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...Greater intellects than mine - say, the Village Voice's Jim Hoberman, an articulate champion of Van Sant's recent work - will make a case for this movie. But it's a mystery to me how following a young man as he mutters and meanders, or waiting for him to trudge up to and past the camera, advances movie art. This isn't the art of telling a story through picture; it's loitering with intent...
...Shepherd since their Paris, Texas won the Palme d'Or in 1984. Or that there will be a special savor to Tommy Lee Jones' directorial debut, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, written by Guillermo Arriaga, of Amores Perros and 21 Grams fame. Or that Broken Flowers, with Jim Jarmusch directing Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton, will launch that indie icon into the movie mainstream. Woody Allen's last film, Melinda Melinda, was a little better than his recent dogs. Perhaps Match Point, with Scarlett Johansson, will signal a return to his old ... competence...
...JIM VICTA HIPOLITO Kawit, the Philippines...
Spoon, which is mostly singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Britt Daniel, along with drummer Jim Eno (although friends drop by to help out on this release), has made four satisfyingly simple albums since 1998, but Gimme Fiction marks a high point in the group's unfussy minimalism. I Turn My Camera On is so basic that someone receives a credit for finger snapping--and deserves it. Yet the bass groove at its core is buoyant and hooky enough on its own to create what could be the first disco chain-gang song. They Never Got You starts with another bass...
...Jim Fingal...