LANGUAGE BARRIER: This moronically quirky film, about nut-house escapees who drive a stolen car to Italy with a jar of ashes, doesn’t win palatability points for being in German. Detractors of, say, Wong Kar-Wai like to argue that his floridly…
Celine Dahmiers affectionate if hardly earth-shaking documentary scours the trash-strewn streets of 1970s Manhattan, reconstructing the largely forgotten history of No Wave cinema. At a time when technical skill was verboten saxophonist John Lurie recalls disguising his proficiency so…
What the fuck. At the Tower Theatre Saturday night, Neil Young wandered the stage between songs, and sometimes during them, as if looking for something hed lost. Although he had only a cigar-store Indian with whom he conferred as…
Like the other characters in happythankyoumoreplease, which Josh Radnor also wrote and directed, aspiring novelist Sam (Radnor) is teetering on the edge of adulthood, feeling like he ought to move forward with his life but not really wanting to. Hes…
MOVIES . The Pugilist Director James Toback talks battling his inner demons and his kindred spirit: Mike Tyson. by Sam Adams print email reply rss feed Published: May 5, 2009 [ fight night ] Taking things easy does not…
COVER STORY . School Ties Two education docs feature local instructors asking their kids to think outside the box. by Sam Adams print email reply rss feed Published: Mar 24, 2009 Pressure Cooker You know the formula: Caring and/or…
FOOD . Maized and Confused King Corn asks serious questions about big agribusiness. by Sam Adams print email reply rss feed Published: Apr 22, 2008 In the Thanksgiving story, American indians gave the pilgrims corn to nourish them through…
COVER STORY . Flaming Creature Alan Cumming turns up the heat in Suffering Man’s Charity. by Sam Adams ÿ print email reply rss feed Published: Jul 11, 2007 (CLICK IMAGE FOR LARGER VERSION) Alan Cumming is a god. Or at…
MUSIC . Past Imperfect Sixties super-producer Joe Boyd says the best sound is straight to stereo. by Sam Adams print email reply rss feed Published: Mar 27, 2007 BRIGHTER, LATER: Joe Boyd, who worked with Fairport Convention, the Incredible…
August 31-September 6, 2006 Movies : Screen Picks Screen Picks by Sam Adams Playtime ($39.95 DVD) At once Jacques Tati’s triumph and his downfall, 1967’s Playtime is the supreme statement of his art, and the movie whose financial failure bankrupted…
