AltWeeklies Wire
'The Cemetery Club': Washed Upnew
Though nicely shot, this film doesn't come alive.
NOW Magazine |
Janis Cole |
07-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tali Shemesh, The Cemetery Club
'Sicko' Needs a New Prescriptionnew

Michael Moore's new flick only mimics the backwardness of U.S. medical culture -- someone pull him into the 21st century.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
07-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Making Waves ... and Powernew
Is it the Americans or powerful oil and gas interests standing in the way of wind farms on the Great Lakes?
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
07-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Air of Terrornew
Ontario's new air quality alert system lies -- just like U.S. terror attack index.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
07-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ecoholic: Saving the Earth, One Question at a Timenew
Getting to the bottom of cloth diaper debate.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
07-13-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Perched Pleasures in Tourrettes-sur-Loupnew
Idyllic French town with a Mediterranean view offers life on the edge.
NOW Magazine |
Jon Kaplan |
07-13-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Alt.Health: It's Not Easy Dodging Meatnew
Beef up your veggie diet with zinc, calcium and fortified foods.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
07-13-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Ralph Ellison's Visible Geniusnew
Rampersad overwrites the myth of Ellison as a one-hit wonder to reveal a diligent, irascible and self-directed man who clawed his way to greatness despite adversaries who tried to cut him down.
NOW Magazine |
Lauren Kirschner |
07-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Slight 'Dwights'new
At its core the film is a teenage romance, which is problematic since Brenda Blethyn's is the only character worth watching.
NOW Magazine |
Barry Hertz |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
'Vitus': All Keyed Upnew
This emotionally ambiguous and complex drama neither trivializes the problems of the very smart nor entirely trusts its own apparent message.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Vitus, Fredi M. Murer
Interpol Rises Above Its Influencesnew
In terms of writing and production, this may be Interpol at their best.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
07-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Interpol, Our Love To Admire
Mirah Movesnew
Portland songster isn't a one-hit wonder.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
07-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mirah
Hard 'Candye'new
Can this sexy singer be too hot for the blues?
NOW Magazine |
Tim Perlich |
07-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Candye Kane
Billy Talent: From Elvis Mondays to Rocking Arenasnew
The irony of the backlash against the band is that, more than any other local international superstars, these guys are fiercely loyal to the Toronto scene.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
07-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Billy Talent
The Paris Hilton Effectnew
We should consider jailing more celebs if we want to develop sound justice policies.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
07-13-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice