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In Memorium: Karen Schmeer, 1970-2010new
Karen Schmeer, the brilliant local film editor whose work on Errol Morris's documentary The Fog of War helped win it the Best Documentary Oscar in 2004, died January 29 in a tragic accident, struck by a getaway car as she was crossing a street in Manhattan. She would have turned 40 on February 20.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
Lying Liars, and the End of Accountabilitynew
When up is down, and down is out, who even knows what to believe anymore? The Zeitgeist is now cloudy with the din of dishonesty that it is difficult to determine what is truth and what is fiction. In other words, a perfect time for the new film The Invention of Lying.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-08-2009 |
Commentary
2008: The Year of the Nerdnew
Barack Obama collects Spider-Man comics and knows how to communicate with Vulcans. But in a year when many a dashing high-school quarterback and perfect prom queen got wedgies from the freaks and geeks, its really no surprise he was elected.
Boston Phoenix |
Ryan Stewart |
12-29-2008 |
Commentary
A Horror Ride Through Boston's Undergroundnew
For the past few months, multimedia artist Kevin Banks has risked comfort and sanity to document the hellish underbelly of the Boston subway system. His pictures, raw and undoctored, bear witness to what happens to ordinary folks once the escalator deposits them in the nether-passages of the city.
Boston Phoenix |
Kevin Banks |
10-29-2008 |
Commentary
Multiple Superhero Disordernew
What the current crop of superhero movies tells us about ourselves, the Obama campaign, and America's identity crisis.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
07-10-2008 |
Commentary
The Best 2008new
Everybody loves the annual Best issue. Or so we've been told. As these things go, we think we have one of the ... er ... better examples.
Boston Phoenix |
The Boston Phoenix |
04-17-2008 |
Commentary
Fractured Fairy-Talesnew
If Katherine Heigl's had really been a fairy-tale wedding, a little man who looked like a goiter on legs would have shown up and demanded her first-born.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
01-24-2008 |
Commentary
Don't Catch-Phrase Me, Bronew
A lot of stuff gets said over the course of 365 days, but only the cleverest word-combinations have the staying power to resonate. Try these.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Moral Morass of Modern Medianew
A graphic novella on the march of progress.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Bors |
12-28-2006 |
Commentary
Random Forecastnew
What's ahead for 2007? More tech, more fear, less Paris, and some time travel.
Boston Phoenix |
Miike Miliard |
12-28-2006 |
Commentary
An In-Death Look at 2006new
Augusto Pinochet and a lot of other awful things died this past year, but 2006 still resists being very funny.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
12-21-2006 |
Commentary
The Rhoda Reactionnew
George Bush has taught America a lot about "evil," but a 1954 novel about a sociopath tot tell us so much more.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
12-21-2006 |
Commentary
War Is Over If You Want Itnew
Fox News is on the holiday warpath once more -- what else can we fight about?
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
12-08-2006 |
Commentary
The Huffington Expressnew
Norman Lear's jet? Arianna rapping? What the hell am I doing here? Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley accepts an invitation to write a theme song for Arianna Huffington.
Boston Phoenix |
Kay Hanley |
10-05-2006 |
Commentary
Rethinking 9/11new
Eli Pariser, Pagan Kennedy, Alan Dershowitz, Howard Zinn, and seven other known "thinkers" discuss how their minds have changed since September 11, 2001.
Boston Phoenix |
Catherine Tumber |
09-11-2006 |
Commentary
