AltWeeklies Wire
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the DREAM Actnew
The haters lose one battle, but win another.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
01-03-2011 |
Commentary
Leslie Dunton-Downer Discusses The Rapidly Evolving Languagenew
If The English Is Coming! by Leslie Dunton-Downer sounds like a Palinism, maybe that's the point. Language -- especially English -- is malleable, and what initially sounds wrong can also make its own kind of sense and even end up as the norm.
INDY Week |
David Klein |
12-30-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: The English Is Coming!
The Fighter Is Pat And Derivativenew
The only explanation for the existence of The Fighter is the Ben Affleck-ian belief that the world can always use another blue-collar tale set among the Boston-area Irish.
Transportation's Amusement Parknew
There's nothing wrong with being out of step with the masses when you're dancing this well to your own beat.
Tags: Transportation
A Thematic Feast In Black Swannew
Director Darren Aronofsky juxtaposes sexual maturation, particularly in a male-dominated culture, with ballet's concurrent idealization and objectification of femininity.
Tags: Black Swan
Elizabeth Edwards: She Was One Of Usnew
The day after she died, someone posted a newspaper article about Elizabeth Edwards on a progressive political blog and added this one-sentence introduction: "When all is said and done," it read, "she was one of us."
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-15-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Elizabeth Edwards
Monsters Is An Ambitious Indie Sci-Fi Road Trip Filmnew
Monsters is in the apocalyptic vein of so many films of recent years—District 9 and The Road are obvious corollaries.
Tags: Monsters
A Life-Changing Friend In My Dog Tulipnew
By placing himself in the service of his animal, an old man is better able to serve his own needs.
Tags: My Dog Tulip
Ari Picker's Harrowing Emotional Journey to Becoming Lost in the Treesnew
Picker's unhappy past pervades All Alone in an Empty House, the 2008 record the band reworked and rereleased this year on ANTI-.
INDY Week |
Jordan Lawrence |
12-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lost In The Trees
Petrbltnew
"I've been seeing these wormlike jets of pure gold powder and powdered tourmaline arcing across the sky toward me. Beautiful jets of trans-physical unalloyed human connections. It's incredible."
Tags: Peter Eichenberger
Megafaun's Heretoforenew
In fact, Heretofore is no mini-album. It's a real step in Megafaun's career, full, as always, with modest motion.
Tags: Megafaun
Last Train Home is a Stellar Doc About Chinese Internal Migrationnew
Chinese-Canadian director Lixin Fan's documentary is an intimate treatment of the lives of ordinary people in a fast-changing China.
Eleni Vlachos' Vegan Thanksgiving Sidesteps Politics For Communitynew
"Holidays should be warm, like vinyl." Vlachos shares her award-winning recipe for veggie pot pie with savory roux.
INDY Week |
Ashley Melzer |
11-24-2010 |
Food+Drink
The Foreign Exchange Continues Its Unmitigated Risks on Authenticitynew
The new album from Phonte Coleman and Nicolay Rook is an often desperate, desolate album, complete with a country-and-western duet.
Tags: The Foreign Exchange
