AltWeeklies Wire
'Margot at the Wedding' is Imitation-Salingernew
Noah Bambauch makes it easy to dislike his films; problem is, he also makes it easy for New York's media elite to praise them. His deliberate ugliness makes him the Lars Von Trier of Brooklyn and the Hamptons.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Reverend Billy Gets the Doc Treatmentnew
Rob VanAlkemade alternates between deconstructing the conceits behind Reverend Billy's wild-eyed demeanor and exploring the Church's message in a linear fashion. As a result, the movie offers both intriguing portraiture and probing cultural analysis.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
'Mr. Magorium's' Lacks the Stuff to Wow at Any Agenew
Uninspired despite its various attempts to find inspiration, Magorium is itself like a toy: Shiny, mystifying and completely expendable.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
'Redacted' is the Low Point of a Great Artist's Careernew
The media's rush to validate a weak De Palma film continues last year's insanity that overpraised the TV-style docudrama United 93, misconstrued Oliver Stone's great elegy World Trade Center and overrated the outdated 1969 French import Army of Shadows.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Scabby TV Writers Outed By Fake Craigslist Adnew
While 12,000 WGA members walk the picket lines, 80 New York writers email us to take their jobs.
New York Press |
Matt Elzweig |
11-15-2007 |
Movies
'No Country' is a Crime Movie for a World at Warnew
The way the Coen brothers' latest morphs from noir into contemporary-western moral struggle makes it deeper, funnier and even stranger than Fargo.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
'Steal a Pencil for Me': Holocaust Loversnew
Gentle documentary tells a sweetly engaging story amid larger turmoil.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
'Lions for Lambs': Six Characters in Search of Authoritynew
In the best directing of his career, Robert Redford explores national disunity with plenty of star power for backup.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-08-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
Brand Nubian Keeps Hip-Hop's Golden Age Alivenew
The good news is that Brand Nubian is back, with all three original emcees -- Grand Puba, Sadat X and Lord Jamar -- currently doing select dates in support of their recently released (albeit long-shelved, decade-old) album, Time's Runnin' Out.
New York Press |
Billy Jam |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brand Nubian, Time's Runnin' Out
Mum's the Wordnew
The members of the Icelandic pop troupe don't like intellectualizing their music, they just want to have a good time performing it.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mum
Warning: Guarding Nuclear Plants May Cause Drowsinessnew
In a society where millions swallow Ambien to get a decent night's sleep, an unusually large number of security guards at nuclear power plants appear to have no trouble at all.
New York Press |
Becca Turner |
11-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
James Frey, Julia Allison, & Other Writers I'd Like to Fucknew
Writers are notorious for being sexy and fuckable -- here are a few WILFs on my list.
New York Press |
Kelly Kreth |
11-01-2007 |
Books
'The Kite Runner' Makes Aghanistan's Politics Provocativenew
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner gets the Marc Forster touch in its film adaptation.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Docs on Costume Wearers Highlight Universal Discomfortnew
Distinct patterns of psychological fragility emerge in Confessions of a Superhero and Darkon.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-01-2007 |
Reviews
Stretching Toward Jesusnew
If yoga is Hindu, why are Christians doing it in church -- and to the Lord's Prayer?
New York Press |
Elizabeth Valerio |
11-01-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
