AltWeeklies Wire
'Fear(s) of the Dark': Parts of a Holenew
Fear(s) shortcoming(s) reveal the omnibus film's illusion of intricacy.
New York Press |
Simon Abrams |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Charles Burns, Fear(s) of the Dark
The Return of Mingering Mikenew
For decades, D.C. songwriter Mingering Mike has refused to reveal his identity to the public. Given the right opportunity, though, he might just be ready.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
10-23-2008 |
Music
'Pride and Glory' and 'The Unknown Woman': Crime-Honored Traditionsnew
A pair of films get some extra mileage from thriller retreads.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
George W. Bush: The Lame Ducklingnew
As we focus our attention on the next would-be president, it's not quite time to forget the one that’s screwed everything up.
New York Press |
Jamaal Young |
10-23-2008 |
Commentary
Responding to 'Brocabulary' with Some Sheologismsnew
Maybe we could offset Brocabulary's chauvinism -- too ugly and tiresome to be funny -- with some good old-fashioned American equality. And so it began. The girls would propose a sexual phenomenon, and we would work together to invent a sheologism.
New York Press |
Justin Richards |
10-23-2008 |
Books
The Road to Sustainability Has Lanes for More Than Just Carsnew
The Bay Area's unsustainable transportation system is the biggest cause of global warming and one of the biggest recipients of taxpayer money. And right now, most of those public funds are going to expand and maintain freeway systems, a priority that exacerbates our problems and delays the inevitable day of reckoning.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
10-23-2008 |
Transportation
'FIFA Soccer 09' is Not Unlike Cracknew
This year's FIFA is satisfyingly weighty and beefs up player models in contrast to FIFA 08.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Demento |
10-23-2008 |
Video Games
Madonna's 'Filth and Wisdom' is Another Unlucky Starnew
Seeking to amuse and enlighten, Filth feels joyless and pretentious, yet empty. There will be worse 2008 movies. Probably none will make their makers seem quite so smugly unpleasant.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Madonna, Filth and Wisdom
A Slice of Past Lives in 'A Girl Cut in Two'new
Veteran French filmmaker Claude Chabrol re-imagines the Stanford White murder.
Tags: Claude Chabrol, A Girl Cut in Two
Bush Gets Stoned in 'W.'new
While Oliver Stone's latest a messy movie without much momentum, it embraces a willful confusion -- one that history might prove to be a perfectly appropriate response to the last eight years.
'Secrecy' Investigates Executive Power and the Need-to-Knownew
Even as Secrecy's former operatives acknowledge the massive intelligence failures leading to 9/11, they're ready to make the case for the increased need for government subterfuge in the War on Terror: what secrecy begets, only secrecy will solve, and every time the gloves come off, the blinders will go on.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
In 'Noah's Arc' Movie, We Meet the Black Carrie Bradshawnew
The LOGO show makes the jump to the big screen -- showing a completely different African-American experience.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
'Max Payne' Prefers Good Looks to Smartsnew
Gorgeously shot as a color noir (though the colors are more likely to run the gamut from gray to black than red to gold), Max Payne is one of those ludicrous action movies based on a videogame that's all style and little substance.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
Charlie Kaufman Turns to Philip Seymour Hoffman to Tackle His Neurosesnew
Entirely too "clever," this story about an upstate New York theater director parades all of Kaufman’s neuroses: sexual frustration, creative surfeit (not a creative block), body hatred and celebrity paranoia. What's missing is universality; that's swallowed up by Kaufman's intellectual egomania.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
How John McCain Has Abandoned His Fellow Veteransnew
His fame's based on his POW status, but Senator John McCain's made a point of voting against fellow veterans.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
