The Phoenix on Film
Local Filmmakers Explore Issue of Child Exploitation
by Shakira Croce
Wednesday April 4, 2007
Staff writer Shakira Croce discusses the Redlight Children Campaign’s fight against youth exploitation.
Spring Movies
by Zara Messano
Tuesday March 7, 2006
The month of March is a bittersweet time for cinema…Nevertheless, if you look carefully, there are quite a few diamonds in the rough.
Night Watch puts new face on battle of good vs evil
by Zara Messano
Wednesday February 22, 2006
Long ago, the forces of light and the forces of darkness met in a battle that would annihilate all existence. To save themselves, they made a pact that they would live side by side. The Day Watch would watch the forces of light, the Night Watch the forces of darkness. Each watch would keep the other side in check so that balance could be maintained. When a thousand years and more pass, it is prophesied that the Great One will come. He will choose one side or the other to fight on, and the side he chooses will win. This man is Anton (Konstantin Khabensky).
The Witness Documentary
by Shakira Croce
Tuesday February 7, 2006
During life’s journey, one discovers a handful of highly motivated individuals possessing an intense desire to continually better the world in which they live. The poignantly powerful documentary The Witness follows one such individual.
Film Society ‘reels in’ new interest, participation
by By Liz Atkins
Monday November 14, 2005
Thursday night’s Film Society screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky was described in the daily e-mail as "A magical pistol- dream western raveling every sensory inhibition to discover truth in the pains of the heart," and even with the description’s intriguingly disjointed structure, the movie was certainly everything promised.
Die Another Day
by Josh Holz
Friday December 20, 2002
To those even slightly schooled in the world of Bond, “Die Another Day” is Pierce Brosnan’s fourth outing as James Bond, and the twentieth in the series itself – making it the most long lasting and powerful movie franchise ever. To that end I’d like to point out that whatever I say or whatever you think about the newest Bond film, it doesn’t really matter. We already know that “James Bond will return in _.” Still, not all Bond is worth the price of admission.
