AltWeeklies Wire
Woody Allen's To Rome with Love explores that whole sad clown thingnew
Ruggero Leoncavallo's famous opera Pagliacci (or Clowns) is a perfect fit for Allen's themes, if not for his lifelong identity: This is the opera where that whole sad clown thing comes from.
How the Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare reinforces corporate powernew
Business is doing fine -- it's the rest of us who aren't. And if Congress ever wants to do something about it and spread the wealth around, the Supreme Court's ruling in Obamacare could stop it cold.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
07-06-2012 |
Commentary
Hyper-violent, soul-suckingly awful Savagesnew
Savages was clearly assembled by a committee charged with synthesizing the hippest films about crime and Mexico of the last generation.
For backyard hobbyists, hives are the bee's kneesnew
Small hives raised by farmers and hobbyists are critically important as researchers continue to search for the cause of annual honeybee die-offs due to colony collapse disorder.
Tags: Beekeeping
Undocumented immigrants circumspect about Obama directive on deportationsnew
"We want more than anyone to actually have this to be true and for us not to be played again, so we're not calling this a victory yet."
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
06-27-2012 |
Immigration
Escaping the Digital Piracy Debatenew
We're not going to take away the internet, its access or the expectations of the youngest generation of listeners anytime soon, so arguing about a return to a system that has suffered for a reason seems like a waste of logic.
A benign, cozy world in Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdomnew
Anderson makes us long to be in the shoes of these characters by sealing his universe into a well-haberdashed container of nostalgia.
Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Tripp's We Are Happy Herenew
Tripp is a purer brand of pop than the indie realm tends to traverse. Alex Wilkins has no interest in hiding behind sonic overload or trickery, putting the vocals up-front and pointedly singing with clarity. (self-released)
Tags: Tripp
Taste-testing vegan ice creamnew
Taste-testing some of the best (and worst) dairy-free (and soy-free and gluten-free) ice cream facsimiles.
INDY Week |
Maggie Spini |
06-25-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Vegan Ice Creem
Rock of Ages is good only for the nostalgianew
While the soundtrack may have your toes tapping, director Adam Shankman's staging is slapdash and silly, as if he was assembling a hair band-themed amusement park ride.
Tags: Rock of Ages
Remarkably insipid Hysteria recounts the invention of the vibratornew
What could have been a quirky and entertaining tale of Victorian London plus vibrators instead turns into 90 minutes of predictable plot lines and flat characters.
Tags: Hysteria, Vibrator Inventor
Adams Apples is a taste of Gollywoodnew
Adams Apples is a 10-part movie series revolving around three Ghanaian women and the ups and downs they go through with their relationships.
Tags: Adams Apples
Facebook and Amendment 1new
Like twigs and sticks caught in a spring current, social media rafts us together into new solidarities—holy and unholy—in the rapidly emptying channels of its newsfeed.
Fracking interests spent heavily to influence N.C. lawmakersnew
The PACs of companies with an interest in fracking contributed to the campaigns of more than 100 N.C. legislators between 2009 and 2011—more than $730,000 in all.
In its bigotry, North Carolina makes Jesse Helms proud—againnew
We're having a bigot's revival and a bully's carnival in North Carolina, and the infection may be spreading.
INDY Week |
Hal Crowther |
06-04-2012 |
Commentary
