http://www.wikio.com/search=Keith Uhlich Wikio - Keith Uhlich http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=68063277 By Keith Uhlich Not yet published at UGO. Coming soon. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:04:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=68063277 2008-08-18T04:04:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=67702381 Dark as night and nearly as long, Christopher Nolan's new Batman movie feels like a beginning and something of an end. Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:23:36 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=67702381 2008-08-14T06:23:36Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=67319865 By Keith Uhlich The high point of the fifth episode of Generation Kill (entitled "A Burning Dog") comes when the Marines of First Recon Battalion launch a nighttime siege on the bridge at Al Kut. It's a masterful extended battle scene—poetic, disorienting, brutal, the cover of darkness only heightening the claustrophobic point of view. The key image: a hailstorm of spent shells from an unseen Apache helicopter, raining down on a First Recon Humvee as they speed towards their target. Strange and surreal, it also makes a subtly potent point about the foot soldiers' expendable placement in the Marine hierarchy. "They're just using us as machine operators," says Sgt. Brad Colbert (Alexander Skarsgård), "semi-skilled labor." The higher-ups would never acknowledge such a blatant disregard for the Marines' well being, but it is to the credit of this installment's creators (teleplay author Evan Wright, executive producers David Simon and Ed Burns, and director Simon Cellan Jones) that Colbert's sentiment remains uniquely his own, never becoming the de facto rallying cry of the miniseries as a whole. Generation Kill isn't about facile political labels or statements; if it shifts between a good number of character perspectives, it also remains rooted in a ground-level omniscience that gives us a simultaneous sense of individuals and of the various collectives in which they live and work. __________________________________________ To read the rest of the review at UnderGroundOnline (UGO), click here . Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:02:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=67319865 2008-08-11T04:02:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66831887 "The Desert Inn has heart..." So sang Albert Brooks during a desperate pitch to recover his lost nest egg (which wife Julie Haggerty gambled away at the roulette table) in the 1985 comic masterpiece, Lost in America. Amazingly cynical for... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:59:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66831887 2008-08-06T10:59:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66795881 By Keith Uhlich As part of Zoom In Online 's ongoing podcast series "On the Circuit," I sat down with film critics/curators Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis for a chat about their independent DVD label Benten Films. From Zoom In 's description of the episode: "The word ‘Benten’ is a colloquial form of Benzaiten, the Japanese goddess of all that flows, commonly associated with the arts. Benten Films co-founders Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis hope that what flows from their independent DVD distribution company is an appreciation for arthouse cinema. The two film critics state that Benten “is designed for cinephiles to uncover lost masterpieces and future classics, with an eye on overlooked gems that deserve greater recognition,” and with mumblecore and foreign titles such as LOL , Quiet City and The Free Will in their catalogue, it’s hard to argue that point." Click here to listen to the podcast in full. Click here to go to Benten's home on the web. _________________________________________________ Keith Uhlich is Editor of The House Next Door and a contributor to various print and online publications. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:02:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66795881 2008-08-06T04:02:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66598569 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:15:55 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66598569 2008-08-04T15:15:55Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66255688 Two weeks ago, David Edelstein attracted ridiculously outsized ire from the fanboy community for daring to do his job––ie, give his considered opinion on the cinematic value of The Dark Knight. Still, even the most vocal critics of Edelstein’s criticism didn’t really do anything more hostile than declare his review to be “bullshit.” But other critics [...] Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:30:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66255688 2008-07-31T22:30:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66235948 Why so serious indeed? If ever a tagline was perfectly suited to a film (and the critical/audience adoration of it) it would have to be this three word gem created by a marketing superhero for Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight,... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:06:08 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=66235948 2008-07-31T18:06:08Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=65729450 By Keith Uhlich Trickle-down incompetence dominates the third installment of Generation Kill where stumblebum victory ruled the second. Now fully ensconced on the Iraqi battlefield, the Marines of First Recon Battalion are subject either to the momentary whims of their field commanders or to the hit-and-run tactics of the Corps reservists who wreak havoc, in this episode, on a seemingly harmless Iraqi household. The reservists appear to hold the viewpoint that "everyone is hostile," and this pretty much extends to First Recon's inept field leaders Encino Man (Brian Wade) and Captain America (Eric Nenninger) both of whom—in the former's fervor for commendation and the latter's heedless patriotic display—nearly decimate the soldiers under them. Midway through "Screwby," Lt. Col. Stephen 'Godfather' Ferrando (Chance Kelly) makes "everyone is hostile" the new First Recon mantra. What once was poisonous posturing is now sustaining lifeblood... whatever the day calls for. _____________________________________________ To read the rest of the article at UnderGroundOnline (UGO), click here . Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:02:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Keith+Uhlich?rinfoid=65729450 2008-07-28T04:02:00Z