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Locked Outnew
As the nation debates voting rights for ex-offenders, the Colorado ACLU initiates a class-action lawsuit that would expand rights to felons on parole.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
12-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Oil Makes the World Go Roundnew
One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Comedian Lost in the Byways of Songnew
Spotty comedy delivers on its promise of Total Silverman, but that turns out to be not such a good thing after all.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Important Subject Marred by Poor Filmmakingnew
This film is a passionate if clunky cri du coeur for the kidnapped and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico -- a silent epidemic of as many as 450 crimes in the last 10 years.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Acting the Partnew
This Naomi Watts performance showcase has been slipping into theatres that are presently readying themselves for the onslaught of King Kong, which just happens to star Watts as the woman who would be Fay Wray.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Ellie Parker, Scott Coffey
If We Could Talk to the Animalsnew
Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
For the Sake of the Songnew
Vivid yet impressionistic, this documentary tribute to the musician Townes Van Zandt brings the life and the music of this songwriter's songwriter into focus.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Let A Hundred Romances Bloomnew
This Chinese film presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Cultural Revolution.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Bollywood Cops and Gangsters FIlm Dials Down the Musicnew
Hokey if well-intentioned and largely non-singing Bollywood melodrama about cops and gangsters and, behind them all, dear old dad.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Aparahan, Prakash Jha
Producer Still Has Longevitynew
This collection of unreleased songs and rare jams from producer Prince Paul has the feel of sifting through the basement tapes of an overachiever.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tamara Palmer |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Hip Hop Gold Dust, Prince Paul
Black Holenew
Black Hole, the new release by ex-RAW magazine artist Charles Burns, is a wonderfully disturbing and imaginative graphic novel.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Hole, Charles Burns
Southern Rootsnew
Far from an anomaly, the level of artistry that Anthony Hamilton exhibits on this album is what all R&B musicians should aspire to.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tales From the Wrongfully Convictednew
Surviving Justice, a collaboration between McSweeney's and the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, is a well-researched exploration of America's unjust system of criminal conviction and exoneration.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Nonfiction
Gaghan Calls for Revolution!new
Maybe not a revolution, but if anything, Syriana helps convey the importance of political awareness and the global economy.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
12-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Syriana, Stephan Gaghan
Balancing on a Tightropenew
Bonnie Raitt's 18th release applies superfluous sonic makeup that often covers her raw journeyman complexion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
12-08-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bonnie Raitt, Souls Alike
