AltWeeklies Wire
Paul Newman, 1925-2008new
Paul Newman, who died last weekend at the age of 83, was that rarest of creatures, a movie star who turned himself into a great actor.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-02-2008 |
Movies
Simon Pegg's Radioactive Risenew
The Shaun of the Dead star on losing friends, alienating people, and wanking off to Gillian Anderson.
Boston Phoenix |
Brett Michel |
10-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
David Noblett's Last War Was to Get His Doctor Backnew
When the Texas Medical Board suspended the license of Noblett's doctor, it left him and hundreds of other patients unable to get meds because there aren't many doctors willing to specialize in treating chronic pain, a field of medicine that is drawing the wrath of regulators.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
10-02-2008 |
War
Harvard Law Celebrates 25 Years Out of the Closetnew
From its early struggle for recognition to its current membership of more than 4800 alumni, the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus has come a long way.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
10-02-2008 |
LGBT
Baby is the Most Famous Three-Legged, Barkless Dog in the Worldnew
She's also the only one to tour the country in a bus with her likeness emblazoned on the side, and have her picture taken with, among others, Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Amy Sedaris, Steven Tyler, Jane Fonda, and Eric Idle.
Boston Phoenix |
Jim Sullivan |
10-02-2008 |
Animal Issues
8 Million Stories: Chicks, Flicks and Lunaticsnew
Matthew Weston needed a job, but he got more than he bargained for.
New York Press |
Matthew Weston |
10-02-2008 |
Commentary
'Ballast': An African-American Indie Film Fantasy Made for White Liberalsnew
Director-writer Lance Hammer shows a black Mississippi family torn apart by a double suicide attempt, drugs and alienation. But you have to see through these ludicrous black phantoms to the actual white middle-class fantasies at the film's core.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ballast, Lance Hammer
Ghost Writer: The Haunted World of Kelly Linknew
Link is the rare writer who's able to mix of-the-moment items, products, and activities with the eternal, the timeless: quests, coming of age, entering a new world, death, and the day-to-day mysteries of being human.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
10-02-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kelly Link, Pretty Monsters
Wall Street for Dummiesnew
The stock market sets the confidence level for the rest of the country. It rallies, we rally. It panics, we eat Ramen noodles. Now we discover our trusted financiers are just overly aggressive and obnoxious sales weasels.
Boston Phoenix |
Kara Baskin |
10-02-2008 |
Economy
McCain Heads for the Icebergsnew
Did the week that gave us the Wall Street meltdown witness a second collapse -- the self-destruction of the John McCain candidacy?
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
10-02-2008 |
Commentary
The Gospel According to Bill Mahernew
A documentary hoax readymade for the bitter barroom politico.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Charles, Religulous
Where's the Outrage Over Media Mistreatment at the RNC?new
Given the media's reputation for self-absorption, it's remarkable how little attention the press has paid to the crackdown on journalists during September’s Republican National Convention.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-02-2008 |
Media
'Blindness' is Just Apocalypse Pornnew
Who'd guess that Miracle at St. Anna wasn't the worst film of the week? That honor goes to Fernando Meirelles' Blindness.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
Revisiting the Rethuglican National Conventionnew
Minnesota is known as the Gopher State, but for one terrifying, riot-gear-and-grenade-filled week it was a police state.
Boston Phoenix |
Anne Elizabeth Moore |
10-02-2008 |
Politics
Jonathan Demme Succeeds with Anne Hathaway in His Family-Chaos Filmnew
Avoiding the hip nihilism of repugnant family dramas like Margot at the Wedding and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Demme offers compassion.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-02-2008 |
Reviews
