AltWeeklies Wire
Ring of Firenew
Aimee Mann tells the story of an addict boxer and a girl, and how it all falls apart.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
10-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm
Eat Your Veggiesnew
Wallace & Grommit's feature-length debut is sure to please adults and kiddies.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Nuclear Assaultnew
Tucson novelist Lydia Miller has written the ultimate book about the bomb. She offers powerful historical insight into its making and deployment.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-14-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Such a Dealnew
We're wondering if someone is taking advantage of a soft spot in the Audit Bureau of Circulation to improve their circulation numbers. The Arizona Daily Star and Circle K have an interesting arrangement.
Tucson Weekly |
Walt Nett |
10-14-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
A Discussion About Theorynew
Theories are beautiful, usable things--unlike explanations using miracles.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
10-14-2005 |
Commentary
Bad Girls Are Even Betternew
Attention-deficit filmmaking reaches a new pinnacle in Tony Scott's hyperstylized portrait of a bounty hunter as an iconic bad girl.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tony Scott, Domino
Hold the Vaginanew
The October issue of Seventeen includes an article about vaginas and all you need to know about them. But you won't find this magazine at Albertons. The chain pulled the October issue from its supermarkets in 11 states, including Arizona.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
10-14-2005 |
Commentary
Stuck Inside of Nowherenew
Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy doesn't make the attraction between the characters played by Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom believable and then goes off in dozens more unprofitable directions.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Taking Issue
North Country’s stylish filmmaking can’t overcome emphasis on a societal ill.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
Light and Darknew
An amusing road trip through Ukraine leads to epiphanies of history and memory in actor Liev Schreiber's only partially illuminating adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Mass Appealnew
An R&B singer rediscovers his roots in this faith-based drama that successfully captures the ecstatic experience of gospel performance despite having no other narrative momentum.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Hardy, The Gospel
Falluja Fields Forevernew
In this amazingly candid documentary, soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division talk about their lives and their mission in Fallujah, Iraq, in early 2004, just weeks before the full strength of the Sunni insurgency is unleashed.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Seek and Ye Shall Findnew
Kirk Davis’ slick film, adapted from the stories of Christopher Cook, plunges into Texas' small-town religious mores and comes up with some insightful revelations in this character-driven pastiche.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kirk Davis, Screen Door Jesus
The New American Nightmarenew
This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joseph Castelo, The War Within
Massive Development Underway in China
China is the most populous, fastest growing economy in world history. After visiting the country, the publisher of Artvoice considers ways to create stronger economic and cultural ties between China and Buffalo, N.Y.
Artvoice |
Jamie Moses |
10-14-2005 |
International
