AltWeeklies Wire
Animal Kingdom is a Tough Aussie Crime Dramanew
Degrees of depravity are the only way to assign relative villainy to these characters, and there are no heroes -- only those who don't deserve to die as much as others.
Tags: Animal Kingdom, David Michod
What Happens When Undocumented Immigrants Become Crime Victims?new
A former immigration officer blackmailed an undocumented immigrant to have a sex with him. Victims confront a dilemma: Do they report the incidents to police and risk deportation? Or do they continue to be victimized?
INDY Week |
Rebekah L. Cowell |
09-24-2010 |
Immigration
Emma Donoghue Hits Her Stride With Roomnew
In her research for Room, Donoghue says she was intrigued by the way people tend to "personalize" kidnapping cases they read about or see in the news.
Tags: Emma Donaghue
North Elementary: Southern Rescue Trailsnew
On their second LP in as many years, North Elementary by turns yearns with awe toward boundless possibilities and bemoans the vexation of not fulfilling that potential.
Tags: North Elementary
Catfish is Another Dodgy Docnew
One of the most buzzed-about films at this year's Sundance, Catfish examines the very real world of downtrodden, bored, criminally inclined or just mischievous people reinventing themselves in cyberspace.
James Dunn's The Bed We Madenew
With this third release, James Dunn finds himself between rock and a chart place.
Tags: James Dunn
Boardwalk Empire is Martin Scorsese's very promising foray into televisionnew
Scorsese isn't the only reason to have confidence in this chronicle of Prohibition-era crime in Atlantic City.
Tags: Boardwalk Empire
The Small Ponds' Caitlin Cary & Matt Douglas Are The Small Pondsnew
Caitlin Cary could start a goddamn grindcore band and she'd still be tagged popularly as an alt-country siren.
Tags: The Small Ponds
Nicholas Sparks Discusses the Craftnew
Since the publication of The Notebook in 1996, New Bern's Nicholas Sparks has become the definition of a blockbuster writer with his tales of tragic lovers set against the Carolina coast.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
09-20-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nicholas Sparks
William Gibson Discusses Memory, Twitter and His Latest Novelnew
Gibson, whose early works -- especially his 1984 debut, Neuromancer -- epitomized cyberpunk literature, is a writer who has seen his visions become unremarkable reality.
INDY Week |
Gerry Canavan |
09-20-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: William Gibson
Superchunk Reinforces Its Legacynew
Superchunk's ninth album, and first in nine years, doesn't reinvent the band but instead simply finds them doing what they do best, better than they've done it in more than a decade.
Tags: Superchunk
The Curious Case of Joaquin Phoenix in I'm Still Herenew
I'm Still Here represents Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck -- both younger brothers of actors devoured by the tabloid press -- taking a giant dump on the entertainment industry.
Tags: I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck
The Moaners' Nocturnalnew
On Nocturnal, The Moaners' third and most varied album, Melissa Swingle and Laura King preside over a set of songs as idiosyncratic as their frontwoman's delivery.
Tags: The Moaners
Embarrassing Fruits' Frontier Justicenew
As they continue to age, Embarrassing Fruits look more and more like a band we'd like to grow older with.
Tags: Embarrassing Fruits
Superchunk's Discographynew
Majesty Shredding could very well be the best album of the band's career.
INDY Week |
David Raposa |
09-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Superchunk
