AltWeeklies Wire
Taking Sidesnew
As Nov. 2 slopes away and Americans dig in for four more years, one wonders what to make of the innumerable hours documentary filmmakers spent parked at editing stations, determined to dethrone George W. Bush.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
12-29-2004 |
Movies
Small Movies Came Up Big in 2004new
New Times critics pick as their top film of the year Alexander Payne's Sideways, which juxtaposes a wine freak's brittle angst with his friend's doofy recklessness.
More Bushwhacking: Filmmaker Sets Her Sights on the Presidentnew
Rose's documentary is truly effective in its firsthand accounts from people accosted and detained by police officers and FBI and Secret Service agents for doing little more than exchanging anti-Bush e-mails or speaking out against the war on terror in public places.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-23-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Movie Theater Chains Split on Whether to Show Moore's Filmnew
Two movie chains based in Springfield, Ill., and owned by members of the same family made conflicting decisions about exhibiting Fahrenheit 9/11. GKC Theatres banned the film in 28 of its 29 theatres, but Kerasotes Theatres showed it.
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
07-22-2004 |
Movies
Advocacy Filmmakingnew
Michael Moore shows his incredible skill in the obviously, appropriately biased "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-07-2004 |
Reviews
An Open Letter to Michael Moorenew
Michael Moore has produced a cogent negative statement on the war writ large enough to get everyone's attention, but the publisher of The Memphis Flyer would like him to remove two clips that seem unfair.
The Memphis Flyer |
Kenneth Neill |
06-29-2004 |
Reviews
Michael Moore Sets Off Sparksnew
Moore's agitprop is a political scorcher.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-24-2004 |
Reviews
Fahrenheit challenges post-9/11 politicsnew
Addressing material that Hollywood has taken pains to avoid, Fahrenheit 9/11 lights a fire under its viewers and challenges the sacred cows of 21st-century America.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
Moore of the Same, But Less Convincingnew
You can share Moore’s every political sentiment in the movie yet fail to be persuaded by his logic. It’s all associative, an argument by induction and inference. All the cheap shots and easy cuts—Iraqis bleed, Bush smirks—fail to make a coherent case.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
06-23-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
"Fahrenheit 9/11" Presents a Good Message from a Bad Messenger
How do you respond to Michael Moore's film when you want to agree with the message, but have come to doubt every word that comes out of the messenger’s self-aggrandizing mouth?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-21-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
The Transforming Art of Michael Moore
For Moore, the real publicity bonanza is -- as it has been since 9/11 itself -- the knee-jerk attempts of ham-fisted powerbrokers to try to shut him up. Each attempt at censoring what he has to say has only made him stronger, and has made people all the more eager to know what’s so dangerous and forbidden.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
06-18-2004 |
Movies
Film About Bush and Osama Premieres at Cannesnew
An account of Michael Moore's triumph at Cannes 2004 with his "Fahrenheit 9/11" documentary.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
05-27-2004 |
Movies
