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- The winner of the 2008 Oscar for Best Documentary uses the story of a cab driver to illustrate how the war on terror has corrupted our nation’s values.
- On Dec. 5, 2002, a young Afghani taxi driver named Dilawar, from a rural valley near Yakubi, picked up three passengers. Soon after, all four men, including Dilawar, were detained... read on»
- By Al Hoff posted February 28, 2008 12:00 AM
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- Will Ferrell whiffs with the basketball comedy Semi-Pro.
- Will Ferrell fans, take note: the master buffoon has let us down in Semi-Pro, but it’s not for a lack of trying. Just the opposite, actually. We’re used to him... read on»
- By Dan Hudak posted February 28, 2008 12:00 AM
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- Be Kind Rewind extols the virtues of community creations.
- If you’re reading this paper, you probably feel a fundamental sympathy for the idea that “local and independent” means something in an era of corporate homogeneity. You may be sitting... read on»
- By Scott Renshaw posted February 21, 2008 12:00 AM
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- Two hitmen take a trip to a historic European city in the black comedy In Bruges.
- It wasn’t so long ago that Colin Farrell was poised to be a box-office king. But the Irish actor wasn’t so well-suited to paycheck movies like S.W.A.T., Daredevil and Alexander,... read on»
- By Anders Wright posted February 21, 2008 12:00 AM
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- A look at how a rich and varied year in film should be reflected at the 80th Academy Awards.
- With a muckraking tale of black gold, a psychopath armed with slaughterhouse air-gun, Tic-Tacs that lead to teenage pregnancy and a memoir written with blinks of an eye, 2007 was... read on»
- By Adam Joseph posted February 21, 2008 12:00 AM
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- Definitely, Maybe definitely fails to properly convey the substance of the ‘90s.
- In the romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe, advertising executive and newly divorced dad Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) is introduced bopping merrily down the sidewalk. He’s listening to Sly & the Family... read on»
- By Felicia Feaster posted February 14, 2008 12:00 AM
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- A graduate student pursues an elderly writer in the finely observed Starting Out in the Evening.
- At first glance, Starting Out in the Evening appears to be one of those hoary May-December romances set in the rarefield literary environs of New York’s Upper West Side in... read on»
- By Marc Savlov posted February 14, 2008 12:00 AM
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- As a romantic adventure, Fool’s Gold is as dazed and confused as its leading man.
- Sure, I “get” the Matthew McConaughey thing, to the extent that it’s possible for a straight guy fully to understand. The chiseled torso, the lazy grin, the surfer-boy looks –... read on»
- By Scott Renshaw posted February 07, 2008 12:00 AM
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- Woody Allen revisits London less successfully with Cassandra’s Dream.
- New York City has become so safe that Woody Allen was forced to relocate to London to become a killer. The bard of Manhattan is now on his third U.K.... read on»
- By Mark Jenkins posted February 07, 2008 12:00 AM
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