Film Review: Observational Documentary Ogles Paris’ Famed Crazy Horse Cabaret Apparently, There Is A Place In France Where The Naked Ladies Dance Several of Albuquerque’s own burlesque performers will be traveling to the Texas Burlesque Festival in April. As a fundraiser, performers will accompany the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 29, 2012 Read More
Film Review: People Lose Their Senses In Frequently Senseless Sci-Fi Drama Perfect Sense Seems This Sexy, Sci-Fi Drama Forgot Something [photo]First, humankind loses its sense of smell. The disease comes like a tidal wave, sweeping across the globe but without any known point [...] Christie Chisholm \ Mar 22, 2012 Read More
Film Review: 21 Jump Street Cops-In-High-School Comedy Fails At Nostalgia Despite ample evidence arguing against jokey big-screen remakes of campy old crime fighting TV shows ( Dragnet, The Avengers, Wild Wild West, I [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 15, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Century-Old Sci-Fi/Fantasy Comes To Life In John Carter Get Your Ass To Mars. ... Or Not. It’s A Long Way And Not Always Worth The Trip [photo]John Carter is a perfectly good action adventure. Unfortunately, it’s probably not good enough to revive a nearly 100-year-old franchise that’s had little [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 08, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Animated Romance Chico & Rita Dazzles With Minimalist Art, Maximum Music Sultry, Latin-Flavored Cartoon Is A Treat For Eyes And Ears One of the more obscure films to pop into this year’s Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards was the Cuban-born cartoon [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 01, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Wim Wenders Documents Modern Dance In 3D With Pina Technically Dazzling 3D Dance Doc Likely To Leave Viewers Dizzy Mad filmmaker Werner Herzog may have conjured up a whole new genre when he directed his 3D art-house documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 16, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Hot-Button Politics Meets Deadpan Absurdity In Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre Finnish Filmmaker Goes Gallic For Sentimental Silent Film Tribute In a year that celebrates the closed-mouth, open-eyed history of film by handing a Best Picture nomination to Michel Hazanavicius’ silent masterpiece The [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 02, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Fans Remember Their Favorite Indie Band In Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements Music Doc Turns To Fans For Insider Info On Indie Band [photo]In his first documentary, Friends (With Benefits) writer and director Gorman Bechard takes viewers through a chronological history of Minneapolis/St. Paul-based The Replacements, [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jan 26, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Steven Soderbergh Channels Mma In Indie Action Flick Haywire Mma Star Gina Carano Debuts In One Lean, Mean Action Machine Must be nice to be Steven Soderbergh. After kicking off the indie film revolution of the ’90s with sex, lies, and videotape , [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 19, 2012 Read More
Film Review: Roman Polanski Chokes In Claustrophobic Bad Parent Drama Carnage Is Roman Polanski Really The Best Guy To Deliver A Lecture About Bad Parenting? [photo]The French play God of Carnage became the toast of Broadway in 2009 when it hit the Great White Way with high-wattage film [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 12, 2012 Read More