AltWeeklies Wire
Gimme Shelternew
Not since The Usual Suspects has a film of such complexity been so immensely enjoyable to watch.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Here Come the Bridesnew
This Spanish comedy is about same-sex marriages and mothers-in-law.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Manuel Gómez Pereira, Queens
Opera Bouffenew
This Chinese film by veteran Zhang Yimou is a tale about good intentions and missed opportunities.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
The Joy of Sexnew
John Cameron Mitchell's sophomore film effort asserts -- with great gusto and even a brass band -- our universal right to sexual happiness.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
The Sound of One Detective Crackingnew
A hard-boiled detective investigates a murder at a Buddhist monastery.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Rosenbush, Zen Noir
Take a Penny, Leave a Pennynew
Some people really want to get rid of America's one-cent coin -- will you get screwed if it disappears?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-12-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Nigerian Windfallnew
It came out of the blue in an email: a chance to be a millionaire, if only they could sort out the details -- here's how to have fun with Internet scams.
Boston Phoenix |
Jim Sullivan |
10-12-2006 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Born to Runnew
Six Days of the Condor author James Grady cuts the lunatics loose.
Missoula Independent |
Joe Campana |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: James Grady, Mad Dogs
Food During Wartimenew
We explore the fine art of shish kabobs with Georgian correspondent Thomas Goltz.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
10-12-2006 |
Food+Drink
The Wrong Man?new
Twenty-three years ago, Barry Beach confessed to a brutal murder he now swears he didn't commit and has been locked up ever since -- can new evidence set him free?
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
10-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mining Microbesnew

The National Park Service floats a proposal to share bioprospecting profits with the private sector, but should the commons be commercialized?
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
10-12-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Desperationnew
Now that the Republican Party finds itself mired in its own sex scandal, they are discovering how hard it is to wiggle out from under it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brian Morton |
10-12-2006 |
Politics
Coming in Lastnew
The other Truman Capote movie isn’t just second fiddle -- it’s awful.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Douglas McGrath, Infamous
Nuclear Family Warnew
Veronica Mars And Battlestar Galactica plumb the limits of today’s untraditional filial units.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
10-12-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
2 Morro Morrow Landnew
Sci-fi gentrification is writ large in an obsessive hand, courtesy of Brian Chippendale.
Baltimore City Paper |
Christopher Skokna |
10-12-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts