AltWeeklies Wire
Dear Watsonnew

A new album from the Montreal indie crew maps the geography of where it was recorded.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
09-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Close To Paradise, Patrick Watson
One Wickedly Witty Authornew

One half of How Happy To Be is a toxic-toned critique of the public's insatiable desire for insider gossip,while the other tracks a child brought up by an emotionally absent father.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-22-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: How Happy To Be, Katrina Onstad
Braff's Leading Man Bidnew
The Last Kiss is being marketed as a classy romantic comedy, but despite its laughs it's not a comedy, and you'd be an idiot to take a first date to see it.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
Fearless Particlesnew
Multi-strand narratives have to connect in the end, and despite his skilful, intriguing set-up, Cole's Particles fails to cohere into a whole.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-15-2006 |
Fiction
Seksu Backnew
NYC's Asobi Seksu look beyond their shoes.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
09-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Asobi Seksu
Theatre of the Absurdnew
We're fighting to the last soldier in Afghanistan, despite the odds.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
09-15-2006 |
International
Tags: WAR
If 9/11 Hadn't Happenednew
Weirdly, the war on terror has helped the West avert a showdown with rising powers.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
09-15-2006 |
Politics
Giuliani Exposednew
Out of the smoke and death at ground zero, one deeply flawed man climbed so high he might be able to run for president.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Chaos Theorynew
Serena Maneesh fail their way to success.
NOW Magazine |
Jason Keller |
09-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Serena Maneesh
Cruz Controlnew
Penelope Cruz opens up about her reunion with Pedro Almodovar and her mind-blowing Cannes prizewinning turn in Volver.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
09-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
The Nuke Crisis That Isn'tnew
We look inside Iran's supposed evil ambitions to attack Israel.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
09-08-2006 |
Politics
Off the Light Railsnew
Toronto goes for quick rapid transit fix, shortchanging future plans to extend light rail into the burbs.
NOW Magazine |
Mike Smith |
09-08-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Hugo's China Syndromenew
The Venezuelan prez should know better than to praise China's Communists for the economic boom.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
09-01-2006 |
Politics
Screen Savernew
Is reserving theater slots for Canadian films the way to save struggling filmmakers?
NOW Magazine |
Vanessa Milne |
09-01-2006 |
Movies
Why They Lienew
Unless we take a serious look at interrogation practices, we'll continue to run risk of false confessions.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
09-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice