AltWeeklies Wire
Mind Gameynew
A tricked-up mental exercise that may intrigue the most impressionable film school students and a philosophy major here and there, Dot the I is more a pretentious load of crap.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Flight Risknew
Wes Craven takes a suspense cue from Alfred Hitchcock in Red Eye.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Cherry on Topnew
The 40-Year-Old Virgin gets a heart-on while telling wonderfully dirty jokes.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
Frank King's Gasoline Alley Comes to Hardcovernew
In Frank King’s Walt and Skeezix, editors Jeet Heer, Chris Oliveros, and Chris Ware have produced a handsomely designed, sweet-souled book, along with a forthcoming multi-volume set of his Gasoline Alley comic strips.
Boston Phoenix |
William Corbett |
08-22-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Frank O. King, Walt and Skeezix
Touring the Prairie Statenew
Before writing the CD's 22 songs, Stevens buried himself in books, reading everything from Saul Bellow novels to out-of-print regional histories to familiarize himself with the state of Illinois, and he produced an emotionally authentic work of art.
Illinois Times |
René Spencer Saller |
08-22-2005 |
Reviews
WWII Loneliness Lives Onnew
One writer recounts the story of loneliness that filled the life of a grandmother who spent her young life in a Japanese internment camp during WWII while her friends were killed in Hiroshima.
Illinois Times |
Yoshimi Yoshimura Golden |
08-22-2005 |
Immigration
Solving Chief Illiniweknew
One writer suggests a way to solve the problem of the University of Illinois' Native American mascot.
Illinois Times |
Doug Bybee Sr. |
08-22-2005 |
Commentary
Nanny 911: Massapequa Mom Arrested For Assaultnew
Caribbean caretaker Cindy Carter fights off Fontaine Sheridan, the mother of her charges, in Long Island showdown.
Long Island Press |
Lauren Wolfe |
08-19-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
All About the Energynew
A band cannot live on Ozzfest alone. Five metal bands -- Shadows Fall, The Haunted, Bury Your Dead, The Black Dahlia Murder and It Dies Today -- look to fill in time between Ozzfest dates.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The War Within, Shadows Fall
Deuce Deuxnew
This Bigalow sequel is better than the original--but that's not saying much.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-19-2005 |
Reviews
Beautiful Slownessnew
Don't let the boring beginning chase you off: Broken Flowers is worth staying for
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
Teacher Burnt Outnew
What's wrong with students in today's schools? It all starts with the parents.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
08-19-2005 |
Commentary
Black and Whitenew
The New York Times Company's plan to put out a free weekly geared to African-American readers has defenders of the black press seeing red.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
08-19-2005 |
Media
Tags: Gainesville, guardian
Off the Wall?new
A new pilot project aims to centralize and standardize
concert posters on downtown Montreal billboards. City
officials are looking for a way to work with advertisers and
diminish illegal postings, most of which are for small bands
playing the bar circuit.
Montreal Mirror |
Pohanna Pyne |
08-19-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Flesh and Bloodnew
"It all seemed supremely perverse," said Carly Pope, upon
first reading the script of this boundary-pushing, incest-
laden black comedy by indie director Larry Kent. It's one
of the most talked-about films at the World Film Festival.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
08-19-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Kent, The Hamster Cage
