AltWeeklies Wire
Megaton Megalomanianew
Real weapons of mass destruction come back to haunt a world hungry for peace.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Frank Kosa |
04-27-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Students Dragged Down by Debtnew
More students are going to college, but with tuition fees doubled since 2002 and grants scrapped, it's a tough slog.
The Georgia Straight |
Steve Smysnuik |
04-27-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Rabid for Goatnew
There's much to admire about Wandering Goat, Eugene's newest cafe and coffee roaster.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
It's a Biscuit! It's a Power Bar!new
No, it's Super Natural Cooking: healthy food porn
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Heat is Onnew
Blowing up the status quo.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz
In a Cold Placenew
Courage in a Russian bleak house.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Andrei Kravchuk, The Italian
Puppy Lovenew
It's not a banal tale about a boy and his dog, but a fresh one about an older woman and hers. Who knew Molly Shannon playing a petulant nutjob could be so moving?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog
Asparagus Aplentynew
Chef Boy Ari gets his hands dirty in the middle of asparagus season.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
04-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
Dionysus Downnew
Barbara Ehrenreich's equivocal history of joy.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
04-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Cavorting With Caninesnew
In his directorial debut, Mike White embraces the awkward with this story of a woman (played by Molly Shannon) who just wants to be loved.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mike White, Year of the Dog
The Political Becomes Personalnew
Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Silence Is Chartreusenew
At once eerie, picaresque, and evocative, this is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps, who have taken a vow of silence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning
Interminable Islandnew
Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Wiper, The Condemned
Verhoeven Returns With Dutch Treatnew
Although in many ways a characteristically perverse Paul Verhoeven spectacle, this Dutch World War II resistance story is more morally shaded as well as handsomely mounted and suspenseful.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
04-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Mind Your Mannersnew
Carlos Mencia's loudest critics face a difficult task: out-shouting the master himself.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pete Freedman |
04-26-2007 |
Performance
Tags: Mencia
