AltWeeklies Wire
Crash Coursenew
Director Paul Haggis and an ensemble of talent -- including actor Matt Dillon -- tackle issues of diversity in a post-9/11 world in their new film. The Phoenix interviews Haggis and Dillon about Crash.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
05-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wine's Worldnew
In Mondovino, filmmaker and former sommelier Jonathan Nossiter finds culture, corruption, danger, and hope in the bottom of a wineglass.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
04-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jonathan Nossiter, Mondovino
Art Demon: An interview with Camille Paglianew
Camille Paglia talks (and talks and talks) about her new book of poetry commentary — and academic ‘ass-lickers’ and ‘liberal media elites’ had better respond intelligently for a change.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
04-07-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Hard Timesnew
Seth Mnookin reflects on his journey from junkie to Newsweek media expert to profiler of the scandals at the New York Times.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
11-16-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hard News, Seth Mnookin
The Homecoming of a Radio Flyernew
Tamara Wieder's Q&A with BBC correspondent and native Bostonian Jeb Sharp, who is bringing world news home after years of jetting to overseas trouble spots.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
10-22-2004 |
Media
Dave’s Addictionnew
Red-hot rock guitarist Dave Navarro talks about his latest project: a book documenting his road to recovery, among other big changes.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
09-24-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Caught in the Actnew
Smoking Gun editor William Bastone knows how to get the goods on just about anyone. The former Village Voice staff writer describes how his fascination with court documents led him to develop his popular Web site.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
09-21-2004 |
Media
Lost and Foundnew
For Davy Rothbart, discarded scribblings open up a world of meaning.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
09-09-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Great Race: A Q&A with Filmmaker Bill Haneynew
In his new documentary, Boston filmmaker Bill Haney profiles five women, ages 50 to 82, who defy age in masters’ track-and-field competitions worldwide.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
08-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Conventional Wolf: An Interview with Wolf Blitzernew
In the midst of the chaos of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer reflects on his favorite interviews, the future of cable news and growing up with a most unconventional name.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
08-06-2004 |
Politics
Tags: convention, DNC
Unsinkable Mollynew
Although Molly Ivins’s new book is being cast as a "retrospective," she expects to find plenty more chicken-fried nincompoopery to laugh at in the years to come. A Q&A with Ivins.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
07-22-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Molly Ivins, Who Let the Dogs in?
Penn on Papernew
Q&A with Penn & Teller's Penn Jillette about his unusual novel "Sock," in which the protagonist is a sock monkey.
Boston Phoenix |
Tamara Wieder |
07-01-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Penn Jillette, Sock
