles living in Miami in The Perez Family. It thus seemed almost inevitable that Nair would one day turn to Vanity Fair, which she's loved since she first read it as a 16-year-old growing up in Orissa, India.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Highlights and Lowlightsnew
Here are 20 more reasons to race to -- or from -- the multiplexes and art houses this fall.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Huston and Cheryl Eddy |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Over the River’s Edgenew
In Mean Creek, Stand by Me meets Lord of the Flies.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mean Creek, Jacob Aaron Estes
Zhang, He’s Good!new
A Chinese master’s swashbuckling epic kicks airborne ass in rainbow shades.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
08-25-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Zhang Yimou, Hero
Thrice Shy: Romantic Triangle Develops Between Roommatesnew
Colin Farrell plays a charming ne'er-do-well who unwittingly manages to get damn near everyone to fall in love with him.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
Banzai Beat: Kitano Masterfully Revives Legend of Zatôichinew
This new Japanese import opens with a massive thud not unlike Godzilla's footfall. The blind semihero can destroy just about anyone with his mighty sword, which is cleverly disguised as a cane.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
Video Jockey Spreads Word About Fledgling Music Channelnew
Marianela Pereyra, host of the program Daily Download, came to South Beach to promote the fast-rising 24-hour music channel. Fuse TV competes with MTV by sticking to a strict diet of hip-hop, rock and Latin music video programming.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
08-23-2004 |
TV
Monster Bash: Evil Space Critters Get Ready to Rumblenew
Part of the reason this film finally got made is that director Paul W.S. Anderson pitched a story set in the budget-friendly setting and location of present-day Earth, rather than across galaxies to multiple futuristic planets.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
More Bushwhacking: Filmmaker Sets Her Sights on the Presidentnew
Rose's documentary is truly effective in its firsthand accounts from people accosted and detained by police officers and FBI and Secret Service agents for doing little more than exchanging anti-Bush e-mails or speaking out against the war on terror in public places.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lost in Translationnew
Young tykes might thrill at phrases like "I activate my dark clown card!" but everyone else should steer clear of this ghastly Japanese cross-marketing hydra.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Hatsuki Tsuji, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie
Boys Gone Mildnew
Three buddies light out into the wilderness in search of hidden treasure and a male-bonding experience -- but not too much male bonding, if you know what we mean.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Brill, Without a Paddle
Game Overnew
Tall, dark, and icky meets shiny nappy people in this asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable '80s-era screen bugaboos.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
The Doctor Isn’t In, But the Tax Attorney Isnew
Leconte’s film tells a surprisingly romantic tale of confused identity and psychoanalysis.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-20-2004 |
Reviews
