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'Lakeview Terrace' is One of the Toughest Racial Dramas Hollywood's Seen Since Rodney Kingnew
By scrambling the typical power relationship Lakeview Terrace focuses our attention on power itself, and by plunging into the subject of black bigotry, still relatively taboo in mainstream movies, it gets us closer to the truth of bigotry in all its forms than we're liable to get watching another pious exercise in white atonement.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
09-22-2008 |
Reviews
Sarah Palin Shows that Political Standards Are at an All-Time Lownew
We live in a barbaric epoch that produces the most riveting advances in technology while simultaneously cultivating the lowest expectations of our so-called leaders. We've had our Dan Quayles and Spiro Agnews in the past, but these were aberrations from the norm. Now the aberrations are the norm.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
09-22-2008 |
Commentary
How Kid Rock's Rejection of iTunes Let Others Beat Him on the Charts with His Own Songnew
The Hit Masters' version of "All Summer Long" reached number five on the iTunes single-song sales chart. By the end of the week it had outstripped Kid Rock's version on Billboard's Hot 100, peaking at number 19 while the original was at number 25.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
09-22-2008 |
Music
Idiots, Idioms, and Presidential Elections in the Age of Republicansnew
The election is not about John McCain and Sarah Palin or Barack Obama and Joe Biden. It's just about Republican strategists trying to hold the ball and run the clock out, buying two more days of distraction from the real campaign issues with manufactured controversy.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
09-22-2008 |
Commentary
10 Reasons Canada Needs a National Handgun Bannew
Handguns are blasting a hole in our national fabric, snuffing out young lives and costing billions in health care every year. And it's not just a gang thing.
NOW Magazine |
Enzo Di Matteo |
09-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Vancouver Movie Theatres Innovate to Fill Seatsnew
It's not the first time cinemas have been threatened. The introduction of television and VHS technology each drew a large part of the moviegoing audience away to the comfort of their own living rooms.
The Georgia Straight |
Sean Minogue |
09-19-2008 |
Movies
Tags: movie theaters
Make a Splash in Vancouver's Prime Paddling Locationsnew
There's no doubt that when it comes to choosing the best place to dip your oar or paddle, Vancouver offers an embarrassment of watery riches, and of both the salty and sweet kinds. But at this point on the calendar, several launch spots stand out from the rest.
The Georgia Straight |
Jack Christie |
09-19-2008 |
Travel
Ra Ra Riot Worth Rooting Fornew
Even hardened music critics use kinder, gentler words when constructively pointing out the band’s musical shortcomings. That’s because the indie kids from Syracuse, New York, have overcome unthinkable adversity to put out their debut album, The Rhumb Line.
The Georgia Straight |
Sarah Rowland |
09-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ra Ra Riot, The Rhumb Line
Vancouver's New Breed of Musical Mavericksnew
From circuit-frying techno-punk to creaky-floorboards alt-folk, and from heartfelt indie rock to neck-snapping metal, these are the sounds that make a night out in Vancouver a sonic adventure.
The Georgia Straight |
Staff |
09-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Vancouver, music scenes
Okkervil River Overflows With Dramanew
Ironically enough, Will Sheff has come to learn that there’s a downside to being famous, even when that fame is at the grassroots level.
The Georgia Straight |
Mike Usinger |
09-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Okkervil River
'Death Magnetic' is a Calculated Maneuver to Recapture the Sound of Metallica Pastnew
The bits of punk and goth and country and blues and pop that crept their way into the sound of albums like 1996's sorely underrated Load have been summarily stripped away, but the result is not that Metallica sound like old Metallica; it's that they sound like some band trying to sound like old Metallica.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
09-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Metallica, Death Magnetic
Seeking Asylum in U.S. Immigration Courts is All in the Luck of the Drawnew
Depending on whom asylum-seekers draw as their judge, they may get a rubber stamp on their application -- or an almost instant denial.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mira Jang |
09-19-2008 |
Immigration
Going Mad for the Movies This Fallnew
Just as the United States is about to elect the first black president who isn't Morgan Freeman, we have to ask, "What happened to the summer they promised us?" More than the temperature was off for the last three months. The comedies were violent and gloomy, and the action fantasies even more so.
The Georgia Straight |
Ken Eisner |
09-19-2008 |
Movies
Canadian Film Riches at VIFF Deny Shaky Futurenew
Bill C-10, federal legislation that would enable the government to deny tax credits to film productions that are “contrary to public policy”, and the recent funding cuts to national training schools have cast an uncertain light on the future of Canadian film.
The Georgia Straight |
Craig Takeuchi |
09-19-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Canada, film industry
How Paid Sick Days Could Save Milwaukee Moneynew
According to a study conducted by the nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), there are very real economic benefits for both employers and employees that would result if the proposed Milwaukee Paid Sick Days referendum is approved by city voters on Nov. 4.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
09-19-2008 |
Policy Issues
