AltWeeklies Wire
Sit a Spell
This is squirmily funny.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Rock & Roll Residuenew
With an award-winning performance by Maggie Cheung, Clean is one of the most emotionally honest movies about drug addiction ever made.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
His Finest Hour
The movie means to emphasize the banality of the man's fate, and it does that job a little too well.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Overlord, Stuart Cooper
Blockbuster
This is a relaxed tribute to a famous friend, but there are moments that point in the untaken direction of a more interesting film.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
He Said, She Saidnew
Thirtysomething icon Jennifer Aniston grieves a failed relationship in one half of the movie, while thirtysomething icon Vince Vaughn grows up in the other.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
Adjust the Facts
Maybe it will inspire a few people to trade in their SUVs, but the inconvenient truth is that this film is likely to do more for Gore's political profile than for the soon-to-be-submerged residents of West Bengal.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Judas: So Hot Right Now!new
After a 2,000-year career as Christianity's bad boy, Judas Iscariot is getting his 15 minutes of fame and freaking out the faithful.
Tags: religion
Ease and Intensitynew
Having worked together for more than a decade, these two have established a formidable improvisational dialogue.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Prepare to Lose Your Mindnew
When an album simultaneously reminds you of the intro to Iron Maiden's "Phantom of the Opera" and one of the sonic explosions that occur inside John Coltrane's "Jupiter," you're dealing with an album that's unique indeed.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Homecomingnew
The Orlando Vet Center deals with the unique scars of the Iraq War.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
06-02-2006 |
War
Tags: Iraq war veterans, war in iraq
Lazy Classificationnew
There's little about the sound of Gold & Wax to qualify it for the "world music" tag that it will inevitably be slapped with.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gigi, Gold & Wax
Citizen Noamnew
Noam Chomsky discusses his new book, the U.S., Iraq and whether the Democrats will bring their A-game this November.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
06-02-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Failed States, Noam Chomsky
Discipline Nownew
Virtually killing independent preschools in California, Rob Reiner's Proposition 82 would institutionalize a system for manufacturing English-only constrained consumers and angry soldiers.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
06-02-2006 |
Commentary
Tags: 2006elect
Mojo Risingnew
In his new novel, Robinson kills off a music journalist.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
06-02-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Robinson, Piece of My Heart
