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Margin Call's Ensemble Cast Exhibits the Perversities of Wall Streetnew
The world documented in the financial thriller Margin Call feels almost like ancient history by now. Set back in the good ole days when many Americans were still living high on the hog, the film takes place in a Manhattan investment bank on the precipice of the 2008 financial meltdown.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Margin Call, Margin's Call
Tucker and Dale vs. Violent Coincidencesnew
We live in a post-Shaun of the Dead world. Not only can the comedy horror film be done, but it can be done well — and it can make a lot of money. The key is character development. Zombieland worked. Jennifer's Body? Not so much. Written and directed by Eli Craig, Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil sits comfortably somewhere between the two. Set in the utterly terrifying landscape of West Virginia, the hyperbolically named film employs an interesting concept: What if the villains in the typical slasher film weren't really all that bad? What if it was all in the minds of their "victims"?
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
11-03-2011 |
Reviews
Redux Gets a Fresh Injection From New Director, Studio Spacenew
Redux is breathing. It's not just the gallery installation by Liz Miller that greets you at the door, a delicate, yet somehow aggressive creation of felt, foam, and paper that resembles fire-breathing dragons. It's more to do with the children running to their painting class, with the art that is everywhere, and the artists who are calmly going about their daily work of creation. Redux just might be the heart and heartbeat of Charleston's living art scene, and you can feel it as soon as you step through the door.
Charleston City Paper |
Elizabeth Pandolfi |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keller Williams Makes a Two-Night, One-Man Standnew
At this week's two-night stint at the Pour House, acclaimed singer/guitarist Keller Williams will play a little bit of everything.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Everybody Loves Our Town Goes Behind the Grimenew
With all of the buzz surrounding the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's breakthrough album Nevermind and Pearl Jam's chart-topping debut Ten, it's cool to have an additional perspective to balance the story of the two bands' rise. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, released this fall via Crown/Archetype, provides a hefty companion to those re-releases.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Wandas Rediscover the Simple Beauty of Great Rocknew
One of the more exciting indie bands to emerge in the last couple years, the Wandas are inspired by British Invasion rock and the catchy power-pop of Big Star.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
10-31-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Wandas
D’Oh! Riley Critic Calls the Wrong Potential Donornew
By Tuesday morning, Riley knew the names of at least seven people who had supposedly given $5,000 or more to Citizens for a Better Charleston, an anonymous group that has been lobbing critiques at the mayor this week. The way he found out was dumb luck — or perhaps dumb fundraising.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-27-2011 |
Policy Issues
A look at Flaming Lips rock-doc The Fearless Freaksnew
In the 2005 documentary, The Fearless Freaks, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne gives viewers a tour of his backyard, before setting out into the neighborhood to introduce us to where he grew up and still lives, in a relatively downtrodden area of Oklahoma City.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bring on the Class Warfarenew
It's time to occupy Wall Street and Brittlebank Park.
Charleston City Paper |
Will Moredock |
10-26-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Charleston
TV on the Radio Fine-Tunes the Receptionnew
TV on the Radio's latest, Nine Types of Light, seems to mine deeper into their funky substratum. It feels crisp and direct with a strong backbeat. Kyp Malone, however, doesn't see it like points on a trajectory.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
10-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: TV on the Radio
Gangrene Machine Puts Junk in Their Funknew
Gangrene Machine is a quintet of intellectual punks with the clamor of a Frank Zappa ensemble and the solemnity of a Monty Python skit. It's a parade of unorthodoxy in full costume, an approach that would have many straight-laced spectators asking, "Why?" -- to which they'd respond with a cavalier shrug of "Why not?"
Charleston City Paper |
Abigail Darlington |
10-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gangrene Machine
The Human Centipede II is a Meta-Sequel that Doesn’t Say Anythingnew
Shot in stark black and white, the film starts out on macabre ground: There is a dumpy, bug-eyed parking garage security guard named Martin, who does his job while engaging in his favorite hobby, watching Human Centipede for the 189th time on his computer.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
10-20-2011 |
Reviews
Dell’z Deli Owner Recovering from Stab Woundsnew
Maudell Grayson, owner of Dell’z Deli at 1A Cannon St., is recovering at home after being stabbed nine times in the arm around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, according to police and relatives.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Occupiers Plan Teach-ins, Consider General Strikenew
After a chilly first night at Brittlebank Park, Occupy Charleston protesters are going to talk with a labor union head about the possibility of a general strike like the one that started in Greece on Wednesday.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Age Divides the Small Crowd at Occupy Charlestonnew
Whereas the other occupations around the country seem to be largely made up of feisty young whippersnappers, Occupy Charleston appears to be nothing more than a dozen or so old white people gathered around a coffee table piled high with pizza boxes.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-19-2011 |
#OCCUPY
