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David Cronenberg's Crime Film Updates a Sacred Mythnew
Following the 2005 critical success of A History of Violence, there's a natural impulse to view David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises as a formerly maverick director's continuing foray into accessible, even mainstream, filmmaking.
'In the Valley of Elah' Tries to Be a Mystery & an Iraq Filmnew
Unfortunately, Haggis doesn't have the stylistic chops to do "restrained" in the way that, say, Sidney Lumet can. His would-be restraint ends up committing the cardinal sin of being dull, dull, dull.
Professor Works Out His Salvation Through NASCARnew
Here is what many nonbelievers see when they glimpse a NASCAR race on television: A bunch of billboards on wheels turning left at insane speeds, perpetrating unconscionable air and noise pollution and pointless death, and wasting an increasingly precious natural resource.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
09-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Inside Larry Craig's Closetnew
At some point in my 20s, I chose to come out completely and, at the same time, to forgo any thought of a political career. Sadly, my decision seemed that binary -- I wonder if that's what Sen. Craig struggled with in his youth.
Regina Hexaphone Flexs Its Percussionnew
After the gentle, hazy drift of its debut, The Beautiful World, it's strange and thrilling to hear Regina Hexaphone exchange its exquisiteness for greater muscularity.
'Hurricane on the Bayou' Captures How Man Contributed to Katrinanew
Narrated by Meryl Streep, the 2006 film was originally intended to provide viewers with a scenic trip through the wetlands of New Orleans. Three months after the initial footage was shot in 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the city, bringing the film's warnings to life.
'Fully Awake' Celebrates the Black Mountain Collegenew
Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Arthur Penn, David Tudor, John Cage, Merce Cuningham, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, M.C. Richards, Charles Olsen, Robert Creeley, Franz Kline ... It is amazing to think that all of these art-world luminaries once immersed themselves in creative experimentation in a remote, isolated college in the mountains of North Carolina.
A Wisconsin Band Divides to Become Two North Carolina Bandsnew
After DeYarmond Edison broke up, the members returned to the Triangle to form Bon Iver and Megafaun. Both have new albums in the works and couldn't be more opposite.
The View from Afghanistannew
Afghans have spent most of their history dealing with foreign powers that exert influence by force, political meddling or material support to particular parties, so they find creative ways of explaining phenomena they don't understand.
INDY Week |
Jeffrey E. Stern |
09-13-2007 |
International
Corporate Incentives: Down the Slippery Slopenew
North Carolina's delusional economic development policy headed for the rubber room recently, as the legislature and Gov. Mike Easley clashed, then compromised, over a bill to give Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. up to $40 million to keep its Fayetteville plant open and stay in the state.
Tags: Economic Issues
A STAC of Transit Ideas in North Carolina's Trianglenew
A commuter rail line, plus electrified streetcar lines, plus rail line spurs would equal almost 240 miles of commuter rail (plus 56 miles of streetcars) at a rough cost of $6.1 billion to $8.2 billion.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
09-13-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Iowa Democratic Primary Turning into a Four-Way Racenew
Bill Richardson has joined John Edwards, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama among the candidates hitting double-digits in the polls there, turning what's seen nationally as a three-way contest into an Iowa four-way.
The South Through Two Booksnew
New Stories from the South, edited by Edward P. Jones, features fiction stories reveal the South may be just like the rest of the U.S. But James L. Peacock's Grounded Globalism argues that the South's identity helps it interact with the rest of the world.
The Meat Puppets Rely on New Drummer for New Albumnew
The group returns to its '80s sound with Rise to Your Knees, the first new Pups release with both Kirkwoods since 1995's No Joke!
INDY Week |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Donny Hue and the Colors Almost Never Practicenew
But the nebulous music collective went into the studio and came out two days later with Folkmote, a debut that blends the huge swells of Spiritualized with the bittersweet bounce of Elephant 6's finest.
INDY Week |
Rich Ivey |
09-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Donny Hue and the Colors, Folkmote
