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'Married Life': A Light Romp of Love, Lust & Murdernew

Kudos to director Ira Sachs, who turned a low budget to his advantage, using only the most minimal of period set pieces and evoking the filmmaking of the target time with canny, simple camerawork and a talented cast.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 03-20-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Ira Sachs, Married Life

Pan-Pot: Strawberries, Saxophones & the Spice Melangenew

Yes, they are from Berlin and yes, they have some songs named after drugs ("Charly" and, er, "Crank") but from there, it is all innovation and high-action end-time tunes.

Dig Boston | David Day | 03-20-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Pan-O-Rama, Pan-Pot

The Iraq War: Five Years Too Longnew

As a veteran, an American and a human being, it's my responsibility to ask why people are dying for a government that has repeatedly lied. We all share this responsibility.

Dig Boston | Liam Madden | 03-20-2008 | Commentary

Tags: war in iraq, Iraq, Iraq Veterans Against the War

Save a Carrot ... Eat a Steaknew

It isn't yet politically correct to eat meat, but it is a lot less politically incorrect. The back-to-the-pasture movement is letting carnivores feel good about themselves again.

Metro Silicon Valley | Christina Waters | 03-20-2008 | Food+Drink

Once Upon a Time in the Southwestnew

In The Hammer and Under the Same Moon, a middle-aged boxer and an illegal immigrant kid burn up Arizona highways and LA streets.

East Bay Express | Kelly Vance | 03-20-2008 | Reviews

The Boston Underground Film Festival: Now with More Gravitasnew

This year's slate of films, while remaining faithfully campy and exploitative, takes a stab at bigger, more profound topics.

Dig Boston | Harry Vaughn | 03-20-2008 | Movies

A Cautionary Tale of Travel on the Cheapnew

It began simply enough: Three of my close friends had planned a self-guided, three-month-long camping/cycling tour through Europe, celebrating college graduation and conveniently prolonging their parental-imposed grace period for finding a job. "Why not come along?" they prodded.

Dig Boston | Courtney Cox | 03-20-2008 | Travel

Tags: travel

Scrubya: Lather Liberallynew

With each sale of the recycled-paper-wrapped soaps, proceeds go to charitable organizations that are "cleaning up after Dubya & Co." including donations to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Physicians for Human Rights' Campaign Against Torture.

Dig Boston | Christine Liu | 03-20-2008 | Shopping

Tags: shopping

Return of the Green Fairynew

Absinthe's popularity is growing rapidly now that the century-old ban on it has been lifted.

East Bay Express | Lorna Garano | 03-20-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: absinthe

The Kleercut Boycott: Outcome Undeterminednew

It's hard to boycott a consumer product when you can't determine who buys it.

East Bay Express | Anna McCarthy | 03-20-2008 | Environment

Tags: environment, kleenex

GLBT Issues Still Divide Moderate Southern Baptistsnew

"There seems to me to be a real incongruency between what they were preaching and what they were practicing," Rev. Nancy Petty said. "No one was asking them to endorse gays and lesbians. All that we were asking was to have a place at the table."

INDY Week | Patrick O'Neill | 03-20-2008 | Religion

Tags: religion