AltWeeklies Wire
Barroom Sprawlnew
Wenders longs to make narrative choices the way a jazz guitarist chooses licks, capriciously, hunting for grooviness -- but the attempt imbues his movies with the personality of a hungover Beat poet playing dress-up.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
03-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Don't Come Knocking, Wim Wenders
Really Black Humornew
The author of White Boy Shuffle digs through the crates for a surprising set of yuks.
The Village Voice |
Pete L'Official |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
L.A. Womannew
Braverman reflects on the city of face-lifts in her "accidental memoir."
The Village Voice |
Akiva Gottlieb |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Examining the Inevitablenew
Pierson's book is part memoir, part philosophical treatise on the idea of home and part history lesson.
The Village Voice |
Katherine Sharpe |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
"Anarchy in the UK," "The New Disaster Movie," "Mel Gibson is Responsible for All the Wars in the World"new
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Criticism
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-15-2006 |
Media
Credible Threat?new
By looking at a New York City cop's final battle with his bosses, a possible link between last October's terror scare and the mayoral race emerges.
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
03-15-2006 |
Politics
Gordon Parks, 1912-2006new
Parks, the renowned photographer, filmmaker and author, was as self-made as self-made men get.
The Village Voice |
Greg Tate |
03-15-2006 |
Movies
Mistress of Her Domainnew
The new Christine resembles the old Elaine -- not that there's anything wrong with that.
The Village Voice |
Joy Press |
03-14-2006 |
TV
The Torture Judgenew
A federal court rules that our government can break international laws to keep us safe.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-14-2006 |
Civil Liberties
The Would-Be Cherry Pickernew
If Bush had the line-item veto he wants, that pesky torture ban would be the first thing to go.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway and Michael Roston |
03-09-2006 |
Politics
Paradise Nownew
Feverish fans of The New World turn Terrence Malick's box office bust into a cult film.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-08-2006 |
Movies
Octavia E. Butler, 1947-2006new
Butler's 12 science-fiction novels encourage a compulsion to tear through one after the other, to never want to be away from her sprawling universes and her staggering humanity.
The Village Voice |
Dream Hampton |
03-08-2006 |
Books
A New Coursenew
Reynolds proposes that post-punk turned away from the reactionary cul-de-sac that preceded it even while recognizing punk as "a chance to make a break with tradition."
The Village Voice |
Jessica Winter |
03-06-2006 |
Nonfiction
Gitmo: The Worst of the Worst?new
A report based entirely on Defense Department documents exposes the truth about Guantanamo.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
03-06-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Unquiet Americansnew
Clintonian crisis managers head to Bolivia to teach a candidate how to buy a presidency.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
03-01-2006 |
Reviews
