AltWeeklies Wire
Old Romantic
20 years on, Gartside's got a perfect way with love songs.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Freak to Cheek
Who will stop Sonzero from making another film?
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jim Sonzero, Pulse
Step Off
If you don't hope for anything, you won't be disappointed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Anne Fletcher, Step Up
Rolling Back the Years
If this is largely untraveled territory, that doesn't mean the jokes are fresh.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Magical Revisionism
In moving from the page to the screen, Burger kept crucial developments but tied them more tightly to a realistic narrative.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
Man-Witch
This is the kind of film M. Night Shyamalan wishes he could still make.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Burger, The Illusionist
Sloppy Joes
Trust the Man is an imperfect if pleasant surprise.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bart Freundlich, Trust the Man
No Pain, No Gain
Time to Leave makes the prelude to doom look remarkably banal and largely painless.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: François Ozon, Time to Leave
Beached Wails
Heading South understands the Third World-tourist dynamic, and neatly delineates the way two different kinds of people can live different kinds of existence in the same place.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Heading South, Laurent Cantet
You're Screwednew
The power of prosecutors grows as defense resources wither.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-18-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Reefer Gladnessnew
Why has a group of cops, prosecutors, correction officers and other law-enforcement officials started lobbying for drug legalization?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
08-18-2006 |
Commentary
Party Favorsnew
The GOP's courtship of blacks appears to be working.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
08-18-2006 |
Commentary
Cold Comfortnew
This is how to make Mexican melon soup.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
08-18-2006 |
Food+Drink
A Little Goes a Long Waynew
The Archie Bronson Outfit's second full-length most definitely rocks.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
08-18-2006 |
Reviews
Love Storynew
Psychedelic-rock legend Arthur Lee began and ended his life in Memphis -- in between was quite a journey.
The Memphis Flyer |
Andria Lisle |
08-18-2006 |
Music