AltWeeklies Wire
Polar Bears, Our Environmental Bellwethersnew
We deploy voguish (if also necessary) green technologies in a hope that green money will save our blue planet and its white poles. Dare we place our hope in consumer capitalism? Can we buy our way toward a future?
INDY Week |
Eva Hayward |
01-04-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Polar Bears
Bio Ritmo's Fresh Salsanew
"It's our version of the aesthetic that inspires us, that whole '60s and '70s world. It's not a tribute. It's just picking up the baton, hopefully, and running with it for awhile." -- Rei Alvarez
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
01-04-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bio Ritmo
The Iowa Caucuses: A Depressing Spectaclenew
As the caucuses wrap up, and regardless of who wins tonight, the identity of the eventual nominee seems clear.
Why Some Iowans Love Ron Paulnew
What Paul has that Gingrich and Romney don't: the ability to "educate" his supporters.
From the streets of Baltimore to Sesame Street, Kevin Clash has spent a lifetime Being Elmonew
Elmo is warm, curious and affectionate, seemingly a reflection of the talented artist who supplies his voice.
National report recommends ending use of chimps in biomedical researchnew
"Use of these animals should be permissible only if forgoing their use will prevent or significantly hinder advances necessary to prevent or treat life-threatening or debilitating conditions."
INDY Week |
Maggie Smith |
12-23-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Animal Research
We Bought a Zoo wins prize for most mediocre, heartwarming family filmnew
Considering that Cameron Crowe has practically grown up along with his films, seeing him pull a hack move and direct the painfully middlebrow We Bought a Zoo isn't that much of a surprise.
How Alesana Quietly Became One of North Carolina's Biggest Bandsnew
Songs inspired by fairy tales and classic fiction veer between bludgeoning metalcore and airy pop-rock, between complex prog and sing-along simplicity -- a sound the band has dubbed "sweetcore."
Tags: Alesana
Spielberg's Adventures of Tintin is surprisingly funnew
With The Adventures of Tintin, Steven Spielberg remembers that even if you make a movie that isn't about that much, at least make it an exciting, awe-inspiring movie about not that much.
Tags: The Adventures of Tintin
With War Horse, Spielberg makes his WWI movienew
Steven Spielberg adeptly captures the transitional nature of the Great War, one of the last fought with horses and swords.
The American Girl with the Dragon Tattoonew
David Fincher's remake of Girl remains as cold as its Swedish winterscape, but the actors frequently appear to be mechanically hitting their marks, often in conspicuous proximity to product placement.
The Best (So-So) Movies of 2011new
Five lists from five film critics, and a few quibbles ...
INDY Week |
Craig D. Lindsey, David Fellerath, Neil Morris, Nathan Gelgud and Laura Boyes |
12-21-2011 |
Movies
Tags: Best Movies of 2011
Five Words with LiLanew
Durham's other live hip-hop band talks ambition and inclusion.
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
12-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: LiLa
Charlize Theron Plays a Selfish Writer in Young Adultnew
This movie is about a stupid woman behaving very badly, and it's rebelliously free of redeeming values.
The Triangle's Top 10 Albums of 2011new
During a year when several of the Triangle's best-known bands didn't release records, area acts released, by my count, at least 30 albums that will henceforth belong in forever rotation.
