AltWeeklies Wire
'Rick and Steve' Come Together, No Batteries Requirednew
If the boys of South Park grew up to be queer, with hinged elbows and knees, the results would be a lot like Logo's Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple In All The World.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
09-20-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
'The Last Winter' & 'Into the Wild' Bring Doom from Belownew
New movies from Larry Fessenden and Sean Penn give us "new" horror.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
The Myth & Men of the James Gang Go a Little Queernew
Dominik has fabricated a big picture with a small point.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-20-2007 |
Reviews
KT Tunstall Needs to Return to Her Rootsnew
The 32-year-old Scottish singer/songwriter seems to have drifted toward the recipes of her single "Suddenly I See," a track that shines with all the transitory spunk of a Vanessa Carlton pop-rock ballad -- leaving country/blues behind for boxed-in pop-rock.
New York Press |
Crystal Nicholson |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: KT Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic
Big Bear Breaks Stuffnew
The New York hard rock act has 90-plus shows and one full-length album under its belt. A second disc is nearly finished.
New York Press |
Shaun McCormack |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big Bear
A Yogi's Revengenew
The simple revenge plot is not unfamiliar, but it’s unlikely moviegoers have seen it presented as magically as it is in Milarepa, a sort of spiritual biopic about a revered 11th-century monk and yogi.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Milarepa, Neten Chokling
Director David Cronenberg Discusses Existentialismnew
Cronenberg talks about doing the right thing, anguish and Viggo.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Homester Runner Founder Discusses 'Great World of Sound'new
Making his directorial debut, Craig Zobel talks about longtime collaborator David Gordon Green and American Idol.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Craig Zobel, Great World of Sound
'The Hunting Party' Laughs at Itself Too Muchnew
Based on Scott Anderson’s eccentrically composed October 2000 Esquire article, "What I Did on My Summer Vacation," the film flaunts its factual basis with gleeful stupidity, reducing the possibility that anything in its twisted plot can be taken seriously.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party
The Beatles Get Squished in Film Based on Their Songsnew
Nostalgic for the days of revolution, director Julie Taymor hijacks The Beatles and reduces them to topical art.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Across the Universe, Julie Taymor
No Sympathy for Homeowners with Exploding ARMsnew
Why should I feel sorry for someone who didn't think things through and jumped too early at the first loan they could get?
New York Press |
John DeSio |
09-13-2007 |
Economy
Confronting a Pregnant Woman's Worst Nightmarenew
"There is great risk here that the baby will be born with some deformity or with mental deficiency," the doctor said, his voice measured, the gaze that had failed to meet us when we first sat down, now fixed as we stared back in silence.
New York Press |
Juli Steadman Charkes |
09-13-2007 |
Sex
'The Singing Bee' Creates Sweet TVnew
It's easy to dismiss NBC's ratings smash as the kind of eye candy/ear Muzak that contributes to the decline of Western civilization -- but make no mistake, this game show is a genius mix of the washed-up and the newly found.
New York Press |
Stan Friedman |
09-06-2007 |
TV
Comedian Jeff Garlin Directs a Bittersweet Flicknew
This indie film carries the remarkably unpretentious air of a small movie, simply shot with an utterly straightforward story.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-06-2007 |
Reviews
John Tuturro Loves Pop Musicnew
Taking the movie-musical seriously puts Turturro miles ahead of the recent awful Hollywood musical resurgence that confuses personal musical expression with camp.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-06-2007 |
Reviews
