AltWeeklies Wire
Craig Ferguson, the Unlikely Hero of Late Nightnew
The Late Late Show host on Nico, Betty White, and his novel.
Tags: TV
Failed State Diarynew
As a member of the House of Representatives' Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, I traveled with a couple of my colleagues to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Chad last month.
Artvoice |
Rep. Brian Higgins |
10-05-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Paul Haggis Over-reaches with 'In the Valley of Elah'new
While he hasn’t resorted to the thumping didacticism and patronizing ironies he employed in his Oscar-winning Crash, but In the Valley of Elah isn’t free of too easy point-making.
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
Report from the Toronto International Film Festivalnew
For a film fanatic like myself, TIFF has become a victim of its own success; I've watched as the number of media in attendance rose every year, and so has Hollywood.
Steve Kurtz on Getting Off FBI's Terrorist Watch Listnew
The Critical Art Ensemble co-founder has become a poster boy for Bush administration paranoia and prosecutorial overreach.
Artvoice |
Geoff Kelly |
09-07-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Fruit of the Vinenew
In southern Ontario, a wine region which has grown in leaps and bounds in the past decade is waiting to be discovered.
Artvoice |
Marla Crouse |
08-31-2007 |
Food+Drink
Good Eats for Cold Weathernew
As fall approaches, it's time to bring on the comfort food.
Artvoice |
Bridget Kelly |
08-31-2007 |
Food+Drink
In Buffalo, it's Apparently Not Easy Being Greennew
The city has struggled in vain to engrain environmental awareness and the positive economics of recycling on its residents.
Artvoice |
Peter Koch |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling, environment
Following the Moneynew
It is shaping up to be an expensive election season in Western New York, in large part because the open race for county executive is drawing out big donors -- we break down the haves, the have-nots, and others.
'Resurrecting the Champ': Fathers, Sons, & Palookasnew
The film slathers a thick, shiny varnish coat of sententiousness and sentiment over its narrative.
Tags: Resurrecting the Champ, Rod Lurie
'The Invasion': Spore Warsnew
Whether or not any new interpretation of this old story could capture anxieties and unconscious fears in our era the way at least two of the previous versions did, this movie isn't up to that challenge.
Tags: The Invasion, Oliver Hirschbieger
Carbon Culturenew
All those giant cars, dick boats, and air-conditioned trophy homes all add up to one motherfucker of a carbon footprint.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
08-10-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'The Simpsons Movie': Underachieving Overachieversnew
It plays like a padded single episode, with a few mild profanities to ensure a PG-13 rating -- I haven't been so disappointed since John Kerry's concession speech.
'The Book of Ocean': An Odyssey of Imaginationnew
Larkin's first book is a prism of paradox, a poetry aware of its own disguise.
'Captivity': Bait and Switchnew
A good movie should have something for everyone: this one has nothing for anyone.
Tags: captivity, Roland Joffe
