AltWeeklies Wire
Baby Killersnew
Our soldiers have become baby killers, not figuratively but literally, and government spokespeople downplay despicable murders as "overzealous" reaction to the death of a Marine.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-09-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: war in iraq, haditha
Reaffirming the California Dreamnew
The Laugh Factory impresario Jamie Masada discusses immigration, making your own breaks, and comedy as social commentary.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Carl Kozlowski |
06-09-2006 |
Performance
Tags: performance
June Gloomnew
Incumbents and Republicans have the most to celebrate in California's primaries.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-09-2006 |
Politics
Tags: 2006elect
Gone Missingnew
Where did the real Republicans go?
The Memphis Flyer |
Editorial |
06-09-2006 |
Commentary
Spooks and Laddersnew
The U.S. has another new chief at the CIA, but John Negroponte is really the man behind the curtain.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-09-2006 |
Politics
Bombs and Bus Unclenew
Homegrown terrorists and a hysterical Chinese man
both reflect our vanishing privacy.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
06-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
A Mother’s Survivalnew
The L.A. Coroner insists Eliza Jane Scovill died of AIDS, and treatment activists have crucified her mother, turning the death of a child into a battleground over the theory that HIV causes AIDS.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Celia Farber |
06-09-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Out West and Down Undernew
The Western is alive and well in the Australian outback, as this gritty film with a screenplay and score by musician Nick Cave demonstrates.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Radio Headsnew
It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
The Morning Afternew
This earnest, soulful, and jarringly melodramatic rave-culture love story is from Australia but out of time.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: One Perfect Day, Paul Currie
Demon Spawnnew
Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Oy Veynew
This story about one-upmanship while staging a bar mitzvah in L.A. should by all rights be very funny, but sadly it is not.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Stalled Enginenew
Muscling for rank in the crowded box-office speedway, this Pixar contender takes an early lead but loses momentum in the middle third.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: cars, John Lasseter
The Athenian Dreamnew
Dubconscious has established a dependable circuit of clubs in which to play that extends up the Eastern seaboard.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
06-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dubsconscious, Realization
God on Their Side?new
A small town police department's Christian chaplain corps raises questions about the separation of church and state.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
06-08-2006 |
Religion
