AltWeeklies Wire
The human beast in Bullhead and Thin Icenew
The Belgian crime drama Bullhead, which was among this year's foreign film Oscar nominees, is as clumsy and misshapen as its unfortunate protagonist, a bulked-up cattle farmer and gangster named Jacky Vanmarsenille.
Barbara Lee Gets Itnew
But why isn't there more anti-war activity from progressives? There should be.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
Creating Crimesnew
This year, like most years, has seen a rash of bills up for consideration by state lawmakers that would create new crimes—and stiff penalties.
Gambit |
Staff |
03-31-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Comedian Quinn Dahle vs. hackdom: the case against comic piracynew
Comedian Quinn Dahle (pronounced ‘Dale’) has done very well in San Antonio.
San Antonio Current |
Jay Whitecotton |
03-31-2012 |
Comedy
Overlay Approvednew
The City Council bends to developers, upsets residents of the West University neighborhood
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-31-2012 |
Housing & Development
For Richer or for Poorer?new
In wealthy Marin, opposition to low-income housing is high—and so are the numbers of the county's poor, aged and disabled who need it most
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
03-31-2012 |
Housing & Development
E-Books Create Challenges for Librariesnew
The growing popularity of checking out e-books at libraries is making it more difficult to actually do it.
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
03-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Kindle, E-books, Alameda County Library, Alameda Free Public Library, American Library Association, Andy Ross, Annemarie Meyer, Association American of Publishers, Jane Chisaki, Molly Raphael, Oakland Public Library, Overdrive, San Rafael Public Library, Sarah Houghton, Susan Fisher
Celebrating Chuck Workmannew
Saying goodbye to one of the city's jazz legends.
NUVO |
Matthew Socey |
03-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
In 'Hunger Games,' Jennifer Lawrence heads a winning YA franchisenew
Now that the Harry Potter series has wrapped and the Twilight saga lurches toward its final installment, The Hunger Games has swooped in as a sort of allegorical palate-cleanser, a post-apocalyptic showcase for a much needed breath of fresh air in the form of Katniss Everdeen, a YA hero who’s actually a young adult.
San Antonio Current |
Justin Strout |
03-31-2012 |
Reviews
The Bicycle Diaries of a Big Girl: A week of firstsnew
This is second in a series of stories about Katelyn Coyne's foray into the realm of commuter bicycling.
Many Facetsnew
On their chart-topping second album, the members of fun. get introspective
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
03-31-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blondie ambitionnew
Why Anita Rae Strange hopes her AFF documentary will help her be more like herself, less like Blondie
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Melysa Martinez |
03-31-2012 |
Culture
Are Stay-Away Orders Against UC Berkeley Students Unconstitutional?new
Some legal experts say they are—when used as a weapon against nonviolent protests.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston |
03-31-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Nancy O'Malley, UC Berkeley, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Cal, Sproul Plaza, Amanda Armstrong, Ashley Saxby-Pinkerton, Autrey James, Jeff Wozniak, Jonathan Simon, Justin Timbalesi, Kathleen Barrett, Paul Davalos, Paul Seeman, Seth Chazin, Stay-Away Orders, Wheeler Hall, Yvette Felarca, Banished
Documentary filmmakers investigate Frank Matthews, 1970s East Coast heroin kingpin and Durham nativenew
"You almost get the impression in Durham that people think he's on the outskirts of town, waiting to hear something bad about him and he's gonna come in and do something."
S.C.'s poorest residents support the education lottery to their collective detrimentnew
What if the S.C. General Assembly announced a new tax that would be paid primarily by the state's poor and minority citizens? And that the majority of the money raised would not be used to help failing schools or aid students from impoverished backgrounds, but instead be used to provide scholarships to college-bound high school seniors, regardless of their financial needs? To lessen the sting of such a seemingly unfair system of revenue collection, the payment of the tax would be 100 percent voluntary. How enthusiastic would the average South Carolina citizen be for such a plan? If you could rate that enthusiasm on scale of one to zero, I'd say zero, unless the plan also promised participants a one in a 100 million chance of becoming a millionaire.
Charleston City Paper |
Dwayne Green |
03-31-2012 |
Commentary
