Our Motto: Be Depraved

'I Am Alpha' takes a darkly satirical look at a certain all-American youth group

"...on Sean, a rather decadent member of a certain youth organization intended to instill wholesome values in growing boys...."

Feb. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Motorcycle Diaries

Young Che Guevara takes a road trip up the length of South America and discovers his humanity in this portrait of the future revolutionary as a young man.

"...Vep), has an eye for the crazy beauty of youth on the road, and you can bet if they..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cellular

Feels like a B-picture, but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.

"...Score’s Evans is here as Ryan, a Santa Monica youth who finds himself on the receiving end of a..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nói Albinói (Nói the Albino)

This bewitching Icelandic film mines frozen veins of resentment and quirky, black-ice humor.

"...of the title character, Nói (Lemarquis), a teenage albino youth who lives with his grandmother (Fridriksdottir) in a tiny..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Demonlover

French mind-warper has a puzzle-box narrative and a soundtrack by Sonic Youth.

"...only incoming French mind-warper with a soundtrack by Sonic Youth...."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freaky Friday

"...as if she were gulping down the Fountain of Youth in giant swigs – it may not be the..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wrong Turn

"...and promptly runs into, literally, a quintet of model-perfect youth in a stranded SUV – among them Six Feet..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

XX/XY

"...only the way that twenty-somethings can. The recklessness of youth, however, wrecks the friendships and the love affair, until..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Better Luck Tomorrow

"...off as part mayhem-lite murder mystery and part existential youth-rebellion film that, by the time the final image fades..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bend It Like Beckham

"...of Brit pop-lite moments to get lost in. Assimilation, youth, passion, and romance are the strikers here, albeit in..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Greener Pastures

Youth, Joy, and Jean Arthur

"...in business; Aesop's Fables, The Three Little Pigs, Snoopy & the Red Baron -- all the hits. No. 1..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Festival Reco 2002

"...be in attendance to discuss their movies during post-screening Q&As. Peter Bogdanovich will be in attendance at the opening-night..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Festival 2002

"...be in attendance to discuss their movies during post-screening Q&As. Peter Bogdanovich will be in attendance at the opening-night..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slackers

"...outré bad taste stands in for comedy in the youth-oriented formula farce. Memo to director Nicks and screenwriter David..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Orange County

"...it's not as lowbrow or silly as your typical youth-oriented comedy of late. Consider that while a doddering, wheelchair-bound..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Texas Rangers

"...usual strenuously middling genre fare from Dimension Films, Miramax's youth-oriented production arm, but it's not likely to set off..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Joysticks

"...shut down the video arcade that's ruining the town's youth...."

Sept. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Boys to Men

"...won an audience award at the Austin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival). It's a sweet story about teenage..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Josie and the Pussycats

It's far more subversive than the Seventies Hanna-Barbera cartoon on which it's based.

"...are in cahoots with big business to brainwash the youth of America into good little consumers via subliminal messages...."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Recess: School's Out

"...in a plot as messy and unsatisfying as melted M&Ms. The renegade U.S. Secretary of Education (voiced, incredibly, by..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Fantasticks

Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.

"...and a fantastically extravagant carnival, complete with lurid sideshow canvases hawking exotic performers, as well as a mysterious rogue..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Alice et Martin

"...the succumbing to) the traumas and triumphs of our youth. For the bastard-born Martin, that means recovering from his..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Better Living Through Circuitry

"...offer much commentary on the cyclical nature of music-oriented youth subcultures, or at least not as much as I..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gossip

"...Eric Bogosian. A slick premise underlies this week's fresh-new-faces youth movie. For a term project, a group of college..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

High Fidelity

"...Hornby's beloved music-culture novel is a smart, funny, and youth-savvy relationship film. The film's Chicago locale is its primary..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sweet and Lowdown

"...business, has supplanted the sophisticated, literate comedies of his youth in favor of blowjob-and-toilet jokes. Allen himself is famously..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Caligula

"...director's cut, overflowing with Penthouse pets and the forever-lost youth of a now much-aged cast. Lavishly produced by Bob..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Head On

"...the most grungily powerful portraits of an imploding down-under youth culture since Geoff Wright's Romper Stomper. No skinheads here,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Acid House

"...Scotland's disaffected lower classes and that country's overly addled youth culture. Still, The Acid House is a mess, albeit..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ogre

"...attraction of evil, and redemption through the eyes of youth. While The Tin Drum, however, revolved around a child..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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