Korean director transforms social philosophy into visual poetry
By Gregory Weinkauf,
May 27, 2004
Ever-evolving, always changing, the universe nonetheless sustains many constants: Hair metal never really goes away. British women inevitably... More>>
The first few minutes of Shrek 2 are cluttered with more references to the movies than David Thompson's thick, rich history text New Historical... More>>
What Alice Found sees a girl become a woman by turning trucker tricks
By Luke Y. Thompson,
May 13, 2004
What Boogie Nights did for porn stars, What Alice Found does for truck-stop hookers. That is to say, the film takes a sleazy profession, sexes it... More>>
Breakin' All the Rules packs all the fun of a mediocre sitcom
By Luke Y. Thompson,
May 13, 2004
If even one of the major networks had a successful sitcom in the vein of Friends but with an all-black cast, movies like Breakin' All the Rules... More>>
If only Dogville were at least involving enough to be perplexing. Sigh. In simplest terms -- which it definitely deserves -- Lars von Trier's... More>>
Cry of the Snow Lion offers a cinematic primer on Tibetan history
By Luke Y. Thompson,
May 13, 2004
It's interesting to see how conventional political assumptions get turned on their heads when it comes to the case of Tibet, a nation militarily... More>>
Ben Coccio's mock documentary gratuitously rehearses the school shooting scenario
By Melissa Levine,
May 06, 2004
The setting: an institutional high school in the affluent suburbs. The protagonists: two boys -- intelligent, charming and smoldering -- with... More>>
An Israeli clan takes its Broken Wings and tries to fly again
By Bill Gallo,
May 06, 2004
In Israeli writer-director Nir Bergman's Broken Wings, we never see an automatic weapon, a military roadblock or a horrific explosion on a city... More>>
Talking smack wreaks high school havoc in Mean Girls
By Gregory Weinkauf,
April 29, 2004
One thing few may mention about Mean Girls is that it could have been unrelentingly terrible. It isn't -- it's actually pretty fabulous on its... More>>
The brothers behind Heathers and Mean Girls discuss the evolution of wicked-chick flicks
By Gregory Weinkauf,
April 29, 2004
"Thirteen is The Big Lie!" declares Daniel Waters, about midway through a dual interview with him and his brother, Mark. He's referring to the... More>>
A well-meaning ode to golf's first legend ends up in the bunker
By Bill Gallo,
April 29, 2004
Pour a couple of old-fashioneds into the average golf historian, and it won't be long until he gets misty-eyed over Robert Tyre Jones Jr.
Jones... More>>
Laws of Attraction is so generic, it oughta be illegal
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 29, 2004
Laws of Attraction is the kind of film you might mistake for "cute" or "charming" at first glance. Maybe you will open the paper and spot the ad... More>>
This may sound an eensy bit hyperbolic, but dig: Mayor of the Sunset Strip is the greatest rock 'n' roll movie of all time.
Of course, as with... More>>
I am going to give 13 Going on 30 too much credit, though it's hardly worth the effort; Lord knows the filmmakers didn't put much into it. It's a... More>>
A sweet German film pokes fun at East Berlin life after communism
By Melissa Levine,
April 22, 2004
If you were a college-aged East Berliner in October of 1989, chances are that your time was occupied by one of several things. Protesting comes... More>>
The Bride's back for blood, this time without the mess
By Robert Wilonsky,
April 15, 2004
The six-month intermission is over; those of you left in the lobby, wondering if Uma Thurman ever did kill Bill, may now return to your seats and... More>>
Even cast as an aging Elvis, Bruce Campbell must do battle with the evil, undead Bubba Ho-tep
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 08, 2004
In the beginning, there was The Evil Dead, and Stephen King looked down upon it and saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let there be Evil Dead... More>>
The Girl Next Door looks familiar, but at least her admirers are new
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 08, 2004
It's a measure of continual cultural desensitization that The Girl Next Door plays like a remake of 1983's Risky Business, yet very little of it... More>>
The Rock tries on Joe Don Baker's shoes for size, and they don't quite fit
By Luke Y. Thompson,
April 01, 2004
Before Star Wars and Indiana Jones, audiences thrilled to an epic big-screen trilogy of a different sort: the tale of one righteous lawman and... More>>
