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Not Again ...new

The New Year might be off to a fresh start, but the Corps of Engineers is up to its old tricks of missing deadlines and confusing priorities.
Gambit  |  Jeremy Alford  |  01-07-2008  |  Disasters

A Means to an Endnew

Eulogizing Joy Division front-man Ian Curtis.
Sacramento News & Review  |  Jonathan Kiefer  |  12-06-2007  |  Reviews

'Control': Dead Soulnew

Love tears apart Joy Division's Ian Curtis -- again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Felicia Feaster  |  11-01-2007  |  Reviews

Actor Sam Riley on Portraying Ian Curtisnew

"He wasn't an idol of mine, so I didn't approach the character with any reverence, really," says Riley, adding that he developed "a lot of respect and admiration for the lyricist and performer I found he was once I started researching him."
San Diego CityBeat  |  Anders Wright  |  10-31-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Joy Division's Expanded Reissuesnew

With Rhino's expanded reissues of the dour Manchester quartet's three albums -- three different concerts (and one sound check) are tacked onto bonus discs -- plus noted rock videographer Anton Corbijn's new Ian Curtis biopic Control, Joy Division's moment has officially arrived.
Houston Press  |  Chris Gray  |  10-30-2007  |  Reviews

'Control' Pays Quiet Tribute to Ian Curtisnew

Bleakly beautiful and elegantly sparse, Anton Corbijn's Control is as rigorously sober and yet filled with emotion as the best of Joy Division's songs.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Sam Adams  |  10-30-2007  |  Reviews

'Control' Charts the Angst of Ian Curtisnew

While Control -- beautifully filmed and performed -- can't quite crack his entire enigma, it's almost enough that it hints at answers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Cheryl Eddy  |  10-24-2007  |  Reviews

Anton Corbijn on His Gorgeously Bleak New Filmnew

Control recreates the brief and intense life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
Montreal Mirror  |  Mark Slutsky  |  10-19-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Anton Corbijn on His Biopic of Joy Division's Ian Curtisnew

"Control is about a boy -- where we see his dream and what happens when it turns out to be different than he thinks," Corbijn explains about his first feature film.
New York Press  |  Jennifer Merin  |  10-12-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

'Control'

Renowned photographer, graphic designer and music video director Anton Corbijn makes an auspicious film-directing debut with a stunning biopic about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis that is irreproachable.
Maui Time  |  Cole Smithey  |  09-30-2007  |  Reviews

Grass in Massnew

The Bay State inches toward legalizing medical marijuana.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  09-19-2005  |  Science

The Government's $4 Billion-a-Year Weed Habitnew

Enforcing marijuana laws costs more and more every year. And for what?
Boston Phoenix  |  David S. Bernstein  |  09-15-2005  |  Crime & Justice

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