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'Cassandra's Dream': When Dreams Go Wrongnew
Woody Allen's murder-thriller is a movie Alfred Hitchcock might make were he alive today.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
Down To 'The Wire'new
On crime, corruption and journalism.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
01-25-2008 |
TV
Tags: TV
Editors Hit the Road With Big Dreams, Good Mannersnew
"Everything has changed," drummer Ed Lay says of the band's recent vault to indie-rock stardom. "We tour the world for a living now, which is such a blessing."
Shepherd Express |
Jessica Steinhoff |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Editors, An End Has a Start
Seeking Justice for Victims of Childhood Abusenew
At 35, those who were victims of sexual assault as a child are barred from having their case heard in civil court in Wisconsin. But a new bill being debated in the state Legislature would remove that age limit -- and also allow those who were currently barred from bringing charges a three-year window of opportunity to do so.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
01-25-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Our Way or No Way?new
Noam Chomsky opens his latest book, What We Say Goes, with fists flying.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Nonfiction
Donna Jean Picks Up where the Dead Left Offnew
Donna Jean and the Tricksters shows what the seminal California jam band might have sounded like had they been more interested in their female singer.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Tough and Tender of Frankie Vallinew
The early '60s weren't as bereft of rock 'n' roll as critics often say.
Shepherd Express |
Jamie Lee Rake |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Nice Outfit: Power-pop Legendsnew
Paul James Wall sums up The Nice Outfit with a catchy litany of bands: "Buzzcocks, Bangles, Beatles and Byrds."
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kissing Jocelyn, The Nice Outfit
Kevn Kinney's Milwaukee Homecomingnew
Thirty years ago Kinney and I were among the five kids in our high school of more than 2,000 students who embraced punk rock. Finding each other in study hall was not difficult.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Preapproved
Milwaukee Public Museum hosts Body Worldsnew
The millions of visitors worldwide who've visited the Body Worlds exhibits to date prove that seeing the human body bereft of all its mystery, not to mention its skin, is fascinating.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
01-18-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.new
We have made progress, but we are not close to the mountaintop.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis |
01-18-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Proposed Bill in Wisconsin Would Cut Off the Votenew
Ending same-day registration would protect incumbents, decrease the youth vote.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
01-18-2008 |
Politics
Saved or Not?new
Crazy for God is largely an account of Frank Schaeffer's 1960s childhood in Switzerland where his parents, the Calvinist theologians Francis and Edith Schaeffer, ran a community based on their interpretation of Christian ideals.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
A Boy and His Monsternew
The Water Horse rises well above the level of most contemporary family films. It's moving and amusing, addresses the concerns of adulthood and childhood and is intelligent rather than merely smart allecky or even clever.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Minds Not Wastednew
An admirable spirit of social uplift animates The Great Debaters.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
