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Power Playnew
With a municipal cooperative's offer to buy NorthWestern Energy on the table, the Independent takes a hard look at Montana's pitch for a public utility.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
09-01-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Some Things Are Best Left Undiscoverednew
A musician and an actress circle and sniff, and generally run through every cliché in the why-can’t-we-be-together playbook.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Meiert Avis, Undiscovered
Guess Who’s Coming to The OC With a Lethal Weapon 2?new
Nick Cannon from Drumline plays a smart-aleck LAPD bicycle cop in this movie awash in clichés.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Marcos Siega, Underclassman
Another Cruel Monthnew
November, starring Courteney Cox, is a dense, dark head-trip of a movie that seems like the bastard offspring of Memento and Mullholland Dr.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Greg Harrison, November
Dancing Girls and Day-Glo Sarisnew
An exotic dancer tests the strength of three couples in this entertaining Bollywood romantic comedy.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Anees Bazmee, No Entry
The Rhythm Methodnew
Michael Winterbottom creates scenester porn in which he records the evolution of a man and a woman's relationship through sex and music -- exclusively.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Winterbottom, 9 Songs
Meet the Parentsnew
With this film built on a host of remarkably nuanced Southern characters, first-time filmmaker Phil Morrison announces himself with assurance and uniqueness of vision.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Junebug, Phil Morrison
The Personal and the Politicalnew
City of God director Fernando Meirelles makes his English-language debut with this bracing, heartbreaking conspiracy thriller set in AIDS-ravaged Kenya.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Enter at Your Own Risknew
A crack team of cave divers encounters untold horror in the form of bloodthirsty sea slugs.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Healers and Head Casesnew
In this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel, Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellan wonder if the patients have taken over the asylum.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: asylum, David Mackenzie
An Abstract 'Animal Farm'
George Saunders' strange political allegory plays out in an even stranger setting.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-01-2005 |
Fiction
Scotch Guardnew
Alasdair Roberts talks about his folk preservations, modern revisions and new collection of centuries-old death ballads.
Columbus Alive |
Stephen Slaybaugh |
09-01-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tongues Untiednew
Ryan Agnew and Dietrich Wegner create giant tongues and a human anus that proved the perfect backdrop for Texas weddings.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-01-2005 |
Art
Tags: anus, Georgia O’Keeffe
I Am Not a Crook. Well, Sort Ofnew
Bob Taft has become the first Ohio governor to be convicted of a crime while still in office. So what do we do now?
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-01-2005 |
Politics
Snap Judgmentnew
Commercial real estate photographer Tanya Ortega de Chamberlin is constantly harassed by hyper-vigilant terror foes for photographing government buildings and an oil refinery. Wanting to make her job a bit easier, she spoke out--and lost it.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Ted McDonough |
09-01-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
