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‘United 93′ successfully recreates 9/11 tragedy

This may be the hardest review I’ve had to write. I’ve written about superheroes, monsters and the depths of escapist cinema, but this film is one of the toughest I have ever seen in a theater. Only 4 1/2 years after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, director Paul Greengrass attempts to capture on film [...]

‘Silent’ but deadly dull

“Silent Hill” could have been great. The latest film adaptation of a popular video game franchise, “Silent Hill” features direction from French filmmaker Christophe Gans (“Brotherhood of the Wolf”). Coupled with a game story known for its atmospheric surrealism, the film easily should have become the first video game adaptation to shine on the big [...]

Autobiographical drawing creates comic relief

Many people keep a diary or journal, but very few would be willing to plaster those pages on a museum wall. The comic book artists in the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art’s new show, however, have placed comic book pages exploring their own lives on display for the public to see. The show, “Dear Diary: [...]

Dark comedy smokes ratings

If Jason Reitman’s new movie, “Thank You for Smoking,” leaves you wanting to light up after the lights go up, perhaps it has just done its job. The film, based on the Christopher Buckley novel of the same name, follows a smarmy tobacco lobbyist as he attempts to work his PR magic on the press [...]

Atlanta Film Festival to celebrate 13th anniversary

A series of film shorts is coming to the 40 Watt Club Tuesday, bringing with it 30 years of the cinematic experience. The upcoming Atlanta Film Festival is marking its 13th anniversary. To commemorate the event, a traveling segment of some of the most notable shorts to have been screened during the festival’s three-decade run [...]

MOVIE PREVIEWS

“Hard Candy” (horror) Starring: Patrick Wilson (“The Phantom of the Opera”), Ellen Page (upcoming “X3: The Last Stand”), Sandra Oh (TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy”) A teenage girl (Page) who meets a man in his 30s on the Internet agrees to meet him at a coffee shop. When the two return to his house, the man finds [...]

“Academic rigor” baffles student

What the blazes is academic rigor? President Michael Adams and his aides in the University bureaucracy are trumpeting new policies and amendments to academic practices with increasing frequency, each time citing the mysterious phrase “academic rigor.” I can imagine them grinning like Jack Nicholson’s Joker in “Batman” as they rewrite the course of students’ college [...]

Film tells story, not just politics

When the last seconds of the award-winning film “Paradise Now” play out tonight, the conflict will not remain on the screen. The film, which won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and received a matching nomination at the Academy Awards, has garnered controversy every where it has screened due to the subject matter [...]

Students welcome to perform

Experimental films, comic hijinks and “Two Gay Waiters at the Last Supper” are just part of the experience offered at the Thalian Blackfriars’ annual student showcase “Telling Tales.” In its 12th iteration, the show offers students, both within and out of the student-operated theater troupe, a chance to write and direct projects and perform them [...]

Tate Theater viable venue for viewing current movies

The Tate Theater will glow with the light of the silver screen less often in the upcoming year. Faced with shrinking attendance – and therefore a shrinking budget – the Cinematic Arts division of the University Union has slashed Wednesday screenings from its schedule for the rest of the spring semester and plans on offering [...]

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