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April 2005

April 04, 2005

Anthony Lane on "Sin City"

Here's The New Yorker's Anthony Lane on Sin City, clever as always: “We have, it...

April 02, 2005

"Never Let Me Go" … by the author of "The Remains of the Day"

The less you read about this novel before you actually read the novel ... the...

April 01, 2005

Au Hasard Balthazar

My favorite moviegoing experience of last year was Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar. Now, Darren...

March 2005

March 30, 2005

UPDATED: "Sin City" responses, reviews…

Keep checking back to this post, and I'll include some Sin City reviews that are...

March 30, 2005

Beck’s "Guero" is here, and so is Over the Rhine’s new album!

If you have a surround sound DVD system, do not buy the new Beck album...

March 29, 2005

I’ll be blogging a bit less this week…

A new assignment has suddenly commandeered my calendar for the rest of the week. The...

March 29, 2005

All Credit to Richard Seven

I can only thank Richard Seven once again for letting me be a part of...

March 29, 2005

Anne Charms the Crowd Again

At every single one of Anne Overstreet's poetry readings, I sit there in a mix...

March 28, 2005

At last! Paul Thomas Anderson’s got a new movie!

I've been waiting for news about the next Paul Thomas Anderson film for a long,...

March 28, 2005

The Best of Youth (2003) – A Guest Review by J. Robert Parks

This is a guest review contributed by J. Robert Parks. - How can I convince...

March 26, 2005

Want to see the new Russell Crowe film for free?

You could wait until next fall to see Ron Howard's new film, Cinderella Man, starring...

March 26, 2005

Anne Overstreet – First Poetry Reading of 2005

My favorite poet will be reading at 7 p.m. on March 28, Monday, at Victrola....

March 25, 2005

Sam Phillips rules. But don’t listen to me. Listen to Tom Waits.

Tom Waits was asked about his favorite records of all time. And guess what he...

March 24, 2005

"Sin City" – Peter Chattaway has seen it.

And he's "still processing it." If this is how he "processes," I can't wait to...

March 24, 2005

Glimpses of the Narnia characters

These WETA collectibles give you a glimpse of the characters we'll be seeing in the...

March 22, 2005

Dick Staub’s new book: "Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters"!

My friend Dick Staub recently impressed the heck out of me all over again with...

March 22, 2005

Overheard, while thinking of Terry Shiavo

While eating some Zeek's pizza and reading the local paper's coverage of the Terry Shiavo...

March 22, 2005

Web debris: Cruise, "Sin City," Leary and Loy on Eastwood and "Closer"

So, here are a few pieces I stumbled across today... A mind-boggling update on director...

March 21, 2005

Chattaway goes to a lecture by Ron Reed

What happens when a reviewer I admire goes to hear a lecture by a stage-director...

March 21, 2005

A shout-out to my friend Jason Bortz

Jason Bortz is a good friend, a driven and ambitious actor of stage and film,...

March 20, 2005

What’s wrong with CCM? (installment 1,006…)

Kate Bowman is becoming one of the most interesting new voices in the dialogue about...

March 19, 2005

"Gilead" wins the National Book Award!

I mentioned the new book by Marilynne Robinson a while back, and now it's made...

March 19, 2005

My 2005 Film Journal

What I've seen so far... * - first viewing December Grizzly Man*.....B+ The White Diamond*...

March 19, 2005

At Laaaaaaaaaaaaast!

lookingcloser.org ! (or www.lookingcloser.org, if you prefer...) I've moved to an easier address. You'll see...

March 18, 2005

Doug Cummings on Jean Renoir’s "The River"

Peter Greenaway once said that cinema as an "art form" has yet to be established....

March 18, 2005

"Constantine" Director Francis Lawrence should pay closer attention.

Listen to Constantine director Francis Lawrence. Mixing religious themes with a comic book sensibility, were...

March 18, 2005

The Worst Endings Ever

David Edelstein made me stand up and cheer with this statement: My choice for the...

March 18, 2005

Did I mention…?

Now playing. MILLIONS. "The most gleeful movie about a single-minded kid since A Christmas Story."...

March 18, 2005

Quentin Tarantino speaks: Best of 2005, and his future

"My favourite movie this year was Shaun of the Dead ... that was my favourite...

March 18, 2005

Film Comment Critics Agree with Christianity Today Critics for #1 Movie of 2005!!

What a strange new world I live in. The critics at Film Comment have voted...