Patrick Wright

September 27, 2001

Bob Dylan | Love and Theft | Columbia

By Patrick Wright

Love and Theft, Bob Dylan's 43rd album is Forest Gump without the upbeat, guileless hero.

May 31, 2001

Film Review: “Shrek”

By Patrick Wright

Once upon a time in a bracken swamp there lived an ogre who just wanted to be left alone. Then along came Madison Avenue, which wanted to put him into a kid's meal with a soda and a side of fries.

May 17, 2001

Film Review: “The Center of the World”

By Patrick Wright

This is a love story. Boy meets girl in the non-threatening coffee shop. Boy finds out girl is a rock drummer by day and stripper by night.

May 17, 2001

Film Review: “Boesman and Lena”

By Patrick Wright

Set against the backdrop of the desolate mud flats outside Cape Town, South Africa, it is a tale of loss and survival during that nation's period of apartheid.

April 19, 2001

Film Review: “Venus Beauty Institute”

By Patrick Wright

A Tonie Marshall film, “Venus Beauty Institute” is a disappointingly inert film that moves like a tugboat through the emotional slough that is the protagonist’s love life. With little to no capacity for...

March 8, 2001

Various Artists | Caf

By Patrick Wright

CafŽ Del Mar Volume Seven is an acceptable compilation of downbeat ambient techno and house with a few Latin jazz pop songs thrown in for good measure. Stitched together by the enigmatic Bruno, the album is consiste...

March 1, 2001

Film Review: “Black and White in Color”

By Patrick Wright

A Mira Erdevicki documentary, it primarily takes place in the Czech Republic, where Vera Bila and her band Kale struggle to make ends meet with part-time jobs while trying to book gigs, do publicity spots and find time t...

March 1, 2001

Living End | Roll On | Reprise

By Patrick Wright

In the tradition of other Australian bands, Living End’s second album Roll On falls short of its self-titled debut. Released back in ’97, that album went five times platinum down under and made a dent in the ...

February 15, 2001