AltWeeklies Wire
An Improvised Explosive Devicenew
As a young soldier dies in Iraq, his best friend remembers him and vows to speak out "before more teenage girls lose best friends."
Tucson Weekly |
Deidre Pike |
01-05-2006 |
Commentary
Letters to Brettnew
Former Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley pens "Cellars By Starlight," a tribute to Boston Phoenix scribe Brett Milano.
Boston Phoenix |
On the Download |
01-05-2006 |
Music
Tags: Cellars By Starlight, Kay Hanley
Bloodsuckers and Supersuckersnew
This video-game-to-movie adaptation poses no threat to German filmmaker Uwe Boll's reputation as the modern-day Ed Wood.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: BloodRayne, Uwe Boll
History Refractednew
In this latest from Neil Jordan, Cillian Murphy plays the swinging transvestite Patrick "Kitten" Braden, who wanders through the pop-and-politics culture of Seventies England.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Jordan, Breakfast on Pluto
History's Horndog Rides Againnew
Hallstrom's latest is fine but unambitious, content with being an arthouse trifle with tricorner hats, corsets, and powdered wigs.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Casanova, Lasse Hallström
Ghost Town Tokyonew
The ghost is literally in the machine in this prototypical Japanese horror film that works primarily with dread and inexplicable phenomena rather than blood and guts.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Pulse, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Life in 10 Minute Chunksnew
Composed of nine occasionally interlocking vignettes that star a dozen or so terrific actresses, Nine Lives presents intimate portraits of women grapplng with life.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Nine Lives, Rodrigo García
Breaking the Trustnew
Albany County N.Y. threatens the livelihood of its impoverished disabled by rushing to implement a distant and controversial court case.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
01-05-2006 |
Policy Issues
No Details on Welfare Deaths
The Canadian welfare ministry refuses to investigate 6,065 deaths of individuals on welfare.
Monday Magazine |
Andrew MacLeod |
01-05-2006 |
Economy
Finally Taking Chancesnew
The album won't necessarily up the Strokes' sales or exposure, but it should garner them more respect.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ray Cummings |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Brakhage Homagenew
Recorded at a memorial benefit for experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, this is Sonic Youth at its best -- lost in its own hazy head space somewhere along the sonic journey from strings to pedals to amps to the ether.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Mostly Unswervingnew
This fifth full-length emerges after three years in the void, with a competent and slightly darker hue, balancing atmospheric subtleties with mammoth crescendos and chest-pounding passion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Milemarker, Ominosity
Blistered Fingersnew
These are the most exciting, addicting and stunning games of 2005.
The Village Voice |
Harold Goldberg |
01-05-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: yearinreview2005
Zeppelin Over Mozartnew
Bobby Yang grew up listening to classic rock while being trained in classical violin, and has now figured out how to mesh two loves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mark Gresham |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bobby Yang, No. 1 Tribute
Fresh Tracksnew
Despite celebrity status, snowboarder Nick Perata will always call Boise home.
Boise Weekly |
Travis Estvold |
01-05-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
