AltWeeklies Wire
Vamos a Cuba!new
Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
02-25-2008 |
International
Tags: Cuba, international
Ludo: All Fired Upnew
Ludo has toured constantly enough to wear out two vans over the past four years. They'd go anywhere -- Leavenworth, Kansas, or Wheaton, Illinois -- just to reach an audience.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
02-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ludo, You're Awful, I Love You
A Hipster's Guide to Afro-Indie Rocknew
Here's eight records. Now go start a riot.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-25-2008 |
Music
Kids These Daysnew
Charlie Bartlett is the feature debut of Austin Powers' snappy film editor Jon Poll, so it is but a heartbeat cut till we meet our hero with his head down a toilet at the funky public school to which he has been dispatched by his desperate single mother.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
Blood Moneynew
The Counterfeiters is morally ambiguous Holocaust tale of survival and collusion.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Pointlessnew
All-star cast can't save Rashomon wannabe Vantage Point.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Pete Travis, Vantage Point
Flower Girlnew
Caitlin Rose offers a taste of what's to come on her debut EP.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
02-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Caitlin Rose, Dead Flowers
Equal Justicenew
Law professor Anthony Infanti uses anecdotes and his own experiences to examine Everyday Law for Gays and Lesbians in new book.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Ali McNally |
02-25-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Delegating Responsibilitynew
Just how super are the "superdelegates"? Superdelegate and Western Pennsylvania congressman Mike Doyle argues that they're not that super or duper.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
John McIntire |
02-25-2008 |
Commentary
The Overflowing Mind of Ted Okudanew
You want minutiae, he's got it -- from the Three Stooges to Soundies to Son of Svengoolie.
Chicago Reader |
Jim Mueller |
02-25-2008 |
Culture
Hate Crime Takes a Lifenew
The killing of openly homosexual high schooler Lawrence King in Oxnard shows the dangers of being gay and young.
Santa Barbara Independent |
David Selberg, Jarrod Schwartz, Samuel Santos Jr. and Geoff Green |
02-25-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
'Hooking Up' Deconstructs College Relationshipsnew
Sociology professor Kathleen Bogle's new book presents the findings of a study about how couples get together that she started as a graduate student.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Morgan A. Zalot |
02-25-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Downey Does Drunkardnew
Robert Downey Jr.'s too-real drunk routine steals the Charlie Bartlett show.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
'Caramel' Sticksnew
Labaki's film teases with romantic possibilities that don't evolve predictably.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
'Be Kind' and Make Some Sensenew
Michel Gondry's latest has a great set-up but eventually collapses under its inconsistencies.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
02-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
