AltWeeklies Wire
British Columbia Fashion Week Returnsnew
After the one-season hiatus that left local fashion editors and buyers scrambling to schedule their own go-sees with designers, BC Fashion Week runs from September 24 to 29.
The Georgia Straight |
Rebecca Tay |
09-21-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Switch and Diplo: Musical Enablersnew
In some ways, M.I.A. collaborators Switch and Diplo derive their vitality from their sheer defiance of the record industry's codes and models -- especially in their frequent and illicit sampling of other people's songs.
The Georgia Straight |
Martin Turenne |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tommy Lee Jones Owns 'In the Valley of Elah'new
The two-hour movie belongs to Jones, but it is also remarkable for sharp, unfussy acting in the smaller parts.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah
'Good Luck Chuck' Tries to be a Gross-Out Comedy and a Date Flicknew
Jessica Alba and Dane Cook work hard to win over audiences, but the film works hard to be an American Pie type flick and have heart.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lekich |
09-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Good Luck Chuck, Mark Helfrich
Jennifer Gardner Faces the Heat in 'The Kingdom'new
In an L.A. interview room, she says that because she had just had a daughter with husband Ben Affleck, she and her long-time stuntwoman, Shauna Duggins, were concerned about how much physical activity she could endure during filming.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
Vancouver International Film Festival Shows Depth of Chinanew
With a wide array of titles, the festival's films certainly reject the notion of a monolithic national personality.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-21-2007 |
Movies
Notes from Vancouver's Undergroundnew
Twelve of the indie scene's most promising acts -- Bison, The Pack, Octoberman, more -- reveal a few of their favorite things about living in the city.
The Georgia Straight |
Staff |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Video Game Show Nabs Emmynew
Victor Lucas, Emmy winner -- it's got a nice ring to it. And Lucas, creator and host of Electric Playground, the longest-running -- and arguably the best -- television magazine show about video games, is proud of the accomplishment.
The Georgia Straight |
Blaine Kyllo |
09-21-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Out on a LImb with New Grapesnew
Coming across a bottle of Gray Monk's Siegerrebe a few weeks ago got me thinking about Kerner, Albariño, Gros Manseng, and Cannonau. A little digging and there they were.
The Georgia Straight |
Jurgen Gothe |
09-21-2007 |
Food+Drink
'The Brothers Solomon' Get No Lovenew
Knocked Up summed up all the fears of a generation bent on eternal adolescence and has smart social observations beneath its seemingly dumb comedy. But if you're looking for social commentary, Brothers is strictly dumb and dumber.
The Georgia Straight |
Janet Smith |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bob Odenkirk, The Brothers Solomon
'Hatchet' Sucksnew
How this utterly worthless slasher flick managed to avoid going straight to video and then directly to the bargain bin will confound discriminating horror fans for days, if not weeks.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Newton |
09-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adam Green, Hatchet
Flaming Lips Light Up Our Dark, Dark Timesnew
Singer Wayne Coyne is as disheartened as anyone over Dubya's reign of error; that much is obvious from At War With the Mystics, the 11th album from the Oklahoma-based alt-rock oddballs that he cofounded in 1983.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hot Hot Heat's Pursuit of Happinessnew
Hot Hot Heat's latest release, Happiness Ltd., features the Vancouver-based band's most expansive and experimental work to date, but it almost ended up a very different album.
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Happiness Ltd., Hot Hot Heat
David Cronenberg, King of Creepynew
What gets lost in the violence and gore of Cronenberg's films is that he is also a workaday filmmaker, concerned with the ordinary pursuits of visual storytelling.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Green Flick Compete at Toronto Film Festivalnew
The environmentally focused films in Climate for a Change series are competing for a $25,000 prize offered by a green investment firm.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-14-2007 |
Movies
