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Male Heartbreak in Nasty, Nihilistic Bellflowernew
If you're a not a man who just got screwed over by a woman you thought you loved, and you now spend your days in a stifling rage, muttering "That bitch!" every time you think of, well, that bitch, then there is really no reason for you to go see Bellflower.
Jeff Sharlet's Moving Study of Religious Experiencenew
This elegantly written collection of stories features characters such as philosopher Cornel West, fundamentalist Christians, anarchists, a New Age healer and a Jewish author and Holocaust survivor. In his portrayals of imperfect, even broken people, Jeff Sharlet toes the fault lines of religious or quasi-religious experience.
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Dark Water Rising's Native American heritage is an inspiration, not a limitationnew
"Working together, going the extra mile; we have that in our community, no doubt, but through our music we're trying to spread that message to everyone."
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Water Rising
Megafaun Continues to Reinvent Itselfnew
The release of Megafaun's new album—their most traditional yet—is the perfect chance to get behind the conceptual encrustation and find out what they really care about.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
09-21-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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What Constitutes Terrorism?new
Three Muslim men from North Carolina will stand trial next week. Are they really terrorists or were they just posturing?
INDY Week |
Aaron Lake Smith |
09-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
The Future Charts Modern Anxietynew
The Future follows Sophie and Jason (July and Hamish Linklater, both of them sincere and focused), a couple in their mid-30s emerging from an agonizingly believable extended adolescence.
Tags: The Future
Nobunnynew
Bay Area garage rocker makes a new identity of rock 'n' roll references.
INDY Week |
Bryan Reed |
09-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nobunny
Bankrupt, the U.S. Postal Service has signed millions of dollars worth of questionable contractsnew
The Postal Service is leasing nearly 1,000 postal buildings from current or former employees and paying millions in rent to postmasters and carriers, in apparent violation of federal regulations.
INDY Week |
Travis Fain |
09-09-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: USPS
Aliens land in an English slum in Attack the Blocknew
In Attack the Block, English comedy writer/ performer and first-time filmmaker Joe Cornish trumps political shortcomings with brilliant, surprising filmmaking, turning a modest sci-fi comedy into the perfect example of what fun movies should be like.
Brooklyn MC Jean Grae Gets Ready to Go "Music Heavy"new
"My persona/ personality is not made up, it's honest and vulnerable. From choosing what I wear every day to my tattoos -- I try to be inappropriately appropriate."
INDY Week |
Eric Tullis |
09-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Lewis Shiner's Dark Tangos, a Novel of Argentina's Dirty Warnew
Dark Tangos is a frank and direct look at the horrific underpinnings of the Argentinian people's complaint against their former government, and Shiner's precise and unmannered description, much like his description of the tango, is more illuminating than more stylized prose.
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Hate and Marriagenew
I invite those folks supporting this legislation to ask themselves: What is your shame? What have you done that you should hate so?
Tags: Gay Marriage
Two brothers duke it out MMA-style in Warriornew
I was totally unprepared for the quality and gritty emotional depth of Warrior. Its real lessons about betrayal, familial strife and America's widening stratification are universal and timeless.
Arborea's music echoes through the deep hollows of backwoods Mainenew
"If we got frustrated, I'd say, 'C'mon, let's go for a ride in the canoe, and watch the sun go down.'"
INDY Week |
Jesse Jarnow |
09-01-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Arborea
Hunting Nazis in The Debtnew
The Debt is an American remake of the 2007 Israeli drama-thriller HaHov, which concerns the particularly fraught world of Nazi hunting.
