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Achy Obejas Uses the Noir Form to Explore Her Cuban Rootsnew
The 18 stories collected in the anthology Havana Noir are nothing if not messy. The Havana reflected in its pages is coldly violent and explosively loving. It's vibrant, brutal, amoral, sordid, romantic, idealistic, pragmatic, and gleefully ambiguous.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne |
06-02-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Voyage of Walter Meegonew
Sure, they just moved to LA, but it's their new full-length debut that's really gonna take them places.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Voyager, Walter Meego
Books for Cooks: Spring's Best Tomes on Food and Drinknew
Spring food books are sprouting up like sweet peas and stinking onions, and I’ve been indoors, digging into them instead of my own little patch o' dirt. Here's a half dozen of my favorites, in no particular order.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
06-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
How Bassam Sebti Sees the Iraq Warnew
Sebti lived through the first three years of the war as an Iraqi in Baghdad. He's watched the last two from Philadelphia.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
06-02-2008 |
War
'Dykes to Watch Out For' Goes on Hiatusnew
Alison Bechdel has announced she's taking a break from her biweekly comic strip to work on a memoir. "I'm calling it a sabbatical," she explains.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-02-2008 |
Art
Golden Oldienew
The Indiana Jones franchise has grown older and more sentimental, but it still puts on a good show.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
April Showersnew
In her directorial debut, Helen Hunt never establishes the delicate balance she’s after.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Helen Hunt, Then She Found Me
'The Year My Parents Went on Vacation' Makes No Mistakesnew
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is radiant with restrained and affecting performances, scored beautifully and shot so precisely that you may find yourself not paying attention to the subtitles.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
I Want to Believe in 'Prince Caspian'new
Narnia still just isn't magical enough.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Thomas McCarthy's 'The Visitor' is Every Bit as Powerful as 'The Station Agent'new
The Visitor is so small, so human in its fears and disappointments, that by comparison, films like Rendition look not only ineffective but irresponsible
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Visitor, Thomas McCarthy
The Beat Goes On for the Young@Heart Chorusnew
Stephen Walker's documentary doesn't do justice to the stories behind the Young@Heart Chorus.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Walker, Young@Heart
I, Robot: Robert Downey Jr. proves the man makes the suit.new
Iron Man is the best summer action film this year — at least until the release of The Dark Knight.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Gossip Aims for a Big Crowdnew
In principle, I'm no great fan of the live album, but the Arkansas-born/Olympia-based Gossip is one band where a live album not only makes sense, it even makes sense as a major-label debut presumably meant to introduce the band to a larger audience.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Roots Drummer ?uestlove Takes Al Green Back to His Classic Soundnew
After two pairings with Willie Mitchell back at his old Royal Studio stomping grounds, Green heads north here, recording with Amir "?uestlove" Thompson and keyboardist James Poyser producing and contemporary neo-soul stars Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, and Corinne Bailey Rae providing occasional support.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
Death Cub for Cutie Offers More Bite on 'Narrow Stairs'new
Plans, the band's previous album and the major-label debut, felt stubbornly inert and practically vanished on contact. Narrow Stairs is a different matter altogether.
The Memphis Flyer |
Werner Trieschmann |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
