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Baked Hope: Clay Animation '$9.99' Hits a Narrative Wall
Adapted from short stories by Etgar Keret, the film's tag line, that it's an animated feature which "offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life," is unfortunately all too true about a movie whose visuals far outweigh its dramatic reach.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-15-2009 |
Reviews
'The Proposal' Shows That a Familiar Recipe Still Works With the Right Ingredients
Director Anne Fletcher's film is funnier and more charming than it seems to have any right to be.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-15-2009 |
Reviews
With 'Whatever Works,' Woody Allen Announces His Demise
Here's a movie that feels thrown together, as if Allen is attempting to purge as many films as he can before he shuffles off his mortal coil. His legacy is going in an emotionally threadbare direction.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-15-2009 |
Reviews
Abortion Wars Turn Deadly With the Murder of Dr. George Tillernew
I've been on the front lines of the choice wars in Los Angeles. We were very aware that we were putting our lives on the line with these wackos. "Baby Killers!" they'd yell at us as we protected family planning clinics.
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
06-15-2009 |
Sex
Advocates Work to Tranform Community-Based Care in Pennsylvanianew
The majority of disabled people in need of long-term care want to live at home. To do so, they need people like Brenda McFadden to help them get through the day. But the working conditions are intense and poorly remunerated.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Daniel Denvir |
06-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
Here Comes the Judge: The Web's Anything-Goes Era Can't Last Forevernew
In short, pretty much anything goes on the internet. But many signs suggest the courts aren't happy with this state of affairs, and web hosts don't expect it to last.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-15-2009 |
Media
'Management' Ends Up Engaging Despite Early Misstepsnew
Steve Zahn is at his most puppyish as the star of Management, but remember that puppies are those creatures that chew up your slippers, pee all over the place, and generally refuse to do what they’re told.
Tags: Stephen Belber, Management
For Doug Martsch, Music is a Different Kind of Hoop Dreamnew
The Built to Spill frontman demonstrates the parallels between professional men's basketballers and guys in rock bands.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
06-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meet the Pirate Signal, One of Denver's Most Compelling Hip-Hop Actsnew
When he performs, Yonnas Abraham's artistic zeal is unmistakable. As frontman for the Pirate Signal, one of Denver's brightest emerging hip-hop acts, he's simply electrifying.
Westword |
Dave Herrera |
06-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Shane Tutmarc Heads South to Search for His Soulnew
With his pencil-thin mustache and bowler hat, Tutmarc looks like he could be the star of a 1930s European film. But when he opens his mouth to sing, out comes a brass twang halfway between Dwight Yoakam and a young Steve Earle.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
06-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Did a Drug Dealer Rack Up 112 Convictions Over 26 Years?new
Along the way, Smooth has compiled a criminal record that's something of a record itself: He has 112 convictions. Not arrests, convictions: 94 misdemeanors and 18 felonies, revolving through the doors of juvenile court to municipal court to district court to superior court to federal court, from traffic and theft offenses and weapons and assault charges to burglary and crack sales.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-15-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Elijah Wald Explains How the Uncool Music of Yesteryear Shapes Today's Tunesnew
No one makes music in a vacuum, completely detached from the pop mainstream and his or her potential audience. Wald argues that nobody should be trying to, since how many people music appeals to in its own time is at least as important as how many rock writers it appeals to in 30 years.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
06-15-2009 |
Nonfiction
Telluride Bluegrass Festival Teams Up With David Byrnenew
With all of his acclaimed weirdness, what's Byrne doing playing the 36th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival this year, sharing a bill with more "traditional" greats like Emmylou Harris, Peter Rowan and Sam Bush?
Boulder Weekly |
Adam Perry |
06-15-2009 |
Music
Roberto Benigni Puts His Love for Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Onstagenew
The exuberant and very talkative Italian clown Roberto Benigni's one-man show In Tutto Dante is built around Benigni's passion for Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, and -- though performed mostly in English -- culminates in a reading of a canto in Italian.
Chicago Reader |
Tony Adler |
06-15-2009 |
Theater
Seattle's Swordsman of Semen Detection Doesn't Care for His New Competitionnew
Snooping through your partner's undies has become big business, and Bradley Holmes, the self-proclaimed father of the in-home semen-detection industry is disappointed in his offspring -- in part because they are giving him competition.
Seattle Weekly |
Vernal Coleman |
06-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
