AltWeeklies Wire
Reasonable Doubt in a Small-town Murdernew
Two decades into Fredrick Freeman's life sentence, his advocates are making last-ditch attempts to right what they call a flagrant injustice.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
08-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Corn Wholenew
Basically, pre-Columbian and Mesoamerican-wise, if you represent Corn, I salute you.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
08-14-2007 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
What Bush Didn't Saynew
The president offers sympathies and assistance to Minneapolis and calls on Congress to act before recess -- we fill in the gaps.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
08-14-2007 |
Commentary
'My Best Friend': Who Needs Strangers?new
In the end, the film is too gimmicky -- it climaxes with Bruno on the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire -- to ever be a great movie, but it offers plenty of small pleasures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: My Best Friend, Patrice Leconte
'Introducing the Dwights': An Indie Yawnernew
The only reason movies like this exist is to provide targeted upscale art-house audiences with colorfully ignorant lower-class exotics to whom they can vicariously feel superior.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
'No End in Sight': Sobering Observations Soberly Presentednew
The truly horrible thing about Charles Ferguson's absolutely depressing documentary is that nothing it says is really new.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Ferguson, No End in Sight
New Ct. Law Could Put Third Parties on Ballotnew
A new Connecticut elections law allows third parties to cross-endorse candidates for office without first having to run a candidate for that seat.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
08-14-2007 |
Politics
Checking in with the Latest Round of MuzikMafia Releasesnew
In some quarters, the MuzikMafia was hailed as country-music saviors who would change the way music was made in Nashville; in others, they were dismissed as flashes-in-the-pan who would soon vanish like most novelty acts -- neither prediction proved accurate.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-14-2007 |
Music
Red Sammy Debuts Its Forlorn Folksy Gothicnew
Every one of its 11 languid and dolorous "gothic Americana" songs hangs with the same tawdry antebellum decay familiar to anyone who's whiled away a sticky August night in Baltimore drinking too much beer and nursing heartache.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
08-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Red Sammy
'Teenage' Delivers a Dialectical Thesisnew
Savage charts the cyclical ebb and flow of youth culture, its relationship with greater economic and demographic trends, and its vanguard role in the arts.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
08-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Father of Cyberpunk Speaks on 'Spook'new
We know that William Gibson's new novel digs into high-tech surveillance and messianism, but what about that mysterious shipping container?
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
08-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spook Country, William Gibson
Gregor Robertson May Throw Hat into Mayoral Racenew
Former Vancouver Green party school trustee Andrea Reimer and Green party provincial leadership candidate Damian Kettlewell both say they'd support Robertson for mayor if he chooses to run in '08.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
08-13-2007 |
Politics
A Nerd Redux in 'Superbad'new
Michael Cera talks about playing nice guy to Jonah Hill's loud, on-the-make dude.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
08-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Greg Mottola, Superbad
The Sin of Air Travelnew
Airlines have created programs to offset emissions, but the rising popularity of flying could wipe out any gains.
The Georgia Straight |
Ben Parfitt |
08-13-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Butler Did Itnew
Today's household servants put Jeeves and Alfred to shame.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
08-13-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
