AltWeeklies Wire
The Hanukkah Songsnew
When it comes to music, Jewish songwriters and performers have played no small part in fostering confusion over the question of whether Hanukkah is the Jewish Christmas.
Free Love and Enterprise in San Francisconew
Peace and wow gets San Francisco an image to sell to tourists, but the threat of bogusness has always hung over the city's famed countercultures.
Super-Hyped Infection Stirs Fearnew
Sensational headlines coupled with fearmongering public health reports have HIV-positive men in San Francisco running scared. But the existence of an HIV superinfection is yet to be explicitly proven.
Asia Minornew
Given that this movie is aimed at the art-house crowd, would it not have been possible to make it in Japanese? You never think you'll miss subtitles until a movie like this comes along.
Homo on the Rangenew
This romantic tragedy about a pair of lean, wind-burned cowpokes who secretly live to poke each other flies in the face of everything that most people in Casper or Riverton or Laramie think about the West, and about themselves.
The Waterboysnew
The four-piece crew's talent for crafting fiery bricolage has not gone unnoticed, and influential music blogs have gushed over the three songs on the group's self-titled EP.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
12-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Legal Complications on Steroidsnew
If Lance Armstrong were found to have been on drugs, and his San Francisco handlers knew it, sponsors could demand their money back, and perhaps change sports in the United States forever.
Cookie-Cutter Prosenew
The senator's first novel uses language as poetic and moving as a Capitol Hill memo.
Three's Companynew
Susan Kaplan's documentary about two male partners who decide to bring a woman into their relationship is really something -- an intimate, honest film with plenty of food for thought.
The Ex Gamesnew
For a true journey into the heart of darkness, a columnist tracks down his ex-girlfriends and interviews them about his flaws.
Tags: romantic life, the Infiltrator
Tobacco's Smoking Gunnew
A treasure trove of damning evidence against Big Tobacco has been unearthed at the University of California at San Francisco.
Craig$slist.comnew
The much-loved website is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder Craig Newmark's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem.
Closet Casenew
In spite of its many mistakes, this coming-of-age film works because of lead actor Michael McMillian.
Simply Gallingnew
In his film directorial debut, acclaimed playwright/screenwriter/theater director Craig Lucas is done in by his own script, which becomes excessively icy and cruel.
Cheers for Veirsnew
Songwriting cheerleader Laura Veirs distinguishes herself from the pack with her lyrics, all vivid imagery and the music of language tumbling together in stunning bits of poetry.
SF Weekly |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
11-23-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
