AltWeeklies Wire
Save It Nownew
It's now or never to save the Earth, E.O. Wilson writes in a new book, addressed to an imagined Southern Baptist minister.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
11-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Live Nude Girlsnew
Inside Sacramento's strip clubs, men get the lap-dance 'intimacy' without real contact.
Sacramento News & Review |
R. V. Scheide |
11-16-2006 |
Sex
What Killed Gary?new
One writer offers a personal take on the new book about Gary Webb.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Kill the Messenger, Nick Schou
Newsmongrelnew
Recent pop-culture headlines you might have missed, because they are fake.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
11-13-2006 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Or Consequencesnew
Will Ferrell tones down the gimmickry; too bad the movie can't follow his example.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
11-13-2006 |
Reviews
Les Miserablesnew
With Broadway currently on a movie-adaptation run, here's a list of ten they better not touch.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
10-26-2006 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Wages of Sinnew
Convicted child molester Father Oliver O'Grady is out of prison and willing to talk -- veteran CNN and 60 Minutes director Amy Berg lets him, and the result is chilling.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
10-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Amy Berg, Deliver Us From Evil
Still Howlingnew
Four new books celebrate the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's epic poem, including a documentary look at its banning in San Francisco and the subsequent obscenity trial.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
10-23-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Bill Morgan, Howl on Trial
The Freewheeler, Revisitednew
We find middle ground between the musicianship and the mythos of Dylan.
Sacramento News & Review |
Edward Dunn |
10-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
To Thine Own Self Be Trunew
The cautionary Capote tale deserve multiple stagings -- especially if they're this good.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Perchance to Dreamnew
While you're waiting for the next Charlie Kaufman movie, here's The Science of Sleep.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-29-2006 |
Reviews
He Can Make it Herenew
James McMurtry writes a song about downsizing and finds his popularity in an upswing.
Sacramento News & Review |
David Riedel |
09-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
First Contactnew
We attend the local Star Trek convention and, like the Borg, assimilate everything in our path.
Sacramento News & Review |
Becca Costello |
09-15-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Man and Supermannew
What makes Hollywoodland work is that it's actually driven by its characters, at least one of which is fictional.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Allen Coulter, Hollywoodland
Best Left Unspokennew
Your hair smells like cucumbers ... that gets me so hard ... wait, where are you going?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
08-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jamie Babbit, The Quiet
