AltWeeklies Wire
Harmony Korine Unleashes His Zombies on Celebrity Culturenew
Yes, he makes movies about repellent creatures, but his directorial career -- one of the freak occurrences of the '90s -- is also back from the dead.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
David Mamet Creates a Serious 'Karate Kid'new
But Mamet's self-seriousness stifles Redbelt's cinematic potential.
New York Press |
Armond White |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Louise Erdrich Returns with a Crazy Quilt of a Novelnew
The Plague of Doves stitches together several of her recent short stories, most of them previously published in The New Yorker. The remarkable thing is how seamlessly the final product fits together.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
05-01-2008 |
Fiction
Keith Gessen Tackles Familiar Turf in 'All the Sad Young Literary Men'new
Gessen's debut follows three Harvard graduates as they struggle with too much education and not enough purpose in literary Manhattan.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
05-01-2008 |
Fiction
Does Werner Herzog Take Werner Herzog Seriously Anymore?new
Encounters at the End of the World is principally a collection of Herzog's Antarctic vacation pictures; the movie feels like an episode of Travels with Rick Steves if the show were hosted by a perpetually gloomy German.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Rev. Wright & the Truthnew
We have a duty to ourselves to listen to the real Jeremiah Wright, to try to understand this complex mix that is America. He puts the patriotism of most politicians to shame.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
05-01-2008 |
Commentary
Colin Meloy Tries His Hand, Er, Voice at Sam Cookenew
The EP is very Colin Meloy, which is exactly why it doesn't really work.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullogh |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Why Wine Geeks Need to Tell Robert Parker to Cork itnew
In The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization, Alice Feiring argues that winemaking's traditional "natural" methods have largely been replaced with flavor-altering procedures to please the palate of one man: Robert Parker.
Willamette Week |
Deeda Schroeder |
05-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Veggie Soup for the Soulnew
Soup au Pistou is a Provencal soup named for it's most striking ingredient: a French version of pesto. With recipe that serves six.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gwyneth Doland |
05-01-2008 |
Food+Drink
Matmos Has Intellectualized its Art to Perfectionnew
What makes Supreme Balloon interesting is that it doesn't sound like a bunch of synths being played by two guys. It sounds like a pirate radio broadcast from a hipster alien art collective, or Sigur Ros shot into the future and brought back to the present to teach us about technology.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Matmos, Supreme Balloon
'Beaufort' Doesn't Retreat from War's Futilitynew
The semi-fictionalized film is adapted from a novel by Israeli writer Ron Leshem and set in the waning days of Israeli control over an ancient fortress. It is -- rather originally for a war film -- not about conquest, but about retreat.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Beaufort, Joseph Cedar
Portland to Get Pilot Mental Health Courtnew
Three qualified mental health professionals will work with a dedicated judge, with a goal of hooking mentally ill people up with medication and counseling instead of prosecuting them for low-level crimes.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
05-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Is Oregon's Anti-Gay Initiative Effort on the Verge of Failure?new
Even if the Supreme Court OKs the petitions in the next few weeks, the anti-gay activists would have just two months to collect 82,769 valid signatures -- or 34,590 more than they failed to collect before, with one month less to do it.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
05-01-2008 |
LGBT
Music to the Extremenew
Otep's growling third album dances along the knife-blade edge of metalcore and pop, without descending into glammy hair metal.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: OTEP, The Ascension
Tinker and Playnew
Rather than expanding on the syrupy, big sound the Breeders do so well, on Mountain Battles, they stay in a noncommittal, midtempo zone that fails to engage
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mountain Battles, The Breeders
