AltWeeklies Wire
What David Fincher Hath Wroughtnew
Willem Dafoe goes up against an art-loving serial killer in Anamorph. Struggling artists across the city should take note: Apparently morality is what it takes to succeed in the art business.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
A Decent Novel Becomes an Indecent Movie that Reaches for Artnew
Evan Rachel Wood as Diana finds herself trapped in a Columbine-style high school massacre, confronting her classmate-gunman in the girls' lavatory. The movie comprises memories and fantasies that flash through her mind's eye.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Screenwriter Daniel Taplitz Makes Screwball Comedy Less Screwynew
Working outside of mainstream chick flicks (You've Got Mail), hipster flicks (Before Sunrise) and chump flicks (Knocked Up), Taplitz has pursued questions of attraction and commitment through personal language and neurotic obsession.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
The 'Super-Size Me' Guy Tries and Fails with a New Docu-gimmicknew
In Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? Spurlock is a Posse of One tracking the War on Terror's poster boy. Unfortunately for Spurlock, the comedian-on-a-quest schtick has begun to wear thin.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
'The Forbidden Kingdom' Brings a Mash of the Titansnew
Jet Li and Jackie Chan partner as heroes in a Hollywood film that respects Hong Kong action cinema.
New York Press |
Armond White |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
The Best 2008new
Everybody loves the annual Best issue. Or so we've been told. As these things go, we think we have one of the ... er ... better examples.
Boston Phoenix |
The Boston Phoenix |
04-17-2008 |
Commentary
Hidden in Plain Sightnew
Director Tom McCarthy based his new film, The Visitor, on first-person accounts from detainees in limbo.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Michel |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Visitor, Tom McCarthy
Scientists Cautious About Ocean Iron Fertilizationnew
As companies position themselves to profit from the practice of dumping iron in the sea to boost the production of phytoplankton, some of the scientists who conducted the first experiments are sounding a cautionary note.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
04-17-2008 |
Environment
Harvard's Cops Have a Political Intelligence Unitnew
The Harvard University Police have a long record of abusing students' rights. I suspect this intelligence unit, which I also noticed photographing protesters at a campus anti-war demonstration in March, is not a recent addition.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
04-17-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A Liberating Experiencenew
Forty years after a bunch of Cambridge hippies stepped off into Dance Freedom, they're still out to prove that to dance is to live. Or is it the other way around?
Boston Phoenix |
Neely Steinberg |
04-17-2008 |
Performance
Tags: dance
Howard Zinn Never Figured He'd Be in a Comic Booknew
But there he is in the new A People's History of American Empire, in which artist Mike Konopacki and historian Paul Buhle commingle the scholarship of Zinn's A People's History of the United States with the personal recollections of his memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-17-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
John McCain's Beijing Bouncenew
No matter how well American athletes do in the Olympics, McCain should get a lift from the Games.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
04-17-2008 |
Commentary
The Tax Man Comethnew
This is Bush's eighth Tax Day and he observes each one in about the same way, calling for lower taxes for those who need it least. He called on Congress to make permanent all his tax cuts, a few of which won't be implemented for another year. They are the last steps in reducing the tax load of the very richest Americans.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
04-17-2008 |
Commentary
Bobby Bare Jr. is the King of Funny/Sadnew
With an infectious and ever-shifting oddball sensibility, Bare has released three albums over the last six years filled with lyrics barbed, melancholy, sly and droll.
Arkansas Times |
Lindsey Millar |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Bare Jr.
New Mexico's Green Teamnew
Ten enviros making a difference on Earth Day -- and all year round.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
04-17-2008 |
Environment
