AltWeeklies Wire
'The Great Match' Presents a Nonpatronizing One-World Themenew
The Great Match is about the attempts of three far-flung groups to watch the the final match of the 2002 World Cup, going through motions both comical and extreme in their struggle to see the game.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Gerardo Olivares, The Great Match
The Greatest Travels Ever Toldnew
Penguin's Great Journeys series excerpts the great texts of travel literature, from Herodotus to Ernest Shackleton, in 10 slender and beautifully designed paperback volumes.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Election Day' Eschews the Conspiratorial for the Obviousnew
Katy Chevigny's enlightening documentary eschews the pretensions of voter-fraud overstatement in favor of a real-time portrait of actual poll-station shenanigans.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: election day, Katy Chevigny
Don't Taser-T Me, Bronew
Ah, the sweet stench of Internet entrepreneurship!
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
09-27-2007 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
The Wisdom of Crowdsnew
Randall Munroe, the 22-year-old creator of the online comic xkcd, integrated the time and place into his story line, and 1000 people showed up.
Boston Phoenix |
Georgiana Cohen |
09-27-2007 |
Culture
Bob Log III is Left to His Own Devicesnew
Log's first band, Doo Rag, earned weird-cred touring with Ween, and he's currently supporting fringe-hippie favorites Akron/Family -- while tracks like "Boob Scotch" may seem a bit lowbrow, we're taking it as a sign that Log would rather people focus on the fact that, among other things, he's playing drums with his fucking feet, people.
Dig Boston |
Ben Sisto |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Log III
'Ballad' Shows the Dark Side of Supporting the Troopsnew
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez documents the 1997 murder on the banks of the Rio Grande of a 17-year-old high-schooler, Esequiel Hernandez, who was shot by four undercover Marines while walking the family goats near his home in Redford, Texas.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
The DEA's Bad-Faith War on Pain Doctorsnew
Drug-enforcement authorities have offer physicians little guidance, yet every year, the feds prosecute a handful of pain specialists for over-prescribing.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
09-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
'The Kingdom': The Middle East for Dummiesnew
The film's main fault lies in its didactic pretensions, and in wanting to be something more than it's capable of being -- at heart, The Kingdom is really just a standard little TV action show for the big screen, with decent actors and a hyperactive cameraman.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
2008's X Factorsnew
Independent voters and second-choice surges have the potential to shake up the primaries, boosting Rudy and Barack.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
Gary's Mistakenew
You'd think today's kids would know better, but in the last five years, HIV diagnoses among gay New York City teenagers has doubled -- we talk to a recently infected 19-year-old boy.
New York Press |
Colby Brin |
09-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Dark Behind the Lightnew
Electrically speaking, Eastern Massachusetts hums along comfortably on Colombian coal, but the mines that provide it are devastating land and lives on that country's Guajira Peninsula.
Boston Phoenix |
Aviva Chomsky |
09-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Robert Benton Gives Us The Love Jittersnew
Feast of Love is a feel-good movie for the semi-literati; as such it may grate on those too sophisticated for its smooth ways and easy answers.
New York Press |
Marsha McCreadie |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton
Iran: The Next Crisisnew
Trying to make sense of Ahmadinejad at Columbia will not shed light on Bush's emerging plans to attack Iran.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
09-27-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: Iran
James Chapman Never Loses His Sense of Directionnew
The England native fuses pop songwriting and electronica.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: maps, James Chapman
