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Trenton Film Festivalnew

Film festivals don't get more compact than Trenton's, which runs a little more than 24 hours.

Philadelphia City Paper | Sam Adams | 05-08-2007 | Movies

Peter Parker Can't Losenew

The ballyhooed Spider-Man 3 spins a pretty, but flimsy, web.

Philadelphia City Paper | Drew Lazor | 05-08-2007 | Reviews

Mary Landrieu's Media Biasnew

Louisiana's Democratic senator is pushing two press-friendly bills through Congress, but she swears it's all about protecting the Fourth Estate, not currying its favor.

Gambit | Jeremy Alford | 05-08-2007 | Politics

The Dead Zonenew

Closing the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet could return life to a part of Lake Pontchartrain that is barren because of saltwater intrusion.

Gambit | Troy Gilbert | 05-08-2007 | Environment

Tags: environment

School's Outnew

Recovery School District Superintendent Robin Jarvis brought steely resolve and do-gooder compassion to one of the toughest jobs in New Orleans -- so why isn't she sticking around longer?

Gambit | Sam Winston | 05-08-2007 | Education

Tags: Education

Horses is ultimately a testament to just how easily mellows can be harshed -- to life's hidden tripwires, strung everywhere and capable of catapulting anyone back down the bittersweet rabbit hole of stinging memory.

Baltimore City Paper | Raymond Cummings | 05-08-2007 | Fiction

Tags: Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson

A Worthy Entry Onto the School of Rock Required-reading Listnew

If ever you wanted a minute-by-minute account of the rise of the beast that became punk rock, this is it.

Baltimore City Paper | Emily Flake | 05-08-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Babylon's Burning: From Punk to Grunge, Clinton Heylin

Dudes Look Like a Maybenew

Journalist Charlie Leduff goes looking for the rugged American man -- and may be still looking for him.

Baltimore City Paper | Zak M. Salih | 05-08-2007 | Nonfiction

Tags: Charlie Leduff, Us Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man

Max Bemis, the Auteurnew

Say Anything's frontman wants you to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain who's begging for attention.

Baltimore City Paper | Jess Harvell | 05-08-2007 | Music

Tags: Say Anything

Land and Freedomnew

Standing Silent Nation examines Native Americans' right to use the soil on which they live.

Baltimore City Paper | Rahne Alexander | 05-08-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Courtney Hermann and Suree Towfighnia, Standing Silent Nation

The Same Sketch Comedy, but All Gay!new

The biggest single problem with The Big Gay Sketch Show is that it's so deeply immersed in extant TV references that you wonder if its target audience has gotten off the couch once in the last 20 years.

Baltimore City Paper | Rahne Alexander | 05-08-2007 | TV

Tags: TV