AltWeeklies Wire
Breaking the Banknew
National City Bank invested in con artists -- now it expects victims to foot the bill.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
07-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Lot in Lifenew
William Peppes' property suffered a plane crash and a murder -- but eminent domain proved his toughest challenge.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
07-10-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Plant 666new
An Ohio wastewater treatment plant is killing the workers one by one.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
07-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
The War's Impact on Our Streetsnew
Just as violent crime surges in cities across the Bay Area, police agencies here are having a hard time hiring officers because of the Iraq war.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
07-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
We Should Trust You?new
Memo to: President Bush -- stop acting like an asshole.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
07-10-2006 |
Commentary
Wilson Carries The Comedy
You, Me and Dupree subsists purely on vibe, namely Owen Wilson's ever-boyish vibe of an innocence that has overstayed its welcome long into adulthood.
Unusual Suspectsnew
We go inside the Philadelphia Grandmothers for Peace siege of a military-recruiting office.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
07-08-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Body Politics
Lif's latest is thematically scattershot and packed with easy targets.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Sound the Repeat
We've seen American soldiers in Iraq up close many times before, and The War Tapes' night-vision-goggles view of the locals remains as fuzzy as ever.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Deborah Scranton, The War Tapes
Turban Myth
Fundamentalism assumes many forms, even documentaries.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Candy is Dandy
Pretty much the whole point of Strangers With Candy is to fling as many un-PC punch lines as possible.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Dinello, Strangers With Candy
Par for the Corsair
Like the first Pirates, this one is a successful combination of breezy and blackhearted.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Nautical by Nature
All Machado's film lacks is a story that's even half as compelling as the rest of it.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lower City, Sergio Machado
Hot and Bothersome
Clark still doesn't trust his charismatic young discoveries to tell their own stories, which have to be better than the trashy fables he constructs for them.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Clark, Wassup Rockers
More Mess at the News-Pressnew
For those waiting for the other shoe to fall at the Santa Barbara News-Press, it has -- but in this case, it's more like all the shoes from Imelda Marcos’s closet.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Nick Welsh |
07-07-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
