AltWeeklies Wire
In a Lonely Placenew
This film recasts hard-boiled cliches as metaphors for teenage isolation.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
03-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Brick, Rian Johnson
Barney's Rubblenew
This new cremasturbatory art film exercises no restraint.
The Village Voice |
Ed Halter |
03-29-2006 |
Reviews
Strange Fruit, Family Treenew
Cynthia Carr confronts a haunting family secret.
The Village Voice |
Angela Ards |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Write Said Deadnew
Mortuary literature has become a surprisingly lively genre, and Johnson's entertaining amble through this transformation ably spans everything from the Sixth Great Obituary Writers' International Conference to an obituarist's own funeral.
The Village Voice |
Paul Collins |
03-29-2006 |
Nonfiction
Zen And The Artnew
Hate your job, but love your absorbing video game.
The Village Voice |
Julian Dibbell |
03-29-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Genocide's Generalnew
Sudan's chief mass murderer keeps a genteel, cultivated entourage.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-29-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Plains Loungenew
Buscemi's miserablist home movie tracks a sullen scribe's homecoming.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
03-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim
Catch Me If You Cannew
Lee's new by-the-numbers heist flick is Spiked with ethnic vaudeville.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Funny Moneynew
The Billionaires for Bush take a limo ride from easy street to the stage.
The Village Voice |
Trav S.D. |
03-22-2006 |
Theater
Tags: theater
The Further Adventures of Artbabenew
The graphic novelist Jessica Abel comes up from underground.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jessica Abel, La Perdida
Theory Into Practicenew
South by Southwest dissolves genre distinctions with an illusion of the totality of popular music, and a similar dissolution of class distinctions is supposed to follow -- does it?
The Village Voice |
Kevin John |
03-22-2006 |
Music
To Gays: Don't Mourn, Organize!new
The recent 8-to-0 Supreme Court decision doesn't end the fight against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-22-2006 |
LGBT
Moussaoui's Guiltnew
Is it less profound than the FBI's own negligence?
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
03-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Measure of Warnew
Iraq is a big war, perhaps even a Great War -- but it does not feel that way.
The Village Voice |
Tim Heffernan |
03-22-2006 |
War
'Why I Didn't Win The Spelling Bee'new
Project Runway bad boy Santino Rice talks about reality television, sexual tension on set and character manipulation.
The Village Voice |
Corina Zappia |
03-17-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
