AltWeeklies Wire
'Romance and Cigarettes': Bada-Bing, Gotta Dancenew
This intentionally unglamorous romp boasts a big-name cast, a brash disregard for mainstream expectations, and one paramount insight: Real men like pussy. If the word makes you recoil, this movie isn't for you.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
A 'Carefree' Era for D.C. Taggers Comes to an Endnew
Besides ubiquitous security cameras monitoring the streets, gentrification and its accomplices are beating down the District's graffiti culture.
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
11-08-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Attorney at Blahnew
The temp life without a JD: menial labor, asshole bosses, $10 an hour. The temp life with a JD: menial labor, asshole bosses, $35 an hour.
Washington City Paper |
Arin Greenwood |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Hear No Evilnew
At D.C.'s Model Secondary School for the Deaf, two groups of students played a game of war. Now police are investigating a hate crime.
Washington City Paper |
Angela Valdez |
11-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hammer and Ficklenew
A pair of jazz pianists -- Cyrus Chestnut and Jacky Terrasson -- take odd but inspired detours from tradition.
Washington City Paper |
Michael J. West |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Cyrus Chestnut, Cyrus Plays Elvis
'For the Bible Tells Me So,' 'Mr. Untouchable,' and 'Kurt Cobain About a Son': To Blur With Lovenew
Three new docs offer sincere but fuzzy portraits of homophobia, a fallen drug kingpin, and Kurt Cobain.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'Wristcutters' and 'Martian Child': Another Mean Worldnew
The heroes of Wristcutters and Martian Child navigate alien turf.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
'American Gangster' and 'Control': Bio Hazardsnew
Biopics on a drug kingpin and Ian Curtis expose the perils of outsize ambitions.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Some Schools Don't Acknowledge Halloweennew
At many American elementary schools, Halloween's the best day of the year -- so why do some opt out?
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
11-01-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Trey Songz and J. Holiday Embrace Hug Lifenew
On Trey Day and Back of My Lac', these male R&B singers embrace romance without sounding like a bunch of pushovers.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
10-25-2007 |
Reviews
Kelly DiNardo Chronicles the Life of a Burlesque Queennew
You've probably never heard of Lili St. Cyr, a darling of 20th-century burlesque. DiNardo intends to change that.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
10-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Why Ship Out in the Middle of This War?new
Some of the military's newest recruits talk about their decision to enroll.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
10-25-2007 |
War
Do the Tusslenew
With the exception of Lightning Bolt, Raccoo-oo-oon is about as close as New Weird America gets to a party band.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
'Provoked': Burning Lovenew
Sub-Lifetime Channel material.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jag Mundhra, Provoked
'Home of the Brave': Homeland Insecuritynew
Anyone who wants a fix of bloody Iraq War actuality needn't look to this Hollywood vehicle.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Home of the Brave, Irwin Winkler
