Subject:

Neil LaBute

  • Culture

    January 13, 2011

    reasons to be pretty

    Theater LaB's talented cast takes on Neil LaBute's play.

  • Film

    August 26, 2010

    Happiness Is a State of Mind

    Back with an update but the same sensibility, Todd Solondz returns with Life During Wartime.

  • Film

    November 6, 2008

    Big Daddies in Role Models

    This movie is smarter and bawdier than your average boys-to-men movie

  • Film

    September 18, 2008

    Neil LaBute's Lakeview Terrace

    Racial tension, above and below the surface

  • Culture

    August 28, 2008

    The Shape of Things Fall Together

    Two theater companies join up for an impressive production

  • Home Entertainment

    December 13, 2007
  • Culture

    February 8, 2007

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Film

    September 7, 2006

    The Wicker Man

    Old familiar misogyny poisons LaBute's cult-thriller remake

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    Quite a Stretch

    Dance goes far and wide at the Big Range Dance Festival

  • Film

    December 23, 2004

    Fahrenheit 2004

    Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2004

    Sampling Sonatas

    OrchestraX scratches out a performance with MystiQuintet

  • Culture

    May 8, 2003

    When He Was Cruel

    Neil LaBute tries to be nice but comes off very savage

  • Film

    May 8, 2003

    In the Company of Women

    Neil LaBute's new movie turns the tables on which is the crueler sex

  • Film

    October 3, 2002

    Kiss Off

    Pay no attention to the bad romantic comedy with the cool cast and the a-ha animation

  • Film

    February 7, 2002

    The Dollhouse Is Burning

    Storytelling ups the ante on Solondz's bluster of sex, rage and insanity

  • Culture

    December 27, 2001

    Sly Foxx

    He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

  • Film

    December 28, 2000

    Better in Pairs

    Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

  • Film

    September 7, 2000

    State of the Union

    Nurse Betty explores our national ennui and insanity through the fantasies of its lead characters

  • Calendar

    June 24, 1999
  • Film

    January 28, 1999

    Teen Scheme

    A weird wager doesn't make She's All That a good bet

  • Film

    November 26, 1998

    Very Bad It Is

    Berg's sour script kills off suspense as well as a stripper

  • Film

    August 27, 1998

    Love Conflicts -- Nailing Neil

    Your Friends' writer/director takes a wicked route through relationships

  • Film

    August 27, 1998

    Crossing Paths

    Wonderland works as a pleasing foray into notions of fate

  • Film

    August 20, 1998

    Brutality a LaBute

    Director dissects depraved and depersonalized urbanites

  • Film

    August 14, 1997

    No Balls

    In the battle of the sexes, the Company men lose

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