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John Lennon 1940-1980new
The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff |
12-02-2005 |
Music
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Age Before Beauty
Fiery Furnaces' new Rehearsing My Choir begins to grow on a critic after she listens to it roughly 23 times. Of course, spending nearly a day of your life with someone else's art-rock quasi-oral history won't appeal to just anybody.
Washington City Paper |
Anne Marson |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Spirits of Place
An art-house hit upon its original release 30 years ago, the film is the third of Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's Anglo-American features. All three place a sociopolitical frame around the director's worldview.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Psychic Territory
One subculture of America's rec-room repertory theaters supports Asian horror and revenge flicks that Hollywood sees mostly as grist for remakes, including the work of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, perhaps the most ambitious of J-horror directors.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
A Strong Advocate of Diversity Leaves the Inquirernew
Acel Moore spent 40 years in the Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom, advancing from copy boy to Pulitzer Prize-winner, before accepting a buyout. But with the paper now in chaos, is his dream of a diverse newsroom in jeopardy?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
12-02-2005 |
Media
Vanity Farenew
This week brings two tales of transformative bonds between adults and children: TransAmerica and The Kid & I. Both are issue movies that encourage viewers to hug the outcasts in their midst, but TransAmerica is by far the better of the pair.
The Village Voice |
Ben Kenigsberg |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Rimin' & Stealin'
Anyone who requires proof that Ryan Reynolds can be funny, need only give the guy four minutes. That's the time it takes for Reynolds, swaddled in his Just Friends fat suit, to mouth the words to All-4-One's luv ballad "I Swear."
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Weather Alert
The Ice Harvest certainly knows what kind of movie it is. In this Mob-world heist comedy, everyone's in on the scam.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
For Better and Worsenew
It's time to give Donovan his due. Often dismissed, he was, when he was good, both distinct and representational, a performer who ingested and then reflected the temper of the times.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Under the Shinfluence
Oakland, Calif.'s, Rogue Wave is a perfect example of the new Sub Pop signee. Its music is mellow, catchy, and rooted in indie-rock tradition. It's not as blue-collar brutal as, say, Tad or Soundgarden, but it's not wholly without aggression or grandiosity, either.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Substance Abusenew
The English band Darkness’s second album, One Way Ticket to Hell . . . And Back , continues the English band's unblinking voyage into the preposterous.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Gods and Generals
Lucy Hughes-Hallett argues that we find heroes when we need them. She doesn't consider what may be our special sorrow: both to need heroes and to lack them.
Washington City Paper |
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow |
12-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
Perched on the Edge
Though Americans aren't directly indicted in Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper's latest documentary, its portrayal of an unbalanced global economy arguably puts all First World nations in the hot seat.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Gushing Over the Ush
Don't bother with the nonsensical Romeo and Juliet-ish plot. All you need to know about this movie can be gleaned from the tag line "Everyone wants a piece of his action," which floats above an image of Usher Raymond dressed in a fly suit.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
No Really. Question Authoritynew
When people commit sexual abuse because someone on the phone pretending to be a cop tells them to, you know we're all a little rusty on our skepticism
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
12-02-2005 |
Commentary
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