Badly Drawn Boy: Max Minghella Fails to Compel in ‘Art School Confidential’
At this point in the brief career of Max Minghella, son of director Anthony Minghella (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold …
Category Archives: CityBeat Archives
Big Mamas, Sexless Queens & ‘Kinky Boots’
Chiwetel Ejiofor is the latest black man to wear a dress on the big screen In 1979, Prince proudly proclaimed, …
All of Us United: Director Paul Greengrass’ compelling ‘United 93’ revisits 9/11
Like many people around the country, I watched the signature events of 9/11 unfold in a surreal time frame on …
The Alternative – Answer the Question of U
Long before leading the Revolution, briefly giving up his slave name, using his facial hair to brand himself a corporate …
Beneath the Underneath
The annual Best of Underneath Cincinnati spotlights area independent filmmakers “In other words, I am three.” So began Beneath the …
The Alternative – Nothing New: A Love Story
I crashed the online dating scene. No, I wasn’t trying some player’s end-around like Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in …
A New Direction: ‘Something New’ Director Sanaa Hamri Moves From Videos to the Big Screen
The best music videos are distinguished by their compressed narratives and the director’s stylistic imprint. In some dramatic cases the …
The Alternative – Going to School Old School
Being the first in your family to go to college used to mean something. There were the obstacles to overcome. …
Where Are We? – Mid-Decade Musings on Fear and Loving in the New Millennium
The new millennium began with dire prognostication, incessant paranoid rants about an apocalyptic technological crash and collapse of global markets. …
The Alternative – Homes for the Holidays
I’ve been thinking lately about embracing a personally forgotten aspect of the holiday season. I want to go home again, …
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