AltWeeklies Wire
TIFF: Will Ferrell In A Drama? And It's Good?new
The man who brought buffoonery to a new level in Anchorman and Old School showed up at the Toronto International Film Festival to unveil something new ... really new: Everything Must Go.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-16-2010 |
Reviews
Bourdain Spills the Beansnew
Anthony Bourdain talks about other celebrity chefs and his current projects.
NOW Magazine |
Steven Davey |
09-16-2010 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Chuck D: Back to Blacknew
20 years after Public Enemy's masterpiece, frontman Chuck D looks back in everlasting anger.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Censored in a Brave New Worldnew
Project Censored: The top 10 big stories the major news media didn't report in 2009.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe |
09-16-2010 |
Media
Tags: Project Censored
Karyn Paige Trips the Light Fantasticnew
A refugee from corporate America makes her promising debut.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Karyn Paige,
Is Joaquin Phoenix Really Crazy or Just Pretending?new
At the outset of I'm Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix laments, "I don't want to play the character of Joaquin." And cue the wry laughter from knowing viewers.
Charleston City Paper |
Scott Renshaw |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck
Inferior Deja Vunew
Todd Solondz covers familiar ground in the disappointing 'Life During Wartime.'
Tucson Weekly |
Colin Boyd |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime
TIFF: It's Kind of a Funny Story (And It Is)new
Keir Gilchrist stars as Craig, a teenager who checks himself into a hospital when he considers suicide, and he ends up in an adult ward.Zach Galifianakis stars in a “is he or isn’t he” role (Doctor? Patient?). Think One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Next for a new generation.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Port at Center of Earmark Stormnew
Riding a nationwide wave of support, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is seen by many fiscal and social conservatives as the next GOP Senate leader and/or a dark horse candidate in the Republicans' 2012 presidential horse race.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
09-15-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Jim DeMint
Fixing Legal Immigrationnew
GOP legislators argue states can fix illegal immigration by taking over legal immigration.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
09-15-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, John Dougall
The Agony and Ecstasy of Joaquin Phoenixnew
If Phoenix is really and truly a washed-up drunk with delusions of grandeur, I'm Still Here is a worthy swan song. Way to go.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
09-15-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Still Here, Casey Affleck
Philadelphia's Hall of Secretsnew
There are some things the city of Philadelphia doesn't want people to know.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Holly Otterbein |
09-15-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Jonathan H. Bari, Terry Mutchler
Rooms for Improvementnew
Some Colorado Springs hotel and motel owners say business is better, but still not what it once was.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-14-2010 |
Economy
Tags: Economy
Afghan War Lies
If the armies of another nation invade your country, there is no need to resort to lies to sell war. The battle is already joined. The threat is palpable. Anyone with a smidgen of patriotism and/or the instinct of self-preservation will rush to enlist. Mostly, this does not happen.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
09-14-2010 |
Commentary
Chile’s Renewed Resistancenew
September 11 marked the 37th anniversary of the bloody coup in Chile that ushered into power one of the most brutal dictatorships the world has ever seen.
VUE Weekly |
Ricardo Acuña |
09-14-2010 |
International
