AltWeeklies Wire
General Petraeus: Designated Manure Spreadernew
Pie charts, benchmarks, "phased" redeployment; 30,000 wounded, 5,000 dead.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-11-2008 |
War
An L.A. Playwright's Struggle to Go Eastnew
Can Michael Elias make it there?
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
04-04-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
'Passing Strange': The L.A. Problemnew
His play is a Broadway hit, but don't ask Stew to come home again.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
04-04-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Continental Divisiveness: New York and L.A. Theaternew
Separated by common values.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Leigh Morris |
04-04-2008 |
Theater
Tags: theater
'Paranoid Park': The Soundtrack of Their Livesnew
Skate movie dispenses with the angst, surrounds itself with Nino Rota and Elliott Smith.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Paranoid Park
George Clooney Tackles Preglory Gridironnew
For the two hours it takes to watch it, Leatherheads is rarely less than very promising -- and also rarely more.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: George Clooney, Leatherheads
What Hillary Clinton Doesn't Know About Gunshotsnew
Liar, liar under fire.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-04-2008 |
Commentary
CBS and Clear Channel Lose Billboard Secrecy Bidnew
The judge says L.A.'s thousands of billboards are hardly a "trade secret."
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
04-04-2008 |
Media
'Stop-Loss': History Imitates History Onscreennew
Stop-Loss may be a necessary link in the bridge from Michael Moore to the eventual Iraq II equivalent of Dr. Strangelove, MASH or Three Kings. And for that, I salute it.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Why L.A. Is Park Poornew
A "broke" City Council and befuddled downtown bureaucrats sit on $130 million.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
03-28-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Miragenew
The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
03-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Olivier Assayas on Getting Carried Awaynew
For Boarding Gate, Assayas chose Hong Kong as Sandra's final destination, as a way of shooting in -- and paying homage to -- the city that has influenced his own filmmaking.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boarding Gate, Olivier Assayas
The O-boomersnew
Even hardened veterans of the '60s have to hand it to Obama.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
03-21-2008 |
Commentary
Fake Memoirist Channels Sherman Alexienew
Margaret Seltzer's untruths and consequences.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
03-14-2008 |
Books
Michael Haneke Will Be Your Mirrornew
Don't blame him if you don't like what you see.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
