AltWeeklies Wire
Darwin's Man in Africanew
Documentarian Hubert Sauper fishes for the truth about globalization and its discontents.
L.A. Weekly |
B. Ruby Rich |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Darwin's Nightmare, Hubert Sauper
Oh, You Brut!new
In a world of blog hysteria and terminal hipsterism, Art Brut kicks ass, takes names and gets naked -- it's about time.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott T. Sterling |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Art Brut
The Trials of Mandla Dubenew
During a mysterious psychotic episode, a South African filmmaker threatened to kill his children -- did our justice system protect his family over the next year or simply destroy it?
L.A. Weekly |
Kenneth Miller |
02-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Daydream Believernew
Boston rocker Jen Trynin documents her would-have-been stardom with self-mocking wit.
Boston Phoenix |
Amy Finch |
02-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
Talkin' Trashnew
Footballers Wives is anything but desperate, and Love Monkey is no High Fidelity.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
02-09-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Frontier Justicenew
As the Internet and other shifting technologies dominate our lives, is the Electronic Frontier Foundation the new ACLU?
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Bush’s Real Motivenew
The president's persistent support of the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping program represents much more than a stubborn presidential effort to catch terrorists.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
02-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Betty Friedan, 1921–2006new
The power of The Feminine Mystique is that it started the feminist revolution, and its genius is that it articulated and explicated the fears and anxieties of a decade, one that launched our own time.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
02-09-2006 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
Mourning After Wal-Martnew
Unprotected sex, under any circumstances, can be scary, embarrassing, and confusing enough -- three women are suing Wal-Mart for making it even worse.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
02-09-2006 |
Sex
Tags: hottopic
The Kult of Karlnew
The success of The Ricky Gervais Show can be ascribed almost entirely to the gnomic utterances of Karl Pilkington, the bald, round, bleary-eyed, sleepy-voiced producer for London’s Xfm, who serves as the show's co-host.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-09-2006 |
Media
Young Againnew
Country music gets what movies have forgotten.
New York Press |
Armond White |
02-09-2006 |
Reviews
Back in Blacknew
What's really going on during Fashion Week?
New York Press |
Jonathan Leaf and Kevin Giordano |
02-09-2006 |
Fashion
Tags: fashion
Citizen Oprahnew
Why America's most powerful celebrity should be more feared than loved.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
02-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
A Queen Among Thievesnew
We can only admire the widow who wiped off her tears and went to work to ensure that the best of her husband's legacy was kept alive in the hearts and minds of Americans of good will.
New York Press |
Michael Meyers |
02-09-2006 |
Commentary
Torture for Fun and Profitnew
Greg Hartley is set to become the first ex-Army interrogator to spin his mind-bending, truth-wresting abilities into a general management consultancy.
New York Press |
Brendan Conway |
02-09-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
