AltWeeklies Wire
Reasons to Watch the Scariest Films You’ve Never Seennew
Halloween, outside of being the one time of the year you can show up to work dressed like a cat and take out your office aggression through competitive pumpkin carving, affords the opportunity to watch disturbing and/or outright revolting movies and not seem like a sociopath.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-27-2011 |
TV
Pa Negre (Black Bread)new
This is the movie that nearly swept the Goya Awards (Spain’s Oscar), and the first film to represent Spain in the race for Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2012 that is not spoken in Spanish (the original is in Catalan, but San Antonians will see a version dubbed into Spanish with English subtitles).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
10-27-2011 |
Reviews
Sinful Savage Tigers' The Last Night of the Revelsnew
The Tigers have arrived at a wonderfully catchy, stylistically balanced record in little time at all.
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The Hot at Nights' Nice Talknew
When the group wanders, they're at their best.
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Systems' Ghost Medicinenew
At the core of Systems' brilliance, at least on the Carrboro band's debut, is the band's ability to navigate the uneven line between thrash and post-rock.
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Logan Pate'sThe Difference Between Moths and Butterfliesnew
Building from the soulful electronics of his earlier Moths EP, Pate adds hypnotic acoustic guitar, gracing the mix with his extraordinary voice.
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A Surprisingly Good Puss in Bootsnew
"Wait a minute, I'm being entertained by a movie about a damn talking, sword-fighting cat!"
Ghastly Home Companionnew
The Haunted Windchimes' Mike Clark finally gets in touch with his inner ghost
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Perils of Buying a Housenew
In Colorado Springs, there is little to prevent you from moving into a former meth lab, and even less protecting you if you do. One family learned these lessons the hard way.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
10-27-2011 |
Housing & Development
Numbers Don't Lienew
Sen. Bennet talks about increased poverty, Citizens United and challenges in public education.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
10-27-2011 |
Politics
Exploratory Drilling OKednew
Last week, county commissioners gave the green light to Ultra Petroleum of Houston to conduct exploratory drilling in the eastern part of the county.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
That Extra Classic Soundnew
An up-and-coming reggae band wrestles with charges of "cultural appropriation."
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
10-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spencer Krug, Dri, SF Weekly, Make-Out Room, The Independent, Papercuts, Moonface, Aaron Deer, Adrianne A. Verhoeven, Alex deLanda, Bitch Media, Ghosty, Ian S. Port, Josh Adams, Josh Miller, Manimal Vinyl, PopMatters, The Anniversary, The Horns of Happiness, The Impossible Shapes, Extra Classic
Slideshow: A Trip to the Evergladesnew
At last week’s Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Miami, NUVO managing editor Jim Poyser took a daylong trip to the Everglades.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
10-27-2011 |
Environment
The Story of a Painting in The Mill and the Crossnew
Lech Majewski's film revels in the earthy details of 16th-century Flemish life even as it employs up-to-the-minute CGI techniques to bring this wonderfully complex painting by Pieter Bruegel to life.
Telling the Wall Street Side in Margin Callnew
Anybody who goes into Margin Call hoping to see investment bankers raked over the coals will be disappointed.
