AltWeeklies Wire
Born to Run, Born to Losenew
Despite having lost dozens of bids for local elected positions, Hector Reyna just won't quit -- but maybe he should.
East Bay Express |
Michael Mechanic |
03-27-2006 |
Politics
Guinea Pig Gangnew
These students rent their bodies to science -- and have the scars to prove it.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
03-27-2006 |
Science
Tags: Guinea Pig Zero, medical studies
Seattle's Mass Killernew
Police have questioned the twin brother of a man who shot six young people and then himself.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson and Philip Dawdy |
03-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Out, Demons!new
Pink Mountaintops fight the good fight.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Elliott Johnston |
03-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pink Mountaintops
Blank Slate Equals Movie's Fatenew
The ambitions of this intriguing documentary about one man's amnesia far outweigh its accomplishments.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rupert Murray, Unknown White Male
Leader of the Pack Felled by a Babynew
Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, Tsotsi
Period Threads and Story Strandsnew
Tristram Shandy's inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom's chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Who's That Girl?new
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Fickman, She's the Man
Musical Alchemynew
Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal's many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Spike Lee Scoresnew
Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre cliches.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Spike Lee, Inside Man
Duck Coopnew
Despite being a movie about youthful inertia among some Mexico City adolescents stuck at home by themselves, Duck Season is squirmy and restless.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Fernando Eimbcke, Duck Season
Matches Made In Mexiconew
Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid" who brokers marriages between American men and Mexican women, is a truly fascinating documentary character that is expertly revealed through rock-solid storytelling.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
03-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cowboy del Amor, Michèle Ohayon
The French Really Like Usnew
American Vertigo expands upon Tocqueville's territory.
OC Weekly |
Cornel Bonca |
03-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Triumph of the Sum-Bitchnew
Larry "lays some cable" across America.
Let Me Be Franknew
Paul Frank talks about what's next -- and why, so far, it's not being Paul Frank.
Tags: fashion
