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Film review: Step Up 2 The Streets

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:27:33 -0500

The latest in the recent glut of teen dance movies sticks to the Shabba Doo formula.

Film review: Sweeney Todd

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:10:59 -0500

Stephen Sondheim’s "unfilmable" musical makes an improbably strong transition to the screen.

Film review: Romance Cigarettes

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:43:49 -0500

John Turturro's star-studded modern musical took a couple of years to make it into theaters. For good reason.

Interview: Todd Haynes

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:01:52 -0500

Todd Haynes recreated the world of glam rock and revived Douglas Sirk melodramas. Now he explains why the life of Bob Dylan, the subject of his new film I'm Not There, was just as challenging.

Film review: Across The Universe

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:03:53 -0400

Is Julie Taymor's Beatles-infused musical a brilliant phantasmagoria about social upheaval or Sgt. Pepper's: The Movie revisited?

Film review: Once

Thu, 17 May 2007 16:34:23 -0400

The Frames' Glen Hansard stars and sings in this inspired working-class musical from Ireland.

Film review: ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway

Thu, 10 May 2007 18:46:49 -0400

From opening night to Tony night, this entertaining documentary follows four major Broadway productions—Taboo, Avenue Q, Wicked, and Caroline, Or Change—during the 2003-2004 season.

DVD review: Mahogany

Wed, 02 May 2007 12:50:33 -0400

The turbulent relationship between Berry Gordy and Diana Ross spilled over into this strangely autobiographical 1975 melodrama.

Film review: Spider-Man 3

Wed, 02 May 2007 11:19:26 -0400

With three villains, a two-hour-plus running time, and the highest budget of any film in history, the popular franchise loosens its belt.

Film review: Sing Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:01:08 -0400

Fifteen years after their glory days in a college a cappella group, seven friends reunite to whine about how life isn't as cool as they thought it would be.